[{"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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical\nLocation: Vallejo, 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.\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. 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- 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- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually 5 years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually 4 years).\n- BSN or BA in health care related field strongly preferred.\n- Masters 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- Oncology/Chemotherapy, Orthopedics, General Surgery, and Pediactric experience.", "date_new": "2012-03-14 22:28:14", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/27148078/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Manager - Medical Surgical", "reqid": "126439", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 27148078}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Home Health Occupational Therapist\nLocation: Vallejo, 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.\n\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\n- 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.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Must have at least two years experience in occupational therapy.\n- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's degree.\n- Current license to practice as a 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- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Experience in an automated clinical information system preferred.\n- Experience in assessment of high mobility equipmentpreferred.\n- Knowledge of Medicare conditions of participation and OASIS preferred.\n- Computer literate preferred.", "date_new": "2012-02-08 01:23:06", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26386945/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Home Health Occupational Therapist", "reqid": "121684", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 26386945}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Nurse Practitioner II [Orthopedic]\nLocation: Vallejo, 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, collaborates with others in the department to assure smooth flow of patient care consistent with established quality indictors 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- 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- Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings.\n- Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols.\n- Manages health problems of patients in accordance with established protocols and/or consultation with supervising physician.\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- Maintains appropriate documentation.\n- Performs other related duties as necessary.\n- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.\n- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members. 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. 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. 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. Participates in nursing research activities as requested. 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 in documenting, tracking and conveying information.\n- If practicing in a specialty role, fulfills the expectations established for the particular role.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum of 6 months experience as a nurse practitioner. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty services.\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- Completion of NP program at the Masters level with certification.\n- Meets credentialing requirements established for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system. Must have a NPI/UPIN and meet requirements for same (Masters Degree in Nursing and 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; National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses).\n- Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in California required.\n- Current BLS required.\n- Current DEA required/eligible.\n- Depending on the particular specialty, ACLS and/or NALS and/or PALS or PEARS may also be required for the position.\n- Demonstrated knowledge of the NP scope of practice.\n- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, and 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: Mon - Fri\nWeek 2: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat\nWeek3: Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri\nWeek4: Mon - Fri\nIncludes weekend rotation and after hours.", "date_new": "2012-02-08 01:23:01", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26386931/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Practitioner II [Orthopedic]", "reqid": "118360", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 26386931}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Assistant Department Manager [NSA SNF Asst. Manager]\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\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.\n\nSecondary Functions:\nThis position is home based in NSA but is responsible for SNFs in both NSA (Napa Solano Area)and DSA (Diablo Service Area). Sensitivity to workplace diversity and cultural factors. Adheres to confidentiality policies. Must be service - oriented and maintain the highest level of courtesy to patients, members, staff and co-workers. The position takes weekend call.\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.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles(usually 5 years).\n-Previous supervisory experience(usually 4 years).\n- Knowledge of SNF regulations preferred.\n- RN Experience in a Inpatient (acute Care), Long Term Care, Case Management, or related Clinical Nursing within the last 3 years.\n-Excellent problem-solving capabilities.\n\nSchedule: This position takes weekend call.", "date_new": "2012-01-27 18:52:29", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26157803/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Department Manager [NSA SNF Asst. Manager]", "reqid": "120804", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 26157803}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Physician Assistant II [Orthopedic]\nLocation: Vallejo, 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.\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\nSchedule: Includes weekend rotation and after hours. One weekend per month or as needed.", "date_new": "2012-01-26 20:27:05", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/26135464/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Physician Assistant II [Orthopedic]", "reqid": "118364", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 26135464}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Nursing Shift Supervisor SH - Nurse Administration\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nActs as the on-site administrative designee for the entire facility for off-shifts & weekends and 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\n- 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\n- Identifies & recommends opportunities to reduce costs\n- Manages & resolves human resource, employee & department safety, & risk management issues\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- Previous supervisory experience required (usually one 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. 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:\nThis position is on-call for 12-hr (day) shifts.", "date_new": "2012-01-12 20:35:13", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25865628/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nursing Shift Supervisor SH - Nurse Administration", "reqid": "110484", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 25865628}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Clinical Trial Research Coordinator I\nLocation: Vallejo, 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 Vallejo.\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 Vallejo. Must be willing and able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation.++", "date_new": "2012-01-07 20:05:09", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25760472/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Clinical Trial Research Coordinator I", "reqid": "118095", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 25760472}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Research Associate II [Temporary]\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nSupervises day-to-day activities for several small scale project(s) or a complete phase of medium project, e.g., multi-year, budget under 200k annually. Recommends solutions to project design problems. Works under general supervision. Final review required for each phase of project.\nEssential Functions:\n- Coordinates multiple small scale research projects or phases of a medium size project.\n- Supervises staff to include hiring, training, evaluating performance and assigning work.\n- Develops project tools such as tracking forms, study questionnaires & chart review forms.\n- Supervises overall recruitment activities of study participants to ensure eligibility.\n- Makes final selection decision.\n- Supervises data collection and on-site pretests of questionnaires.\n- Oversees quality assurance.\n- Drafts project progress reports e.g. data collection and data entry summations.\n- Assists in development of study presentations and scientific manuscripts.\n- Serves as a staff member on professional committees with other coordinators & investigators.\n- Recommends solutions to project design problems.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum two (2) years of experience in one or more of the technical areas required. Professional certification/licensure (e.g., RN, RHIT, RD, etc.) may substitute for two years of experience.\n- Bachelor's degree or four (4) years of equivalent experience in public health, health care administration, epidemiology or other related field required.\n- Working knowledge of research methodology/research study design, hypothesis testing and qualitative data interpretation.\n- Strong knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet design, and database applications.\n- Able to generate flow charts, charts review instruments, design questionnaires, and interpret data.\n- Strong project coordination skills required.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\n++ This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 1yr from date of hire (January 2012 - December 2012)++", "date_new": "2012-01-07 20:05:07", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25760452/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Research Associate II [Temporary]", "reqid": "116550", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 25760452}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Nurse Manager - Emergency Department\nLocation: Vallejo, 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.\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. 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- 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- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually 5 years).\n- Previous supervisory experience required (usually 4 years).\n- BSN or BA in health care related field strongly preferred.\n- Masters 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": "2011-12-22 22:25:35", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25528419/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Nurse Manager - Emergency Department", "reqid": "114915", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 25528419}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Assistant Nurse Manager - ICU\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nManages activities of the unit(s), monitors quality, service & utilization standards. Supervises the day to day shift activities.\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.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Extensive nursing experience in Critical Care both in patient care and management/leadership role (usually 5 years).\n- Previous supervisory experience (usually 4 years).", "date_new": "2011-11-30 19:44:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25111659/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Assistant Nurse Manager - ICU", "reqid": "113111", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 25111659}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Quality Project Coordinator\nLocation: Vallejo, 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- Chart abstraction, facility rounds and observational audits and coordination and resolution of complaint-related referrals to Quality.\n- Other duties as assigned.\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- Previous Quality, Risk, or AR&L experience.\n- Familiarity with health care accreditation and regulatory activity, patient safety, and risk management.\n- Demonstrated decision-making skills and good judgment in medical record and document review, priority-setting and communicating with a variety of individuals, both internal and external to the organization.\n- Demonstrated ability to facilitate projects and meetings.\n- Excellent PC skills and familiarity with KP systems (KP Health Connect).\n- Demonstrated ability to implement and promote IHI methodology.", "date_new": "2011-11-30 19:44:30", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/25111662/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Quality Project Coordinator", "reqid": "113131", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 25111662}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Supervisor Sterile Processing - Temporary\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nSupervises the day to day operations of the sterile processing department on all shifts. The sterile processing department is responsible for the decontamination, Set assembly/preparation, & sterilization of all medical equipment, surgical instrumentation, & operating room case carts.\nEssential Functions:\n- Responsible for the safe & efficient practices for decontamination, instrument assembly, & sterilization of all reprocessed instruments & equipment. Monitors & maintains a safe work environment.\n- Twenty four hour accountability for all personnel & activities occurring in the sterile processing department. Provides direct & effective supervision to ensure timely delivery of clean &/or sterile instrumentation & medical equipment.\n- Maintains adequate department staffing levels to ensure daily operation services to the operating room.\n- Monitors, maintains, & records all department quality assurance systems activities in accordance w/ departmental & facility policy; The Joint Commission, OSHA & Title 22 regulations & requirements.\n- Partners w/ the sterile processing site manager in evaluating change in policies & procedures, & implements appropriate systems to accommodate these changes.\n- Conducts departmental orientation, training, skills review, & assists site manager w/ educational programs to maintain high staff performance standards.\n- Monitors inventory levels to ensure adequate supplies, preventing waste & controlling costs. Assists management w/ payroll, non-payroll & capital budgets.\n- Assists management, as assigned, in developing & reporting quality assurance reports to appropriate committees.\n- Provides for ongoing communications w/ staff & ancillary departments; provides a forum for staff involvement in problem identification & resolution.\n- Attends management meetings locally & regionally as assigned.\n- Participates in medical center & nursing committees, as assigned, in order to share information, problem solve, & evaluate the impact of services to receiving departments.\n- Meets regularly w/ management to share information regarding department activities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Significant experience (1-3 years) in sterile processing &/or operating room.\n- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferably in sterile processing or operating room.\n- Sterile processing technician &/or sterile processing manager certification strongly preferred from International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM) or Certification Board for Sterile Processing & Distribution (CBSPD)\n- Previous supervisory experience preferred; Knowledge of sterile processing & regulatory requirements.\n- PC skills\n- Outstanding communication skills; Data processing experience required.\n- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- 3-5 years in sterile processing.\n\nSchedule:\nThis is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to April 30, 2012.", "date_new": "2011-11-19 20:33:02", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/24971371/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Supervisor Sterile Processing - Temporary", "reqid": "110510", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 24971371}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: CT Rsch Coord II\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nThe Clinical Trial Research Coordinator II (CTRC-II) is a non-licensed position w/ demonstrated proficiency in coordinating clinical trial research tasks, which, under the clinical direction of the Principal Investigator (PI), provides research, operational, & administrative support to the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) PI & KPNC Clinical Trials Operations Director or designee, & other research staff conducting multiple FDA-regulated clinical trials. The CTRC-II is a hands-on position responsible for conducting the day-to-day activities of clinical trial project(s) under the supervision of the PI. The CTRC-II works more independently, assumes increased clinical trial responsibilities & requires periodic supervision. This position is also responsible for assisting in protecting the health, safety, & welfare of research participants.\nEssential Functions:\n- With 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\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- Performs job functions according to the factors listed below under Job Criteria\n- Other duties as assigned by appropriate management\n\n\n++NOTE: This job is in adult oncology. Home base will be Vallejo. Must be willing and able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation (travel is only for training and once a month meetings). ++\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum AA degree or 2 years work experience in an ambulatory and/or acute health care setting required; LVN may substitute for an AA degree\n- Minimum of one-year in clinical trials research required\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for one-year work experience\n- Current IATA/DOT certification required\n- Current BLS certification required\n- Current ACRP or SOCRA certification preferred\n- Satisfies requirements for career advancement as defined by the Clinical Trial Career Ladder Program\n- Must be proficient in electronic health systems and databases used in research environment and word-processing and database software or willingness to learn within 3 months of hire\n- Knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures of basic medical and/or clinical research processes\n- Knowledge and understanding of human research protection regulations, policies, procedures, and standards as applied to IRB and compliance operations\n- Knowledge of clinical trials research and research regulations, as well as clinical trial experience in a specific therapeutic area\n- Knowledge of GCP, federal, state, and local regulations including HIPAA and KP policies and procedures\n- Organizational and communication skills\n- Written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills\n- Proficiency in medical terminology\n- Attention to detail and accuracy\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks\n- Prioritization skills\n- Problem-solving skills\n- Project management skills\n- Skill in administrative tasks i.e., filing, photocopying, and faxing\n- Ability to be flexible and dependable\n- Ability to work effectively on cross-functional teams\n- Present professional manner and appearance.\n- Ability to abstract pertinent protocol data from medical record\n- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Preferred one plus years experience in cancer research and or adult oncology.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology; especially cancer related information.\n- Ability to abstract data from medical charts and computer for research records.\n- Computer literacy strongly recommended Excellent communication skills both written and verbal needed and experience working with cancer patients, families and medical personnel.\n- Accurate, detail oriented; handles multiple tasks. Dependable, reliable; organized; flexible; team player, quick learner a must.\n- Ability to problem solve appropriately, ability to work under stringent time deadlines; ability to work independently in promotion of cancer research at other medical centers.\n- Experience with Excel, Microsoft word, & internet use.", "date_new": "2011-10-08 21:53:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/24121443/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Rsch Coord II", "reqid": "102938", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 24121443}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: CT Rsch Coord II\nLocation: Vallejo, CA\nThe Clinical Trial Research Coordinator II (CTRC-II) is a non-licensed position w/ demonstrated proficiency in coordinating clinical trial research tasks, which, under the clinical direction of the Principal Investigator (PI), provides research, operational, & administrative support to the Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) PI & KPNC Clinical Trials Operations Director or designee, & other research staff conducting multiple FDA-regulated clinical trials. The CTRC-II is a hands-on position responsible for conducting the day-to-day activities of clinical trial project(s) under the supervision of the PI. The CTRC-II works more independently, assumes increased clinical trial responsibilities & requires periodic supervision. This position is also responsible for assisting in protecting the health, safety, & welfare of research participants.\nEssential Functions:\n- With 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\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- Performs job functions according to the factors listed below under Job Criteria\n- Other duties as assigned by appropriate management\n\n\n++NOTE: This job is in adult oncology. Home base will be Vallejo. Must be willing and able to travel within the Northern California region with own dependable transportation (travel is only for training and once a month meetings). ++\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Minimum AA degree or 2 years work experience in an ambulatory and/or acute health care setting required; LVN may substitute for an AA degree\n- Minimum of one-year in clinical trials research required\n- Bachelor's degree may substitute for one-year work experience\n- Current IATA/DOT certification required\n- Current BLS certification required\n- Current ACRP or SOCRA certification preferred\n- Satisfies requirements for career advancement as defined by the Clinical Trial Career Ladder Program\n- Must be proficient in electronic health systems and databases used in research environment and word-processing and database software or willingness to learn within 3 months of hire\n- Knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures of basic medical and/or clinical research processes\n- Knowledge and understanding of human research protection regulations, policies, procedures, and standards as applied to IRB and compliance operations\n- Knowledge of clinical trials research and research regulations, as well as clinical trial experience in a specific therapeutic area\n- Knowledge of GCP, federal, state, and local regulations including HIPAA and KP policies and procedures\n- Organizational and communication skills\n- Written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills\n- Proficiency in medical terminology\n- Attention to detail and accuracy\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks\n- Prioritization skills\n- Problem-solving skills\n- Project management skills\n- Skill in administrative tasks i.e., filing, photocopying, and faxing\n- Ability to be flexible and dependable\n- Ability to work effectively on cross-functional teams\n- Present professional manner and appearance.\n- Ability to abstract pertinent protocol data from medical record\n- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n- Preferred one plus years experience in cancer research and or adult oncology.\n- Knowledge of medical terminology; especially cancer related information.\n- Ability to abstract data from medical charts and computer for research records.\n- Computer literacy strongly recommended Excellent communication skills both written and verbal needed and experience working with cancer patients, families and medical personnel.\n- Accurate, detail oriented; handles multiple tasks. Dependable, reliable; organized; flexible; team player, quick learner a must.\n- Ability to problem solve appropriately, ability to work under stringent time deadlines; ability to work independently in promotion of cancer research at other medical centers.\n- Experience with Excel, Microsoft word, & internet use.", "date_new": "2011-10-08 21:53:58", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/24121445/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "CT Rsch Coord II", "reqid": "102941", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 24121445}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: MRI Technologist I - Grade 830\nLocation: Vallejo, 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 and 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- Trains MRI Technologist Trainees and MRI Technologists I in MRI procedures.\n- May be required to direct, check and train other MRI employees.\n- Orients new hires and trains students.\n- Perform other related duties as necessary.\n- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.\nQualifications:\nBasic Qualifications:\n- Have two years continuous regular (twenty (20) hours or more per week) recent experience performing computerized tomography (CT) and must, to the satisfaction of the department manager be fully proficient in performing all the duties of CT; or,\n- Have two years continuous regular (twenty (20) hours or more per week) recent experience as a Registered Ultrasound Technologist in two or more modalities and must, to the satisfaction of the department manager be fully proficient in performing all the duties of an Ultrasound Technologist, or,\n- Have one year of continuous regular (twenty (20) hours or more per week) recent experience as a MRI Technologist and must, to the satisfaction of the department manager, be fully proficient in performing all of the duties of a MRI Technologist I.\n- Have satisfactorily completed a three (3) unit semester course in cross-sectional anatomy at an accredited college or have the demonstrated equivalent knowledge as determined by 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 be able to communicate well in order to train other MRI Technologists Trainees and MRI Technologists I in MRI procedures. May be required to direct, check, and train other MRI employees.\n- Effective oral and written communication skills.\n- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.", "date_new": "2011-10-06 21:29:12", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/24086823/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "MRI Technologist I - Grade 830", "reqid": "103333", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 24086823}, {"country_short": "USA", "city": "Vallejo", "description": "Title: Sonographer III - Grade 864 - On-Call\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.", "date_new": "2011-09-03 18:59:33", "url": "http://kp.jobs/xml/23427785/job", "country": "United States", "company": "Kaiser Permanente", "title": "Sonographer III - Grade 864 - On-Call", "reqid": "097461", "state": "California", "state_short": "CA", "location": "Vallejo, CA", "uid": 23427785}]