Registered Nurse (RN) - Manager, ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Company: Adventist Health
Location: San Luis Obispo
Posted on: November 26, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Adventist Health is seeking a Registered Nurse
(RN) Manager, ICU - Intensive Care Unit for a nursing job in San
Luis Obispo, California. Job Description & Requirements Specialty:
ICU - Intensive Care Unit Discipline: RN Start Date: ASAP Duration:
Ongoing Employment Type: Staff \n Nestled on the Central California
Coast, Adventist Health Sierra Vista has been providing care to our
community since 1959. Our 162-bed acute care facility includes a
Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and county designated trauma
center. San Luis Obispo offers the excitement of a lively community
while being a fifteen-minute drive from the serenity of Avila
Beach, known for their natural hot springs, and Pismo Beach, known
for their sand dunes and eucalyptus trees. Featuring a charming
downtown, comfortable coastal weather, idyllic views, and an active
lifestyle San Luis Obispo offers much to be had. \n Job Summary: \n
Creates an environment where front line nurses and ancillary staff
provide whole person care that is safe, complication free, and
optimizes functional independence for each patient. Maintains a
highly-visible presence on the unit. Collaborates closely with
staff, charge nurses, physicians, and other department leaders to
ensure that clinical operations are efficient and effective, and
achieve high patient/family/staff satisfaction. Supervises and
directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing and
ancillary personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory
discretion and independent judgment.Schedules, leads, and
coordinates the daily activities of a defined unit on an assigned
shift. Assists leadership in accomplishing unit and organizational
goals. \n Job Requirements: \n\n Education and Work Experience: \n
\n Bachelor’s Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of
education/related experience: Required \n Master's Degree:
Preferred \n Five years' technical experience: Preferred \n One
year's leadership experience: Preferred \n Two years' experience of
acute care nursing in hospital setting: Preferred \n \n\n\n
Licenses/Certifications: \n \n Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in
the state of practice: Required \n Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS)
certification: Preferred \n National specialty certification in
area of expertise or in nursing administration: Preferred \n \n\n\n
Department Specific License/Certifications: \n \n Pediatric
Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Healthstream Pediatric Advanced
Life Support (HS-PALS) or RQIPALS: Required \n Advanced Cardiac
Life Support (ACLS) or Healthstream Advanced Cardiac Life Support
(HS-ACLS) or RQIACLS: Required \n \n\n\n Essential Functions: \n \n
Builds a high performing clinical work team by recruiting and
retaining skilled professional staff. Builds a strong
infrastructure with designated charge nurses and unit champions.
Engages staff in developing action plans for needed change to
create safe, desired outcomes. Completes periodic evaluations of
personnel supervised. Coaches and disciplines personnel when deems
appropriate. Monitors attendance. Works closely with staff, unit
champions, and the clinical educator to identify and meet
educational needs. Uses consistent exercise of discretion and
judgment. \n Sets and strives to achieve goals for patient safety,
quality of care and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Creates a culture of open communication. Develops strategies to
improve patient/family, and physician satisfaction. Establishes
standards of care for professional nursing practice that staff are
held accountable to. Monitors critical processes and outcomes of
care through audits, analysis of data, and complaints or incident
reports. Exercises discretion and independent judgment with respect
to matters of significance, evaluating and comparing possible
courses-of-action, and making decisions/recommendations after
considering the various possibilities. \n Conducts daily rounds
with physicians and other staff and actively communicates, as
needed, to coordinate appropriate care for patients and families.
Directs/monitors personnel in the performance of patient care
activities in order to ensure adequate patient care and quality of
work. Investigates and resolves patient care and operational
issues, as needed. Initiates and coordinates individual and team
conferences with health team members, patients, and/or families to
initiate and revise care plans for optimal, individualized patient
care as per care setting. \n Assesses the personnel requirements of
the unit on a daily basis and requests additional personnel when
determines they are necessary. Authorizes and assigns overtime to
personnel when independently determines this to be appropriate.
Completes monthly unit staff schedule on time, accurately, and in
collaboration with staff members and management with minimal
incidents of absence or unbalanced/short staffing events. \n
Facilitates throughput through early discharge of patients,
pull-ahead beds, and timely admission/transfer of patients and
forecasting admission. Works with facility services to assure that
the department and equipment is maintained to be safe and
operational. Prevents complications of care including nosocomial
infections. Conducts emergency preparedness reviews. \n Performs
other job-related duties as assigned. \n \n\n\n Organizational
Requirements: \n Adventist Health is committed to the safety and
wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require
that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a
condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable.
Medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health
participates in E-Verify. Visit for more information about
E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have
accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work
notices and understand the contents therein. \n\n\n Adventist
Health Job ID 46553. Posted job title: manager, rn - ed/icu,
adventist health sierra vista About Adventist Health Adventist
Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system
serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with
over 400 sites of care, including 26 acute care facilities. Founded
on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in
hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural
and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of
37,000 includes employees, physicians, allied health professionals
and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love
by inspiring health, wholeness, and hope. We are committed to
staying true to our heritage by providing patient-centered, quality
care. Together, we are transforming the healthcare experience with
an innovative and whole-person focus on physical, mental, spiritual
and social healing to support community well-being. Benefits
Continuing Education Bereavement Medical benefits Dental benefits
Vision benefits Health Care FSA 403b retirement plan Employee
assistance programs Life insurance Holiday Pay 401k retirement plan
Sick pay Health savings account
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