http://kpcareers.org/east-bay-jobs en Essential Functions:
- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.
- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.
- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.
- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.
- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.
- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.
- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.
- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.
- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.
- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.
- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.
- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.
- Identifies and solves problems effectively.
- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
- Perform other related duties as necessary.
- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.
- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.
- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.
- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).
- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Schedule:
Week I: Sun, Wed, Fri, Sat
Week II: Mon, Tues
This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447938-California-Nursing-Licensed Essential Functions:
- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.
- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.
- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.
- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.
- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.
- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.
- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.
- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.
- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.
- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.
- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.
- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.
- Identifies and solves problems effectively.
- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
- Perform other related duties as necessary.
- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.
- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.
- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.
- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).
- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Schedule:
Week I: Sun, Mon, Fri
Week II: Mon, Tues, Sat
This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447939-California-Nursing-Licensed Essential Functions:
- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care that is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.
- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by health care team members.
- Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate measures.
- Documents patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner.
- Demonstrates an awareness of and sensitivity to patient/family rights, age specific needs, cultural and ethical beliefs.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified within the institution.
- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
- Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care of a designated patient population.
- Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice.
- Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and Department of Nursing personnel.
- Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues, including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.
- Participates in unit and Department Performance Improvement activities as directed.
- Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of health care team members.
- Utilizes effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority, as appropriate.
- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients, families, and all members of the health care team.
- Establishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
- Provides data for staffing decisions and demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues; demonstrates flexibility when floating to other units upon requests.
- Ability to navigate in a windows environment, utilizing a mouse and the ability to learn electronic medical record system application.
- Identifies and solves problems effectively.
- Participates in nursing research activities as requested.
- Perform other related duties as necessary.
- This job motivates and provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize and coordination) to LVN's, Nurse Attendants, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 6 months experience. See job duties for specific experience requirements for specialty units.
- CRITICAL CARE - One year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in Critical Care. Current ACLS certification required. Completion of a Critical Care course preferred.
- SPECIALITY AREAS - If no qualified candidate, may be willing to train in the specialty areas listed below. Candidates in training are required to obtain appropriate certifications within 6 months of hire or transfer into unit.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care and has worked 2000 hours as an licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.
- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).
- Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills (in English).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Schedule:
Week I: Sun, Thurs, Fri
Week II: Tues, Wed, Sat
This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447932-California-Nursing-Licensed Kaiser Permanente/National Facilities Services
Oakland, CA

This position is responsible for overall leadership of the NFS Supplier Diversity program across the NFS shared services program. The Director develops the vision, the strategy, and program parameters and leads the NFS supplier diversity program for $4+ billion dollar per year facilities management spend, including planning, design, construction, real estate, maintenance, environmental services, etc. The supplier diversity program is one of the five key goals upon which Kaiser Permanente's national leaders and senior executives are measured.
The position directs the efforts of the NFS Supplier Diversity staff to establish annual goals, ensure consistent implementation of initiatives and practices, and ensure consistent responsiveness to internal customers, employer groups, regulatory agencies and the development of the supplier outreach programs at regional and local levels. Develops and implements the structure, initiatives and supplier outreach to attain the diversity goals established for NFS. Enhance workforce cultural competence and diversity skills of the NFS workforce.
Essential Functions:
- Develops and directs the implementation of strategies and specific programs to increase the amount NFS spends with diverse suppliers. Ensures full compliance with employer groups and government regulators.
- Chairs the National Facilities Services Diversity Council to serve as the oversight group to the Business Lines and Service Delivery Teams. Guides and supports all of the Council's activities.
- Ensure KP obtains recognition from government agencies and local communities for setting the tone and developing/attaining goals for the participation of a diverse workforce, minority and women business enterprises, local subcontractors and suppliers, and military veterans.
- Ensure all responses are inclusive of diversity goals.
- Establishes retention/promotion programs to increase the diversity of facilities management employees and leadership that is balanced with available workforce and medical center demographics. Develop an internal mentoring program for prospective candidates to enter the facilities management and related professional fields within KP.
- Design, develop and implement research plans for data gathering and analysis to establish accountability and monitoring mechanisms of minority and women workforce and subcontractor participation for the Service Delivery teams.
- Make recommendations to National Facilities Services Executive Leadership to appropriately establish performance expectations.
- Oversees the development and implementation of supplier diversity subcontracting strategies in major NFS contracting areas.
- Performs direct public policy analyses and interpretation and determines impact on organization, develops and implements processes and procedures to assure compliance.
- Oversees and manages the supplier identification and classification process to determine supplier diversity status. Also oversees the collection and maintenance of potential supplier information for regional and national sourcing activities.
- Works in partnership with internal groups to formulate proactive communication and education strategies to enhance understanding and cultivate awareness of impact of supplier diversity on NFS program performance.
- Collaborate and actively participate with National Supplier Diversity to establish annual NFS diversity goals based on the projected spend for design, construction, real estate and facilities operations.
- Collaborate with vendor management, Procurement and Services, and the Service Delivery Teams.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Architecture, construction management or business management.
- 5 years of management experience to include proven track record in change management, leadership and team building.
- 8 years of project management experience in a complex environment preferably dealing with health care delivery and construction/facilities projects.
- Demonstrated excellent communication, presentation, analytical and report writing skills.
- This position requires significant travel.
- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with culturally diverse groups.
An individual should have the following core behaviors:

Champions Innovation and Change
Collaborates
Communicates Effectively
Develops Self/Others
Drives for Results
Focuses on the Customer
Takes Accountability
Demonstrates Business Acumen
Exerts Influence
Emotional Intelligence*
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience implementing a facilities-related diversity program.
- Experience in the design and management of supplier diversity or minority and business enterprise programs preferred.
- Experience with facilities management, purchasing, marketing or financial operations desirable.
- Previous experience interpreting public legislation and regulations regarding compliance of federal contractors on facilities contracts.
- Knowledge of Office of Federal Contract Compliance regulations relating to construction projects.
- Knowledge of construction, construction and facilities management methodologies, facilities contracting and building requirements is crucial to successful execution of this program.
- Ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Ability to organize large events and manage support contractors.
- Master's degree in any of these curricula preferred.
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447924-Oakland-Materials-Management
Essential Functions:
- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.
- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.
- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.
- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.
- Utilization of services.
- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.
- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.
- 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.
- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.
- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.
- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.
- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.
- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.
- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation
- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.
- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447926-Oakland-Nursing-Licensed Under the general direction of the Laboratory Director, or their designee, performs pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical procedures and analyses to provide data for health maintenance, diagnoses, treatment and monitoring of medical conditions. Enhances quality of patient care and service through interdepartmental cooperation and quality assurance protocols.
Essential Functions:
- Correctly verifies that the proper specimen is being analyzed for the correct patients and that the correct test is being performed.
- Judges the adequacy and qualities of specimens submitted for testing.
- Analyzes clinical laboratory specimens following the standard methods and procedures approved by the Laboratory Director or designee.
- Performs quality control procedures to ensure accuracy of clinical data.
- Utilizes test reference ranges (including neonates, pediatric and adult) to determine reasonableness of test results.
- Validates test results through correlation with test parameters (e.g. Hgb/Hct, anion gap, platelet count/smear, dipstick/micro etc.)
- Confirms testing on all Critical Values to ensure accuracy prior to releasing of test results.
- Performs routine preventative maintenance and troubleshooting on assigned instruments and equipment according to established schedule and procedure.
- Performs and documents instrument function by checking and calibrating specific lab instruments and documents data.
- Records on instrument logs any repairs, replacement, and maintenance needed of equipment.
- Releases or reports results per Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures.
- Trains laboratory assistants on proper techniques/procedures related to clinical laboratory practice.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Entry Level - Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Sr. - Trains laboratory assistants, and other Clinical Laboratory Scientists, on proper techniques/procedures related to clinical laboratory practice. Assist with Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement activities consistent with the Laboratory Quality Plan. Provides general or direct supervision of Lab Assistants and general Clerical Personnel as required according to lab law and regulations.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Sr. CLS minimum 3 years of experience, CLS minimum 6 months of experience, Entry Level CLS = none. - Bachelor's degree in Clinical Lab Sciences or related field. Applicable military experience may be substituted for bachelor's degree.
- Current California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License/Valid Temporary California State Clinical Laboratory Scientist License for entry level CLS.
- Computer application experience/proficiency preferred.
- Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other incumbents of the organization.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447952-California-Laboratory Independently provides most complex administrative support & project coordination for senior executive(s), & as needed, for other senior management members. * 'Executive' is defined as the direct reports to the Regional President & the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Medical Director & is on the KP Executive Payroll or the TPMG equivalent, including Area Managers, MGAs, PICs & the COO.
Essential Functions:
- Independently provides most complex administrative support & project coordination for senior executive(s), & as needed, other senior management members to include the following.
- Provides administrative support for assigned area of responsibility that exists within an executive's* jurisdiction; represents executive to ensure required action is timely.
- Manages inquiries (phones, email, in person) & directs to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; independently responds to routine to most complex inquiries.
- Manages multiple calendars to include arranging more complex special events requiring solid understanding of broad business requirements & coordination of ambiguous dependencies.
- Independently composes complex & detailed correspondence for senior executive(s) using in-depth KP knowledge, business acumen/functional knowledge; independently researches & updates department documents. May use intermediate to advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint, &/or Access functions & other software applications as needed.
- Independently designs & creates reports & participates in special cross-functional projects that require complex project coordination & independent judgment, in response to business needs.
- Manages executive travel & business expense budgets, as well as billing & payment authorization for planned & unplanned expenses & special events; handles recharges across business units.
- Anticipates & proactively resolves potential budget overages.
- May assist the executive &/or Finance liaison w/ the development of preliminary budgets for cost center(s).
- Interacts w/ KP executives, board members & employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, serving as a liaison for the department/function to discuss & resolve complex administrative matters, business processes, & project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.
- Coordinates executive assistant workflow across KP departments; designs & implements new processes as needed.
- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of considerable scope & complexity using judgment/experience w/ KP/department practices & thorough knowledge of the executive's area of responsibilities.
- Exchanges & interprets non-routine information; works in collaboration w/ various levels of staff & management.
- Interacts w/ KP executives, board members & employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, serving as a liaison for the department/function to discuss & resolve complex administrative matters, business processes, & project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.
- Uses thorough knowledge of KP/department policies & procedures but may deviate from established procedures to address unique/complex project work steps.
- Works independently & checks in w/ manager at key project milestones.
- Provides periodic informal work guidance/direction to & training of team members.






Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Seven (7) plus years experience performing administrative support functions for senior or executive level management.
- Experience in coordinating & providing support to large complex projects.
- HS or GED, BA/BS preferred.
- Extensive knowledge of appropriate protocols for managing the phone, email, & office of executive & equivalent officers.
- Expertise w/ word processing, spreadsheet, & graphics & presentation software required.
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
- Advanced level proficiency w/ MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) & Lotus Notes.
- Ability to create tables; merge documents; create pivot tables; & develop graphics & PowerPoint presentations from notes.
- Strong proficiency w/ office equipment, including troubleshooting & training others.
- Excellent customer service & oral & written communication skills required.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Skills Testing: Typing 45WPM, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2334628-California-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services Essential Functions:
- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.
- Records information in patients' medical record.
- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.
- Assists clinician with care of the patient.
- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.
- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.
- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.
- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.
- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.
- Performs data entry.
- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.
- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.
- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.
- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.
- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.
- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.
- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.
- Takes accountability for own actions.
- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.
- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.
- Adheres to Attendance Policy.
- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.
- No supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.
- BLS certification.
- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.
- Ability to use personal computer.
- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.
- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Scheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447949-California-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN
Essential Functions:
- Leads, makes significant contributions, and/or provides technical leadership to high visibility projects to identify and resolve issues of strategic importance to the organization.
- Interfaces regularly w/ senior management to produce timely and valuable results.
- Sets the strategic direction of projects.
- Determines goals and priorities w/ management team sponsors.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resources.
- Develops proposals for clients outlining proposed project structure, approach, and work plan.
- Provides staff leadership to project teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants when needed.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis; participates significantly in interpreting analysis and developing action plans accordingly.
- Produces or oversees development of written materials for senior executives and other key clients.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Assists, as needed, in planning and coordinating w/ other ongoing teams and projects to maximize effectiveness.
- Participates in the development and management of the department, including coaching, recruiting, and conducting performance reviews for consultants/analysts, and other departmental activities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Typically five (5) or more years of experience in one of the technical areas required.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care Administration, Operations Research, Public Health Administration, or other related field.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.
- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
- In-depth knowledge of invasive cardiovascular procedures and supplies/equipment utilized in complex interventions.
- Previous experience in education and training of multi-disciplinary staff on Interventional Cardiology procedures and instrumentation.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447940-San-Francisco-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Essential Functions:
- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units in an outpatient facility.
- Ensures assistants and staff provide the highest quality of care and are in compliance w/ The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.
- Collaborates w/ physicians and other health care providers in establishing, implementing, and maintaining patient care and quality service standards to meet members and internal clients expectations.
- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.
- Develops and monitors budgets and resource allocations.
- Monitors financial performance, identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs, and improves quality of care/service.
- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, and train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.
- Provides on going staff development.
- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policies and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.
- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader and Department Chief in developing the level of patient services and the day-to-day operations of the department.
- Manages and resolves human resource, labor relations, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience in management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).
- Significant supervisory experience required (usually five (5) years).
- Significant experience in an outpatient care setting preferred.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a health related field required.
- Master's degree preferred.
- BLS certification preferred.
- Knowledge of The Joint Commission, and other local, state, and federal regulations.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- This is an Assistant Manger position in an Inpatient and Outpatient Social Work Department which operates seven (7) days per week
- Must be willing to provide staff development and supervision

Preferred Qualifications:
- MSW and LCSW preferred
- Inpatient Medical Social Work experience]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447941-Oakland-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN Essential Functions:
- Manages the off-hours & weekend patient care activities.
- Ensures staffs provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.
- Coordinates & monitors staffing for all shifts & maintains appropriate staffing levels & skill mix.
- Participates in developing, reviewing, & updating departmental policies & procedures.
- Identifies & implements best practices to provide improved quality care & services.
- Assess & monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.
- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum.
- Follows-up on all clinical issues. Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related & developmental needs of patients.
- Supervises staff, assesses their needs & identifies educational opportunities.
- Collaborates w/ all departments throughout the medical center.
- Acts as patient advocate.
- Assists in developing, monitoring & maintaining the budget. Identifies & recommends opportunities to reduce costs.
- Manages & resolves human resource, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Previous supervisory experience required, usually one (1) year.
- Previous acute care hospital experience required, usually (4) years.
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required.
- ACLS certification strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal written & communication skills. Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, & federal regulations.

Schedule: 7:00pm - 7:00am

Week 1: Sun, Thurs, Fri
Week 2: Mon, Tues, Sat]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447922-California-Nursing-Licensed Essential Functions:
- Manages the off-hours & weekend patient care activities.
- Ensures staffs provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.
- Coordinates & monitors staffing for all shifts & maintains appropriate staffing levels & skill mix.
- Participates in developing, reviewing, & updating departmental policies & procedures.
- Identifies & implements best practices to provide improved quality care & services.
- Assess & monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.
- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum.
- Follows-up on all clinical issues. Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related & developmental needs of patients.
- Supervises staff, assesses their needs & identifies educational opportunities.
- Collaborates w/ all departments throughout the medical center.
- Acts as patient advocate.
- Assists in developing, monitoring & maintaining the budget. Identifies & recommends opportunities to reduce costs.
- Manages & resolves human resource, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Previous supervisory experience required, usually one (1) year.
- Previous acute care hospital experience required, usually (4) years.
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required.
- ACLS certification strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal written & communication skills. Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, & federal regulations.

Schedule: 7:00am - 7:00pm

Week 1: Sun, Thurs, Fri
Week 2: Mon, Tues, Sat]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447893-California-Nursing-Licensed Essential Functions:
- Following established policies & procedures, establishes & maintains courteous, cooperative relations w/ the public, patients & other personnel
- Promotes, ensures, & improves customer services to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent w/ the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations & quality service
- Receives & routes incoming calls to appropriate stations
- Pages medical center personnel
- Responds to callers' inquiries concerning patient condition & other requests for information.
- Announces appropriate & urgent messages.
- Serves as central communications point for all in-house emergencies (i.e., Code Red & Code Blue).
- Documents events in logs or in on-line database.
- Performs various clerical duties such as listings of on-call personnel & listing of beeper personnel; distribution of brochures & mailings.
- Records & processes requests for telephone equipment repair.
- Reports equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum one (1) year of multi-line telephone experience.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Typing speed: 25 WPM.
- Ability to read & comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, & memos.
- Ability to write basic correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one & small group arrangements to customers, clients, & other incumbents of the organization.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Also refer to position specifications outlines in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Skills Testing: Typing 25WPM
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447896-California-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services
Seeking a team oriented SENIOR ACCOUNTANT who will be responsible for providing financial support to Kaiser Permanente's Information Technology Group (KP-IT). Must be a highly organized professional with proven accounting and analytical skills. Primary focus is the proper and timely recording of financial transactions in the general ledger in accordance with GAAP. Responsible for account analysis, account reconciliations, resolving reconciling items utilizing problem solving skills. Ability to work independently and with other team members or departments to resolve accounting problems/issues. Responsible for meeting monthly due dates to ensure accurate and timely reporting of KP-IT financial data.

Major Responsibilities include:
- Responsible for the proper and timely recording of financial transactions in the general ledger in accordance with GAAP and Kaiser policy.
- Perform monthly analysis and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, including inter-regional reconciliations.
- Perform monthly and ad hoc reporting to Program Office (PO), KP-IT management and KP-IT finance community in an accurate and timely manner.
- Perform detailed variance analysis on multiple tasks/projects.
- Create and generate financial reports.
- Perform responsibilities in a team environment.
- Document and maintain financial desktop procedures/systems.
- Research and prepare accounting solutions for a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.
- Act as information resource to the finance community.
- Assist in audits.
- Follow internal controls and SOX requirements.
- All other duties as assigned by Manager.


Qualifications:

Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or 4 years of additional work related experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting experience.
- Experience in general ledger, balance sheet reconciliations, and journal entries.
- Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of GAAP and internal controls.
- Strong PC skills in the Microsoft environment, especially Excel and Word.
- Effective interpersonal skills to work with various levels of staff to deliver a high level of customer support.
- Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and perform well under demanding timelines and pressure.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Requirements:
- CPA
- Ability to evaluate and recommend solutions on projects/problems.
- Demonstrated ability to create and maintain reports.
- Strong organizational, communication and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and proactively with minimal supervision.
- Strong service orientation and team focus.
- Experience in a large organization.
- Experience with Business Objects, PeopleSoft and Microsoft Access.
- Knowledge of Kaiser's accounting processes, systems and procedures.
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447890-San-Francisco-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Change Management: Submits items for Governance Approval.
- Manages Vendor's Build/ Issue Tracker.
- Build/Implementation: Designs and builds moderate to complex components and functionality in Production and non Production environments.
- Analysis: Performs analysis, design, and build tasks for new projects that are moderate to complex in scope.
- Performs Complex Issue analysis related to Legacy system issues.
- Support: Troubleshoots complex issues related to Orders, Security, and Clinical Documentation tools that cannot be resolved by an Associate or Intermediate level staff.
- Documents technically complex information with articulation and accuracy.
- Release: Participates in upgrades and Release Notes management and documentation.
- Works with Vendor/Epic on change requests and complex code introduction to the system and assesses impacts accordingly.
- Production Support: Participates in Production Support including on call schedule and off hours support (24/7); troubleshoots issues and determines root cause
- Project Management: Responsible for planning, managing and organizing medium level scope project components or initiatives, typically pertaining to individual work assignments.
- Communication and Documentation: Maintains and updates Application configuration documentation. Communicates with a broad variety of individuals on a broad variety of complex projects and issues which impact the area of management and expertise.
- Security, SOX, Compliance, and Change Management: Follows established security, SOX and Compliance protocols and procedures.
- Works with Epic on Change requests and complex code introduction to the system and assesses impacts accordingly
- Provides periodic informal work guidance/direction to, and training of team members.
- Has limited informal supervisory responsibility.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years related experience in Application Configuration, relevant Technical setting, Relevant Healthcare setting, Medical Office setting, system implementation and/or installation.
- Specific experience with EPIC or other EMR, CPOE, Revenue Cycle content and/or industry expertise.
- 4-year degree in related field or equivalent experience.
- EPIC or other applicable vendor certification (Cerner, EMR/Clinical Application).
- Must Acquire EPIC Certification within 4 months.
- Knowledge and/or direct experience in business / operational area supported by application preferred.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2003278-San-Francisco-Information-Technology Intermediate Project Manager / Project Coordinator
Burbank or Oakland, CA


Kaiser Permanente is looking for an Intermediate Project Manager / Project Coordinator in Burbank or Oakland. This role will be responsible for leading projects to fulfill one or more program goals of moderate scope. In many cases, this personwill work under the supervision of a senior project manager.


Essential Functions:
- Initiate, plan, execute, and transition projects.
- Interface with clients, stakeholders, team members to gather requirements, develop project plans, determine resource requirements, manage project and organizational change, report status, and transition completed projects to client operations teams.
- Produce project deliverables, and provide analytical and project support to the senior project manager.
- Provide leadership to a team committed to achieving specified goals of a project.
- Provide high quality and cost effective project management, analytic support services and technical expertise for a broad array of issues.
- Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
- Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
- Lead and provide technical leadership to projects.
- Interface with internal and external clients to define project scope and requirements.
- Define and develop project plan and resource requirements.
- Manage project team, activities, and deliverables.
- Assess risks and develop mitigation plans.
- Manage change control process.
- Manage risks, action items, issues, and decisions.
- Analyze data and develop recommendations and action plans.
- Conduct and facilitate meetings with team members, clients, stakeholders, and executives.
- Produce deliverables for project team, clients, stakeholders, and executives.
- Establish and maintain project team performance expectations.
- Coach, guide, and develop team members.
- Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices.
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Up to 25% travel.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- One year exposure to Project Management or one year as a member of a Project Management team
- Understands all project life cycle phases and applies knowledge in the delivery of at least one phase of the project delivery life cycle
- Understands use of change management process - resources, schedule, scope - for assigned project (size and complexity - see above)
- 4-year degree in related field or 4 additional years of equivalent experience
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2169490-Oakland-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Essential Functions:
- Maintains manager/executives and department calendars.
- Arranges meetings, conferences and travel itineraries.
- Orchestrates and organizes project meetings.
- Schedules and materials such as agendas, timeliness, reports, and presentations.
- Screens telephone calls/visitors and refers to appropriate staff member.
- Determines which requests should be referred to others.
- May provide information to top level management, Board Members, etc.
- Responds to internal and external requests for information relating to established departmental policies and procedures.
- Interprets policies and procedures in response to inquiries.
- Reviews/screens manager/executives mail, researches issues, and provides recommendations.
- Performs data input and maintains established databases.
- May collect and research information or data needed by manager or staff.
- Maintains confidential department files and records.
- May provide training/direction to other non-exempt personnel.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by management.
- Various positions are under review w/ a joint Management/Union review committee for appropriate Union/Non-Union status and this position may be considered a union position or may be converted to a union position at some time in the future. Should this position be determined to be union, it returns to the bargaining unit in accordance w/ the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Four (4) plus years of experience in performing administrative support functions for department managers.
- High School or General Education diploma.
- Strong proficiency w/ MS Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Lotus Notes.
- Well organized and detail oriented.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Ability to merge documents and summarize information.
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Skills testing: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Typing (45WPM)

Expected length of employment: Up to 90 days.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447905-California-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services Essential Functions:
- Provides the initial all system nursing assessment prior to the provision of care.
- Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions including obtaining written physician orders for changes.
- Provides care and services in accordance with the plan of care.
- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
- Provides ongoing periodic all system assessment of the patient and the patient's equipment needs.
- Initiates preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedure (Home Health).
- Initiates timely discharges based on goals.
- Educates and instructs the patient, patient's family or other staff as required.
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
- Supervises and teaches LVN's and HHA's as required for patient care.
- Provides nursing care through all phases of care taking into consideration age and developmental needs.
- Documents all care, interventions and care coordination per law, regulation and agency policy.
- Notifies the patient's attending MD, Podiatrist and other professional persons and responsible staff of significant changes in the patient's condition in a timely manner.
- Assists in coordinating all services provided.
- Consults with other health professionals when needed.
- Effectively plans and organizes work assignment, manages and sets competitive priorities, and completes work assignments with a minimum of direct supervision per agency policy and within established time frames.
- Adheres to the services policy and principles of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program.
- Supervises Home Health aides and LVN5 according to law, regulation and agency policy.
- Behaves in a courteous professional manner with patients, health professionals and maintain patient confidentiality.
- Acts as a patient advocate in utilizing Medicare, MediCal, Health Plan and community resources.
- Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance activities and Utilization Review activities as requested.
- Selects and attends education programs to keep current in area of practice.
- Utilizes new knowledge and skills.
- Participates in in-service programs.
- Annually prepares realistic professional goals and reviews their progress with Supervisor.
- Perform other related duties as necessary.
- The job has no supervisory responsibilities.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Two years of applicable registered nurse experience within the last five (5) years, as determined by the Employer, of which at least six (6) months must be home health experience within a hospital-based or community based home health agency.
- Experience in automated clinical information systems preferred.
- Oncology, hospice or care of terminally ill experience preferred if working within the Hospice Department.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Graduate from an approved school of professional nursing (AA, Diploma, or BSN).
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.
- Valid Driver's license.
- Computer literate preferred.
- Knowledge of the nursing process.
- Commitment to Service Orientation.
- Effective written and oral communication skills (in English).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Schedule: Full-Time Regular, 40 hours per week, Day shifts: 8:30am to 5:00pm.
Week 1- M, T, W, TH, F
Week 2- M, T, W, TH, F
Week 3- Sun, T, W, F, Sat
Week 4- Sun, M, W, TH, F
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447921-Oakland-Nursing-Licensed Under the direction of the Infrastructure Program VP, and in functional alignment with the VP for Service Design and Integration and the IT Executive Committee, this executive builds and guides teams that design, engineer, develop and execute complex plans and focuses resources on system availability and recovery situations requiring intense short-term and/or long-term effort in order to deliver value. Program/project deliverables and timelines will be aggressive and require a sophisticated mix of technology, application and organizational change to deliver expected benefits.
The Program's business objectives include:
- Transitioning the infrastructure to new hardware and software platforms, introducing industry best practices, tools and standards and taking advantage of new advances in technology
- Building new and expanded facilities including increases to enhance technology-enabled health care and health care operations which are aligned with Kaiser's capital strategy/plan and account for 16% of KPIT's capital investments.
Essential Functions:
The Executive Director for Availability's primary responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
- Develop, manage and track multi-year project plans for large projects of varying scale across the enterprise. This leader will be accountable and responsible for partnering with regional BIOs, business application owners, internal and external strategic partners (like IBM) to agree on multi-year schedules for the various projects for Disaster Recovery and Continuous Availability. A multi-year project plan will include, but not limited to, well defined scope, detail schedule, project budget, revised forecast, resource plan, change management plan, and communication/stakeholder management plan. Additionally, this leader will be responsible for tracking and reporting on a periodic basis against the associated execution and delivery to ensure that the multi-year plan and associated business objectives are being achieved.
- Partner with Infrastructure Program's Communications and Program & Portfolio Integration teams to establish regional, portfolio and organizational stakeholder and communication plans. This leader will be accountable and responsible for the stakeholder management for the Availability tracks of work; including, but not limited to, regular meetings with governance committees (including working groups, steering committee, and regional engagement committees), regional BIOs, business application owners, and strategic partners to develop and/or gain endorsement of strategic and operational decisions.
- Establishing and sustaining relationships with KP-IT and business leadership. This leader will be accountable and responsible for working with various functions across the business and KP-IT organization, and developing working relationships to support the Availability projects.
- Establish key operations and program metrics and dashboards. This leader will be responsible for defining and delivering key metrics and dashboards that provide management, business partners and clients with data that provides measures of success and progress against operational and program objectives.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Candidate must possess a bachelor's of science degree in a technical or engineering discipline.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive IT solutions experience in roles of increasing responsibility. Additionally, proven experience will include success in multi-disciplinary leadership capability, ability to grow and develop high performance teams that are geographically dispersed within a matrixed organization, and a strongly defined service-centric customer focus. Logically, we expect a track record of solid leadership experience and background in negotiating commitments to achieve long term partnerships; broad understanding of the software and technical infrastructure delivery process, including IT financial planning and budgeting experience.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives. Demonstrated ability to lead professionals and manage others through influence and collaboration. The successful candidate will be proficient in team building, conflict resolution, group interaction, project management, and cost effective and budget management. He/She will have the demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis; have excellent skills in complex analytic problem solving, project management, change management, and group process. The candidate must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.
- The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in successfully influencing/managing complex organizational initiatives involving multiple functions and multiple business units/regions to include identification and articulation of problems, influencing decision-making process as well as delivery of expected results.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree as a decided plus.
- Expertise in large project implementation is desired.
- Experience with an enterprise EMR and broad/deep understanding of the health care and insurance industries is a plus.
]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447904-Oakland-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Performs packaging, manipulative, repetitive, and other non-discretionary tasks.
- Removes drugs from stock.
- Counts, pours and mixes pharmaceuticals.
- Places products in container and affixes labels onto containers.
- Performs packaging and repackaging tasks.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Three (3) years of experience preferred.
- High School Diploma OR GED.
- Current CA Pharmacy Technician Registration.
- Requires successful completion of a qualifying exam and the Kaiser Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Program.
- Working knowledge of current drug forms, dosage strengths, and generic & trade name, and traditional equivalents.
- Knowledge of Federal & State laws/regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.
- Ability to read, understand and transcribe pharmaceutical information.
- Must possess verbal and written English-speaking communication skills.
- Ability to learn and operate pharmacy computer system and other equipment.
- Must be able to learn and operate pharmacy computer system and other equipment.
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time with frequent bending/stooping/lifting or reaching.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Skills testing: Typing (30 WPM or 6,000 KPH), Outpatient Pharmacy Tech Test.

Schedule: Relief Pool position; on-call,evening shift, variable schedule.

Special Requirements: This position will be required to work across facilities: Pleasanton, Livermore MOB]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447898-San-Francisco-Pharmacy
Essential Functions:
- Conducts and documents history including chief complaint, relevant symptoms as appropriate; pertinent ocular health, family and medical history, medications; current spectacle/contact lens and any other data required to manage the patients vision and ocular health needs.
- Performs minimum as well as appropriate additional testing as needed based on the specific needs of each patient.
- Adequately documents findings.
- Is proficient in the use and interpretation of standard ophthalmic equipment.
- These include but are not limited to retinoscopy, subjective refraction, lensometry, visual fields, mobility and pupil testing, slit lamp examination, direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy, gonioscopy, fundus contact lens, tear function testing, Amsler grid, confrontation fields, etc.
- Accurately interprets data from clinical exam.
- Makes sound clinical diagnoses.
- Takes appropriate actions(s) to take care of patients' chief complaint(s) and ensure ocular health and visual needs are met.
- Clearly documents impressions and clinical action plan in the chart including referrals to other providers, long term medical management and/or optical and therapeutic prescriptions dispensed.
- Uses tests and procedures as described above designed to detect and appropriately manager disorders common to the elderly such as glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration.
- Actively communicates with optical, ophthalmology, support staff and fellow OD teams to optimize quality and clinical care and service to patients.
- Teams with optical staff and ophthalmologists to ensure most timely and convenient service given to patient when their services are needed.
- Attends and contributes to staff meetings to keep up with events and policy changes.
- Identifies and reports system problems that result in waste and poor services; identifies possible solutions.
- Maintains all licensing and job requirements (CE, CPR, safety training, PPD)
- Dictates/writes referral and information letters to other providers or agencies, as appropriate, or otherwise communicates with parents, teachers or other providers as appropriate.
- Performs other related duties such as completing school forms, DMV, FAA and other like documents.
- Work and coordinate concerns in a designated location.
- Direct and oversee daily operations and report to the local Chief of Optometry or exempt designee.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- A minimum of one (1) year of experience desired but not required.
- OD degree from an accredited School of Optometry.
- Current California Optometric License.
- Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents (T.P.A.) required for external employees hired after November 2009 (TPA is not required for internal applicants).
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.
- Meets all of the specifications of staff Optometrist.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2447902-San-Francisco-Optical-Services Essential Functions:
- Assists in the coordination of the quality management/utilization management department activities.
- Acts as a consultant for appropriate departments on quality management, utilization management and risk management activities.
- Assists with quality management studies through data collection, data input and report development.
- Provides objective assessment of important aspects of patient care through ongoing chart review with pre-established criteria.
- Reports all occurrences which may lead to medical center liability and follows up as necessary.
- Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration for development of patient care paths.
- Serves as a member of the QM and/or UM Committees as needed.
- Attends and/or participates in committee meetings as needed.
- Assists in orientation and training; in formulating and evaluating policies and procedures.
- Performs special projects as assigned, such as statistical reports for state, federal, and local agencies.
- Assists the director of quality and utilization management for QM and UM in the formulation of department goals and objectives.

Secondary Functions:
This position will travel and work in Vallejo Home Health, occasionally assist with the Hospice agency, interface with the Region and Medical Center.
Assist management team and clinical support services with reviewing and evaluating the appropriateness and effectiveness of patient services by conducting patient care reviews, compliance audits, concurrent and retrospective clinical record reviews, developing and delivering training programs as directed, and trending and analysis of utilization, outcomes and quality data.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- A minimum three (3) years of experience in Home Care as a RN.
- Supervisory experience preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field or equivalent experience.
- Must have a current RN license in California.
- Valid CA driver's license with personal means of transportation preferred.
- Current working knowledge of The Joint Commission, NCQA and Title 22 and federal standards/regulations.
- Strong problem solving, project management, group facilitation and teamwork skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theories.
- Demonstrated ability to assess or evaluate patient medical records as it relates to quality of care and systems analysis.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, statistical analysis, and accreditation and licensing processes.
- Must be PC literate, Microsoft Office applications preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:
- BLS.
- Knowledge of applicable to home health/hospice accreditation standards and federal, state regulations.
- PHN Preferred, Bachelors degree in nursing is required. Two to three years Home Health experience within the last five years, previous chart auditing, quality management and/or utilization management experience in health care preferred. Previous experience with monitoring of clinical documentation and other systems in a home health or hospice agency. Appropriate age specific competencies to be successfully completed by the end of orientation, to include Infant, Toddler, Child, Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric. Strong critical thinking and communication (both written and verbal) skills. Good analytical and mathematical skills including the ability to use fractions, percentage ratios, addition, subtraction, division and other performance measurement tools commonly used in quality. Ability to define problems, collect data/information, establish facts, and make valid conclusions/decisions. Ability to plan, develop and present both formal and informal teaching instruction designed to improve staff performance.

]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444027-California-Nursing-Licensed
Essential Functions:
- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.
- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.
- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.
- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.
- Utilization of services.
- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.
- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.
- 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.
- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.
- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.
- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.
- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.
- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.
- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation
- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.
- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444030-Oakland-Nursing-Licensed
Essential Functions:
- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.
- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.
- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.
- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.
- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.
- 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.
- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.
- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.
- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.
- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.
- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.
- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.
- Master's degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university.
- Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.
- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date.
- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:
- 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.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.

Expected length of employment: Up to 3 months.]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444019-San-Francisco-Behavioral-or-Mental-Health Health Plan Reform PMO Internship (Graduate)
Oakland, CA


Kaiser Permanente is a premier Health Maintenance Organization with offices in a number of locations across the United States. We are currently looking for aGraduate summer intern to work within our at our Headquarters in Oakland, CA or Regional offices.

Major responsibilities include:
- External scan on existing/emerging care models and technology innovation that might be candidates for pilot/implementation at KP.

As a temporary assignment, this position does not include benefits.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate Student.
- Proficient in MS Office, especially Word and Excel.
- Reliable, organized, autonomous, experience with doing research.
- Also experience in working with survey and database requirements would be ideal.
- Someone who writes well, communicates well, and can lead work related to creating executive summaries, status presentations, and high level workgroup meetings.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous work experience either as a full time employee or summer intern.
- Someone with experience in health care, research, and project evaluation would be optimal..
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444020-Oakland-Accounting,-Finance,-and-Actuarial-Services Senior Financial Consultant
Oakland, CA


Kaiser Permanente is looking for a Senior Financial Consultant in Oakland. This is a 32-hour per week, part-time position. The individual will be a key player in the work of the HR Finance Department and will report to the Director of Finance for HR Operations, Technology and Benefits Analysis.


Essential Functions:
- Supporting the development and implementation of employee benefit modeling tools and analysis using MS Office, Cognos, and SAS.
- Developing data and analytical framework in support of national and local bargaining, and developing analytical views of total benefits and health and welfare plans.
- Managing the HR Financial Reporting Database in Access. Responsibilities include developing reports, database structure and analytical capabilities .
- Up to 5% travel.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 12+ years of financial analysis experience to include budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis work
- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems
- Bachelor's degree in finance/related field or 4 additional years of equivalent experience
- Advance knowledge of Excel and Access
- Prior experience with collective bargaining modeling, health care industry and working with HR related data
- Individual must be a self starter, work independently, detail oriented, meet deadlines, communicate effectively, able to work under adverse conditions and produce accurate information


Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a large organization
- Working knowledge of Cognos and SAS
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444033-Oakland-Accounting,-Finance,-and-Actuarial-Services
The PM will represent projects regularly to executive leadership, and must have solid communication skills and the ability to convey strategic value of technical projects to business. Most projects within Information Security are national, so the ability to work with teams across regions is required. This requires presenting to executive leadership at a regional level, and getting buy in from regional IT representatives. Communication skills are key in this environment, so the ability to develop communications plans and execute them is very important.

In addition, the PM will need to work with the team on continuous team and individual improvement, as we mature our PMO, and be ready and willing to teach and mentor as needed with our staff. Further training in security may be required, so any successful PM will be required to learn and certify in security as the need arises.

Project managers in Information Security also manage the finances around their projects. Complete competence in financial forecasting, tracking, and reporting is required. A grasp, at all times, of the financial status of your project is required.

Information Security utilizes Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint. A successful PM is required to have experience with SharePoint, and have an expert level understanding of both MS Project, and the MS Office Suite.

Finally, a successful PM in Information Security must be professional, yet personable. As a small team, we expect the PMs to have a close relationship of support. The expectation is that you are there to help the other team members, and can expect the same in return.
Essential Functions:
- Manages large complex projects or multiple projects of moderate to high complexity.
- Total Managed Project Budget up to $15 million.
- Project Complexity can be multiple sites and up to 20integrated work sites.
- Manages development of project plans and/or coordinates development of project plans across multiple independent projects.
- Demonstrates knowledge, experience and use of change management process and impact on business.
- Responsible for accurate time reporting for a project.
- Provides consulting for business partners for business case development.
- Directs the quality/testing strategies for the project. Evaluates best practice recommendations and trade-off scenarios to enhance the Project Quality Plan.
- Determines program resource requirements and procures resources.
- Assigns work, sets priorities, provides guidance in the completion of tasks and review of program deliverables.
- Proactively communicates with enterprise-wide projects to plan and manage project interdependencies.
- Responsible for applyingthe risk management process.
- Develops requirements and technical specifications for RFPs.
- Manages all phases of the project delivery life cycle and consults for other projects.
- Determines the impact of current/existing technologies on the project.
- Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity, which require a high degree of ingenuity and innovation, using independent judgment to accomplish objectives.
- Designs communication plan frameworks to be used by project managers within context of overall program/project being managed.
- May manage 4 - 7 project managers across regions.
- Manages a combined project team of up to 100 resources.
- Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. May supervise the activities of others.
- Provides managerial responsibility for two or more teams or departments, which may be managed by employees with formal supervisory responsibilities.
- Provides on-going coaching, enabling team members to develop and improve skills and capabilities that support the effectiveness of the department/function.
- Recognized as authority in project management across IT.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 8 years of Project Management experience.
- Demonstrates understanding of, and knowledge in IT methods and project management, and applies this in all stages of project.
- Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Project, MS Office, and MS SharePoint
- Viewed as functional expert in field within KP.
- Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.
- Sustains strong ongoing relationships with client middle and senior management during projects.
- Leverages project management experience and knowledge by acting as tutor on relevant training or by providing on-project PM learning to team members.
- Having broad expertise or unique project management knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
- Ability to influence others and build strong partnership with others.
- Team and Service oriented.
- Service Oriented.
- Demonstrate strategic thinking.
- Ability to deal with people dynamic with minimal guidance.
- Ability to resolve conflict with minimal guidance.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Healthcare industry knowledge
- Information technology experience
- Should have managed project budgets of up to $15 million
- Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (Highly Preferred).
- Identifies individuals who can competently practice as a project manager leading and directing project tasks.]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2305162-San-Francisco-Information-Technology Job Location: Oakland, One Kaiser Plaza

Internship Profile:
- Summer position, full time (Duration)
- Graduate
Department Function:

Kaiser Permanente's Enterprise Shared Services organization drives integrated, standardized and scalable processes that allow us to enhance the member experience and provide capabilities that meet evolving business needs.

Projects or Responsibilities:
- Develop expertise regarding operating model; the intern will become familiar with each area of the operating model framework
- Research for comparison of other entities shared services execution and modeling
- Analysis and assessment of each functional organization target for alignment into the Shared Services operating model.
- Model, analyze and assess functional performance metrics and create presentation that illustrate findings
- Assess changing business environments and understand impacts of integration, standardization, technology and performance.
- Assist in the integration of analysis and context into service levels and goals/results
- Work on / research related topics involving the national Enterprise Shared Services work and develop relationships with key stakeholders and peers.

Competencies and skills the intern will have learned/developed at the end of the internship:
- An understanding of KP shared services environment, current state of target functional areas and the value of integration and standardization of process and services.
- Experience with shared services initiatives; focusing on people, process and technology to drive change.
- The intern will also develop competencies regarding navigating in a complex, matrix organization, and how KP can be the employer of choice when the graduate program is completed.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate Student in Business Administration
- Previous work experience in a large corporate environment.
- Analytical, relationship building, and interpersonal skills are essential.
- Demonstrates ability to independently conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analysis.
- Ability to create Powerpoint presentations
- Working knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint (preferred but not required
- Working knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint;
- Leadership potential.
- Must be able to function with minimal supervision.
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2381528-Oakland-Sales-and-Marketing Essential Functions:
- MSE reflecting sound clinical knowledge & judgment, & consistent w/Standardized Procedure & State/Federal regulations.
- Provision of competent Emergency nursing care, for all ages, acuities & conditions in the population the facility serves.
- Works within scope of practice, including standardized procedures, & communicates clearly w/all members of health care team.
- Completes duties w/regard to safety practices & policies, including infection control, workplace safety, & management of aggressive behaviors.
- Provision of care is consistent w/EMTALA, Nurse Practice Act, Title 22 & other applicable regulations, including patient confidentiality & risk management.
- Proficiencies in emergency responses such as resuscitation/codes, hazmat response, & emergency childbirth.
- Proficient in the use of computers in documentation, tracking, conveying information.
- Teamwork w/all internal & external departments & agencies involved in the provision of care.
- Medication administration & management including titrating infusions & pediatric medications.
- Requires dependable attendance to scheduled shifts & required staff development.
- Maintains all required licenses, certifications & professional development/ continuing education requirements per department & facility standards.
- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual & cognitive status; also nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement & patient advocacy.
- Formulates a goal-directed plan of care in collaboration w/the health care team.
- Implements care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, & continuous manner.
- Establishes priorities or patient care based on essential patient needs & available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment, & supplies.
- Evaluates effectiveness of care given by all health care team members.
- Identifies patient/family learning needs & implements appropriate measures.
- Documents patient care & unit activities in a timely, accurate, & concise manner.
- Demonstrates knowledge of & applies safety principles as identified within the institution.
- Performs efficiently in emergency patient care situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, & documenting events.
- Demonstrates responsibility & accountability for own professional practice.
- Participates in department & interdepartmental Performance Improvement activities as directed.
- Delegates appropriately & coordinates duties of health care team members.
- Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions w/patients, families, & all members of the health care team.
- Establishes effective working relationships w/members of the health care team, patients, & families.
- Demonstrates flexibility in the resolution of staffing issues.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
- This job motivates & provides work direction (direct, check, review, assign, organize & coordination) to LVN's, ED Technicians, unit assistants, etc., but does not have the authority to hire, fire or discipline.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- One year of recent (within the last three years) experience as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program & completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience OR Graduate of registered nursing program & either: 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation; or 2) graduate of an accredited licensed vocational nursing program that includes clinical student experience in acute care & has worked 2000 hours as a licensed vocational nurse within the clinical area of specialty within three (3) years before graduation or currently enrolled in an accredited entry level MSN program and has completed pre-licensure requirements to practice nursing.
- Successful completion of, or enrollment leading to successful completion of, the KP Emergency Nursing Course w/ preceptorship, or equivalent training, or equivalent experience.
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care providers.
- ACLS & PALS certification required within six months of date of hire into ED position; TNCC, if required, within one year of date of hire into ED position. Depending on the facility, TNCC or NRP may also be required for this position.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the RN scope of practice.
- Demonstrated commitment to service orientation (members, staff, providers).
- Demonstrated effective written & oral communication skills (in English).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Schedule: 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Week 1: Wed - Sat
Week 2: Sun, Wed - Fri]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444034-California-Nursing-Licensed Essential Functions:
- Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, or designee, the Patient Care Technician assists the work of the Registered Nurse to meet the needs of patients in order to provide safe, quality care.
- Working as part of a team w/ the Registered Nurse, the Patient Care Technician participates in providing patient care, including:
- Implements progressive mobility guidelines (e.g. patients in chair for meals).
- Ambulating, turning & repositioning patients. Uses patient handling equipment in the tasks of lifting, transferring, repositioning & transporting patients. As needed, may also transport patients within the medical center & deliver & pick up specimens & prescriptions.
- Assists w/ activities of daily living, including but not limited to: feeding, bathing, toileting, providing water, answering the phone, & oral care.
- Within the Patient Care Technician duties & responsibilities & dependant on the patient population, assists the Registered Nurse w/ patient monitoring, including, but not limited to: obtaining, recording, & reporting vital signs, weights, & measuring & recording inputs/outputs.
- May perform EKGs as required.
- Under the direction of the Nurse Manager or designee, the Patient Care Technician may act as a sitter to ensure that patient safety needs are met.
- As a sitter, the Patient Care Technician will assist the registered nurse assigned to the patient in providing care including hygiene, nutrition, mobility, monitoring & engage the patient in diversional & therapeutic activities.
- In coordination w/ the Registered Nurse & other medical center staff, will maintain a clean & safe environment by providing a newly admitted patient w/ supplies (e.g. ICS/ Admission Kit), ensuring a clean & tidy bedside, & neat linens.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Six months (out of the last 3 years) experience in a hospital, clinic or in a SNF/Home Health setting as a nurse assistant, care partner, medical assistant or student nurse w/ one semester in a clinical setting.
- Experience requirement will be waived for Patient Mobility Techs who are transitioned into this classification in 2009.
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Current California State Nurse Assistant certification preferred.
- BLS Required.
- A solid understanding of human anatomy, basic medical terminology, & rehabilitation principles is desired.
- Patient Mobility Techs who require training must successfully complete an employer provided training program & will be given 6 months to meet the requirements of the position.

Schedule: 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Week 1: Tues, Fri, Sat
Week 2: Sun, Mon, Wed]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2296988-California-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN Essential Functions:
- Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, or designee, the Patient Care Technician assists the work of the Registered Nurse to meet the needs of patients in order to provide safe, quality care.
- Working as part of a team with the Registered Nurse, the Patient Care Technician participates in providing patient care, including:
- Implements progressive mobility guidelines (e.g. patients in chair for meals).
- Ambulating, turning and repositioning patients.
- Uses patient handling equipment in the tasks of lifting, transferring, repositioning and transporting patients.
- As needed, may also transport patients within the medical center and deliver and pick up specimens and prescriptions.
- Assisting with activities of daily living, including but not limited to: feeding, bathing, toileting, providing water, answering the phone, and oral care.
- Within the Patient Care Technician duties and responsibilities and dependant on the patient population, assists the Registered Nurse with patient monitoring, including but not limited to: obtaining, recording and reporting vital signs, weights, and measuring and recording inputs/outputs.
- May perform EKGs as required.
- Under the direction of the Nurse Manager or designee, the Patient Care Technician may act as a sitter to ensure that patient safety needs are met.
- As a sitter, the Patient Care Technician will assist the registered nurse assigned to the patient in providing care including hygiene, nutrition, mobility, monitoring and engage the patient in diversional and therapeutic activities.
- In coordination with the Registered Nurse and other medical center staff, will maintain a clean and safe environment by providing a newly admitted patient with supplies (e.g. ICS/ Admission Kit), ensuring a clean and tidy bedside, and neat linens.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
- Compliance Accountability: Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (KP's code of conduct) by maintaining confidentiality, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and KP policies and procedures.
- Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Analytical: Collects and researches data and uses intuition and experience to complement data.
- Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully, and develops alternative solutions.
- Interpersonal Skills: Maintains confidentiality, treats co-workers, patients, and facility visitors with respect.
- Oral Communication: Listens and gets clarification to ensure that instructions and requests are fully understood.
- Written Communication: Writes clearly and informatively and reads and interprets written information.
- Teamwork: Contributes to building a positive team spirit and balances team and individual responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Six (6) months of experience, within the last three (3) years, in a hospital, clinic or in a SNF/Home Health setting as a nurse assistant, care partner, medical assistant or student nurse with one semester in a clinical setting.
- BLS required.
- Current California State Nurse Assistant certification preferred.
- Experience requirement will be waived for Patient Mobility Techs who are transitioned into this classification in 2009.
- Patient Mobility Techs who require training must successfully complete an employer provided training program and will be given six months to meet the requirements of the position.
- A solid understanding of human anatomy, basic medical terminology, and rehabilitation principles is desired.]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444006-California-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN Essential Functions:
- 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.
- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.
- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures.
- Provides blood transfusion information.
- Performs surgical peri-operative procedures.
- Locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.
- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.
- 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.
- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records, assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery, reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies, and assists with technical management of patients.
- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist and dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- One (1) year of previous experience in the last five (5) years as a physician assistant.
- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.).
- BLS certification required.
- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred.
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).
- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc).
- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2440960-San-Francisco-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN Essential Functions:
- 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.
- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.
- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures.
- Provides blood transfusion information.
- Performs surgical peri-operative procedures.
- Locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.
- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.
- 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.
- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records, assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery, reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies, and assists with technical management of patients.
- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist and dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- One (1) year of previous experience in the last five (5) years as a physician assistant.
- Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C.) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C.).
- BLS certification required.
- Advanced Certification in specialty area, preferred.
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).
- May be required to possess specialty skills to perform tasks required by the specific department (e.g., neurosurgery, orthopedics, etc).
- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2440964-San-Francisco-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN Essential Functions:
- Designs and enhances databases.
- Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly.
- Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.
- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.
- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.
- Builds and maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.
- Tests and maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines, COBOL).
- Builds sophisticated statistical models and forecasting tools using these databases.
- Defines and frames complex multi-dimensional healthcare issues and develops time tables/processes for decision making.
- Translates needs, issues, and ideas into effective strategies and action plans.
- Formulates specific implementation plans and evaluates the effectiveness of actions/programs implemented.
- Develops creative alternative solutions.
- Works closely with IT and outside partners (and physicians for TPMG departments).
- May coordinate team/project activities and schedules.
- May assist in the determination of goals and priorities with team, clients, or project management sponsors.
- May provide leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams.
- Communicates results/recommendations to project sponsors, clients, and various senior level audiences (including
physicians for TPMG departments).
- Perform other duties as required.
- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.

Kaiser Permanente (KP), with its large and diverse membership base (more than 3.2 million) and comprehensive electronic administrative and clinical databases, provides a unique environment for epidemiological research, and KP's Division of Research (DOR) is known and respected throughout the nation for the quality of our research and our level of productivity. The DOR has an active research program in a variety of areas. This job announcement is for a position that will be based primarily in chronic disease epidemiology (obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes in women).
Experience programming and/or analyzing data in a health related research environment, preferably in epidemiological research, is preferred. Training in quantitative methods, longitudinal data analysis and research and three to five years programming in SAS required. Experience with SQL, macros, AF, and SASGRPH, PROC Report and statistical procedures in SAS preferred. Must have strong analytic and organizational skills, and proven ability to document programs. Experience with macros, AF, and SASGRAPH, PROC MIXED, PROC Report and statistical procedures in SAS in Windows environment preferred. Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required. Typically three or more years of related analytical consulting experience, healthcare experience preferred. Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management, process and outcomes measurement. Project management experience strongly preferred. Microsoft Office skills required, and familiarity with statistical applications, is preferred. Interest in scientific content of studies is highly desirable. Must have very strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills and ability to work within a team as well as being an independent self-starter. Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management and staff. Must be an independent self-starter.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 3 to 5 years of programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, .net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.
- Typically 3 or more years of related analytical consulting experience, healthcare experience preferred. Broad familiarity with medical practices, especially population management and process and outcomes measurement.
- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases required.
- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems required.
- Bachelor of Arts degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree. Masters degree preferred.
- Knowledge of JCL strongly preferred.
- Microsoft Office skills required.
- Very strong analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.
- Ability to express complex analytical and technical information to senior management or to audiences with clinical training.
- Must be an independent self-starter.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Project management experience strongly preferred.

Other Duties:
Under the guidance of principal investigator (PI), senior biostatistician, and senior analyst, perform sample selection, data management and data analysis for a variety of research studies in women's health and chronic disease epidemiology (obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors). Specific responsibilities include:

- Apply sample selection criteria for the creation of analytic samples from multiple data files and research databases;
- Define sampling frames and draw samples from Kaiser membership databases and other electronic files. Prepare datasets with repeated measures for individuals to be used to analyze the longitudinal datasets.
- Designs and enhances databases. Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly for generating reports. Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information. Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools;
- Develop and maintain research databases that incorporate data from disparate sources, including Kaiser Permanente electronic databases, medical charts, laboratory results, in-person interviews, and existing databases from multi-center studies. Perform on-going data management tasks to ensure integrity of study datasets, and development of tracking system for participants;
- Builds and maintains complex statistical SAS routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others. Tests and maintains data integrity across multiple databases (internal SAS, DB2, VSAM; external: Adobe, Excel, SAS parsing routines). Builds sophisticated statistical models and tools using these databases.
- Assist PI and project manager in interfacing with DOR IT department regarding IT needs of study team;
- May coordinate team/project activities and schedules. May assist in the determination of goals and priorities with team, collaborators, or project management sponsors. May provide leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams.
- Conduct statistical analyses to examine study hypotheses and summarize results of analyses in tables and reports, including preparing sections of manuscripts for publication in scientific, peer-reviewed literature.

NOTE: This position is expected to continue for 3 years pending continuation of grant/contract.
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 668024-Oakland-Information-Technology Essential Functions:
- Manages the daily operations of the department.
- Regulates daily activities of staff, providing necessary guidance and support to maintain quality performance standards.
- Interviews and selects environmental services personnel and oversees staff training and development as outlined by EVS policies and procedures.
- Monitors operational programs, assuring that buildings are maintained in a safe, clean, and operationally effective condition.
- Supervises environmental services and groundskeeping employees to ensure that work techniques, quality assurance standards, department policies and procedures and job specifications are adhered to.
- Administers annual competency assessment process.
- Develops, initiates, and maintains EVS departmental policies/procedures relative to OSHA, DHS, The Joint Commission, NFPA, OSHPD, and other governing agency regulations and standards.
- Documents staff training to ensure full program compliance.
- Communicates and coordinates department activities with those of other departments by attending and participating in medical center, Local Market and regional committees such as peer groups, safety, disaster, infection control, interior design and recycling committees.
- Evaluates new products while adhering to National Purchasing Organization guidelines and national Facility services standards.
- Maintains up to date knowledge of latest environmental trends, products and regulatory requirements necessary to deliver efficient and effective environmental services.
- Assists Facility Services Manager in preparation of department budgets. Identifies opportunities to decrease costs and increase service levels.
- Identifies and implements best practices to generate new and innovative ideas to improve service and reduce costs.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Previous supervisory background specific to healthcare or hospitality (usually 5 years) required.
- Prior supervisory experience in a union environment required.
- Bachelor's degree in Management preferred or equivalent practical industry experience (usually 5 years).
- American Society for Healthcare Environmental services (ASHES) or International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) Certification preferred.
- Knowledge of medical and hazardous waste regulations, health facilities and their unique cleaning requirements preferred.
- Experience with PC based word processing, and spreadsheet applications required.
- Excellent communications skills and ability to communicate effectively with a diverse workforce.
- Functional knowledge of infection control techniques, sanitation protocols, and cleaning methods required.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2189834-California-Facilities-Services Essential Functions:
- Collects patient meal & snack choices according to diet order (MNT) in writing or via handheld electronic device, assuring the patient's age specific, food allergy, religious, cultural & food preference needs are accommodated
- Resolves problems & concerns utilizing the patient care team, registered dietitian, nutrition clerk or management
- Prints documents using CBORD software on PC Prepares tray tickets for tray-line & collects food & supplies for service
- Assembles patient meals (tray line) & snacks accurately according to diet order, tray ticket, snack label or other protocol and measures food portions into individual servings
- Delivers meals & snacks, stores properly &/or heats & serves trays to proper patient and deliver & store non-patient meals, catering or other assigned food & supplies
- Receives & stores product deliveries such as groceries, tube feedings, supplements, office supplies, equipment, paper goods, etc
- Organizes new products in proper location behind older products (First In, First Out), discards dented products, extra cardboard or garbage, and labels any goods or products as assigned Inspects delivery & reviews invoice for accuracy & proper condition of goods & signs invoice if authorized to do so
- Stocks assigned areas w/ products such as condiments, paper goods, food, beverages, &chemicals according to defined par levels or procedures. Stocking may include floor nourishments, tray line supplies, printer paper supplies, chemical dispensers, etc. and organizes & cleans & sanitizes assigned pantry, kitchen surfaces & equipment according to defined procedures as frequently as assigned
- Records all assigned data such as food storage temperatures, dishwasher temperatures, pH levels, meal counts, late trays, etc. & logs data in proper area
Assures temperatures or other data are w/in assigned range & follows up w/ action & documentation when out of range
- Documents equipment malfunctions according to facility procedure
- Monitors pertinent patient information such as admission, discharge, transfer, diet order changes
- Initiates all follow up based on the data such as adding a tray ticket, changing a room on a meal, adding a fluid restriction etc
- Reviews diet related status of patients' nutritional care via CBORD software system & updates menus, tray tickets, nourishments, tube feeding, preferences, according to facility protocol to assure nutritional adequacy, age specific, cultural, religious needs are met, & avoids potential food-drug interactions
- Organizes test meals for compliance w/ current prescribed diet order as assigned
- Files required documents such as delivery logs, orders, patient census, diet order census, etc
- Performs other duties as assigned
- No supervisory responsibilities


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Six months experience in nutritional services department/diet office in an acute care or skilled nursing facility desirable or one year other food service experience
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- Knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred
- Data entry skills utilizing Word or Excel database systems
- Data entry skills utilizing Palm Pilot desirable
- Ability to draft short correspondence desirable
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other individuals within the organization
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment
- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2443996-California-Nutrition-and-Food-Services Essential Functions:
- Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, or designee, the Patient Care Technician assists the work of the Registered Nurse to meet the needs of patients in order to provide safe, quality care.
- Working as part of a team with the Registered Nurse, the Patient Care Technician participates in providing patient care, including:
- Implements progressive mobility guidelines (e.g. patients in chair for meals).
- Ambulating, turning and repositioning patients.
- Uses patient handling equipment in the tasks of lifting, transferring, repositioning and transporting patients.
- As needed, may also transport patients within the medical center and deliver and pick up specimens and prescriptions.
- Assisting with activities of daily living, including but not limited to: feeding, bathing, toileting, providing water, answering the phone, and oral care.
- Within the Patient Care Technician duties and responsibilities and dependant on the patient population, assists the Registered Nurse with patient monitoring, including but not limited to: obtaining, recording and reporting vital signs, weights, and measuring and recording inputs/outputs.
- May perform EKGs as required.
- Under the direction of the Nurse Manager or designee, the Patient Care Technician may act as a sitter to ensure that patient safety needs are met.
- As a sitter, the Patient Care Technician will assist the registered nurse assigned to the patient in providing care including hygiene, nutrition, mobility, monitoring and engage the patient in diversional and therapeutic activities.
- In coordination with the Registered Nurse and other medical center staff, will maintain a clean and safe environment by providing a newly admitted patient with supplies (e.g. ICS/ Admission Kit), ensuring a clean and tidy bedside, and neat linens.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
- Compliance Accountability: Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (KP's code of conduct) by maintaining confidentiality, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and KP policies and procedures.
- Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Analytical: Collects and researches data and uses intuition and experience to complement data.
- Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully, and develops alternative solutions.
- Interpersonal Skills: Maintains confidentiality, treats co-workers, patients, and facility visitors with respect.
- Oral Communication: Listens and gets clarification to ensure that instructions and requests are fully understood.
- Written Communication: Writes clearly and informatively and reads and interprets written information.
- Teamwork: Contributes to building a positive team spirit and balances team and individual responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Six (6) months of experience, within the last three (3) years, in a hospital, clinic or in a SNF/Home Health setting as a nurse assistant, care partner, medical assistant or student nurse with one semester in a clinical setting.
- BLS required.
- Current California State Nurse Assistant certification preferred.
- Experience requirement will be waived for Patient Mobility Techs who are transitioned into this classification in 2009.
- Patient Mobility Techs who require training must successfully complete an employer provided training program and will be given six months to meet the requirements of the position.
- A solid understanding of human anatomy, basic medical terminology, and rehabilitation principles is desired.]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444003-California-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN
Business Consultant Lead will manage ongoing operations and projects related to the configuration, maintenance and system utilization of benefits data in California. This position will develop relationships with upstream and downstream business partners including Health Connect and Claims Connect. Requires strong analytical skills to understand benefits data and problem solve. Will work closely with end users and production support to resolve claims/benefit remediation. Knowledge of Foundation Systems, Diamond/Xcelys and Health Connect a plus.


Essential Functions:
Responsible for working on many projects, simultaneously, and across multiple workgroups, and reporting status at many levels of detail, depending on urgency and visibility.
Analyze and evaluate business and/or system processes and functional requirements, develop business cases, provide client support during system development and implementation, and develop and maintain service level agreements
Demonstrates expertise in Health Plan Benefits business processes and understands assigned and cross functional areas.
Identifies opportunities for increasing business efficiency through improved manual and automated process systems.
Accountable for tracking and/or monitor and report for senior mgmt the results of actualization of benefits.
Plans, coordinates and conducts the analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.
Consults on the integration of application systems into the work environment, regarding their operational and training implications.
Acts as project lead in the coordination of solution development and the implementation of the final product/service.
Acts as a liaison between business clients and technical staff and/or with development staff throughout the development life cycle.
Manages common resource demands
May develop project plans.
May direct the work of staff up to 3-5 person
Identifies and coordinates within other project managers and implements schedule deadlines as appropriate.
Provides on-going project management and status reporting at all levels.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Total of five (5) to seven (7) years, to include two (2) or more years in a consulting role.
- Five (5) years experience in healthcare environment or five (5) plus years of experience working in a department relevant to the current posting.
- Bachelor's degree in business/health care administration or related discipline.
- Preferred certification or advanced qualification by third party association that matches the function or field applicable to the business discipline
- May establish cross-functional task forces.
- Thorough knowledge of platforms of the assigned functional area and multi-area functionality based on assignment.
- Maintains current knowledge of application systems, interfaces, reporting processes, and data capture.
- May support a variety of applications/process.
- Coordinates ongoing application support with the various technical areas to ensure continued application/process usage and success.
- Maintains current knowledge on health care industry, regulations, and KP business strategies.
- Develops test plans.
- Provides product/process expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.
- Coordinates installation and first-use of new applications/process.
- May provide specialized support to a specific business area.
- Serves as a single point of contact for the resolution of client issues.
- Thinks of ways to improve results, communicates these to supervisor, peers and team members.
- Drives excellence through continued learning and strengthening of expertise.
- Makes needed changes to address performance problems or take advantage of opportunities.
- Seeks ways to reduce variation in systems and processes to improve consistency and reliability, directly impacting performance and member/customer service.
- Keeps individuals and team focused on specific and measurable performance goals and monitors performance publicly against clear standards.
- Prioritizes project work to meet member/customer needs.
- Takes initiative to alter normal procedures to meet specific member/customer needs
- Stands by decisions that benefit members/customers even if they are unpopular or impact short term performance.
- Continually monitors quality of service across functions and systems.
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444005-Oakland-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Essential Functions:
- Collects patient meal & snack choices according to diet order (MNT) in writing or via handheld electronic device, assuring the patient's age specific, food allergy, religious, cultural & food preference needs are accommodated
- Resolves problems & concerns utilizing the patient care team, registered dietitian, nutrition clerk or management
- Prints documents using CBORD software on PC Prepares tray tickets for tray-line & collects food & supplies for service
- Assembles patient meals (tray line) & snacks accurately according to diet order, tray ticket, snack label or other protocol and measures food portions into individual servings
- Delivers meals & snacks, stores properly &/or heats & serves trays to proper patient and deliver & store non-patient meals, catering or other assigned food & supplies
- Receives & stores product deliveries such as groceries, tube feedings, supplements, office supplies, equipment, paper goods, etc
- Organizes new products in proper location behind older products (First In, First Out), discards dented products, extra cardboard or garbage, and labels any goods or products as assigned Inspects delivery & reviews invoice for accuracy & proper condition of goods & signs invoice if authorized to do so
- Stocks assigned areas w/ products such as condiments, paper goods, food, beverages, &chemicals according to defined par levels or procedures. Stocking may include floor nourishments, tray line supplies, printer paper supplies, chemical dispensers, etc. and organizes & cleans & sanitizes assigned pantry, kitchen surfaces & equipment according to defined procedures as frequently as assigned
- Records all assigned data such as food storage temperatures, dishwasher temperatures, pH levels, meal counts, late trays, etc. & logs data in proper area
Assures temperatures or other data are w/in assigned range & follows up w/ action & documentation when out of range
- Documents equipment malfunctions according to facility procedure
- Monitors pertinent patient information such as admission, discharge, transfer, diet order changes
- Initiates all follow up based on the data such as adding a tray ticket, changing a room on a meal, adding a fluid restriction etc
- Reviews diet related status of patients' nutritional care via CBORD software system & updates menus, tray tickets, nourishments, tube feeding, preferences, according to facility protocol to assure nutritional adequacy, age specific, cultural, religious needs are met, & avoids potential food-drug interactions
- Organizes test meals for compliance w/ current prescribed diet order as assigned
- Files required documents such as delivery logs, orders, patient census, diet order census, etc
- Performs other duties as assigned
- No supervisory responsibilities


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Six months experience in nutritional services department/diet office in an acute care or skilled nursing facility desirable or one year other food service experience
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- Knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred
- Data entry skills utilizing Word or Excel database systems
- Data entry skills utilizing Palm Pilot desirable
- Ability to draft short correspondence desirable
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other individuals within the organization
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment
- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2443997-California-Nutrition-and-Food-Services
Help us build the next evolution of health care! Working with the lead mobile developer, you will have a key role in designing, building, testing, deploying and establishing standards for Kaiser Permanente's mobile applications that could reach an audience of over 9 million people. This is a chance to help one of the largest health care providers in America establish a new approach to development in mobile health care applications.

Kaiser Permanente - Mobility Center of Excellence
The MCoE is the team helping Kaiser Permanente change the way health care is delivered. We are creating the mobile experience that brings health care of the doctor's office and into the hands of our members, workforce and clinicians. Our apps will be fun, engaging, easy to use and compel Kaiser Permanente members to be active participants in their own health and the health of their communities.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or a minimum of 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in development of new programs/applications or maintaining and/or supporting existing programs/systems.
- Must have experience with deploying apps to the iTunes App Store or Android Market (Google Play). Please provide URLs to or screenshots of examples
- Experience integrating 3rd party source code and/or libraries
- Experience consuming XML and JSON web services
- Must have demonstrated experience in iOS or Android Development. (3 years of experience preferred)
- iOS Developers: Strong knowledge of Objective-C, UIKit and other Cocoa Touch frameworks
- Android Developers: Strong knowledge of Java and Android SDK
- Understand concurrent programming and which thread a given piece of logic should run on
- Must reside in a state where Kaiser Permanente does business
- Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration and leadership skill
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think logically
- Manage risk and change with an agile approach
- Adept at learning new technologies quickly
-
Preferred Qualifications:

Experience designing web service API intended for mobile apps Use of private app store or OTA distribution BlackBerry or Windows mobile app development Experience with cross-platform mobile development tools Use git and GitHub to manage and share source code Contributing to open source projects on GitHub Involvement in hackathons Experience with Hudson or Jenkins CI server OS X administration
]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2444002-Oakland-Information-Technology Kaiser Permanente is seeking an experienced Manager to lead the IT Infrastructure Design Services Group. This is a senior level, customer facing role, leading a team of infrastructure technology subject matter experts who provide internal consulting services to clients in the healthcare and supporting business areas throughout Kaiser Permanente.

You will lead a team with accountability for the Infrastructure Design systems delivering critical IT services to healthcare providers and patients. You will be accountable for designing solutions for the entire technology stack including hardware and software platforms for server, storage, clustering, data replication, disaster recovery, application, database, and messaging platforms. In addition you will lead infrastructure optimization initiatives, and contribute to the development of system/platform roadmaps. At least 5 years relevant experience in this role is required. Healthcare background and experience is preferred. Experience working in an outsourced systems management environment is preferred. Must be able to effectively multi-task, and succeed in a fast paced environment, along with effectively dealing with ambiguity and time constraints.


Qualifications:

This position requires a seasoned leader who possesses experience with, and deep technical knowledge of, large scale enterprise class technologies including: IBM pSeries/AIX; VMWare; X86, Cloud, Citrix, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, Network Infrastructure, IBM/EMC/NetApp SAN and NAS storage, High Availability/Clustering solutions, Disaster Recovery and data replication technologies (SRDF, etc). In depth experience with requirements based infrastructure design and implementation processes are essential.

Expertise in the delivery of infrastructure and processes implementing IaaS is desired, as is prior experience leading the implementation/utilization of private cloud, automated provisioning, pre-provisioned infrastructure, and supporting design patterns to streamline infrastructure fulfillment.

People management skills are necessary including employee selection, development, coaching, goal setting, and evaluation. This position requires excellent communication skills and a high level of diplomacy.


In addition to the above description the following qualifications are also required.
- Expertise leading project teams in the development, capture, and analyses of system requirements and logical solutions designs which are used to identify appropriate infrastructure platform solutions (sizing, server, storage, clustering, application/database platforms, etc) to address the IT infrastructure needs of the project.
- Expertise in the development and documentation of Non-Functional/System requirements.
- Expertise in the development and documentation of Logical Solution Designs.
- Expertise in the development and documentation of Physical Infrastructure Solution Designs.
- Expertise in traceability mapping and documenting design decisions relative to requirements. .
- Expertise with Infrastructure Design processes and Infrastructure Design Patterns.
- In depth knowledge of and direct experience with capacity planning, forecasting, and management.
- In depth knowledge of and direct experience with large scale system performance tuning including memory, JVM, database, and SQL.
- At least 15 years IT experience with increasing levels of responsibility with a minimum of 5 years experience managing in a similar role.
- Must possess excellent communication skills with experience communicating in professional manner
- Must be flexible and a team player.
- Must possess strong initiative and be highly self motivated.
- Bachelor's degree is required with emphasis in Computer Sciences, Information Systems, an engineering discipline, business, or related field.
- Must be able to produce high quality documentation to develop, deliver, and present critical system artifacts and design documents - Powerpoint, Word, Visio, Excel.
- Must be open to flexible work schedule to remain in-step with project and organizational needs.
- Occasional travel may be required.

Desired Qualifications:
IITL Foundations Certification
TOGAF Certification
Prior work experience with major consulting firm
Good understand of Cloud Services
Experience with IAAS, PAAS]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2441740-San-Francisco-Information-Technology Essential Functions:
- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for physical therapy.
- Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides advice and education to patient and family.
- Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy. Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.
- Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in physical therapy.
- Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.
- Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.
- Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Must have at least two (2) years experience in physical therapy.
- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in Physical Therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
- Licensed to practice physical therapy by the State of California.
- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.
-BLS required.
- Minimum 2 years experience in orthopedic manual therapy.
- Long-term course or residency training preferred.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2440959-Oakland-Rehab-Services
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for contributing high level analytical support to a project or department requiring application of knowledge in marketing, information management, finance, management, economics or statistics.
- This position contributes to a full range of project components.
- Assigned to at least one project and expected to produce results and report out as a member of a project team.
- Organizes assigned project tasks, identifies and structures information collection activities, and sets time lines for completion of required tasks as directed.
- Develops tools to identify and to document best practices.
- Prepares various excel, word or PowerPoint reports, and works w/ access database software (or similar tool) to develop data extracts and management information reports.
- May be asked to produce graphic information using excel or PowerPoint or similar software.
- Contributes to development of management information and analysis conducted, provides recommendations and assists w/ preparation of formal presentations to communicate results to various management levels.
- Identifies alternative solutions to project issues.
- Contributes to development project plans to ensure timely deliverables and successful completion of project and demonstrates an understanding of various business intersections.
- Assists w/ identification and development of training information.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Enrolled in or recent graduate of a MBA or other Masters level program w/ an accredited college or university.
- Solid analytical skills, problem solving, project management and critical thinking.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to utilize at a working level Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.
- Knowledge of SQL or SAS highly desirable.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/ Management Partnership environment.


++ Expected Length of Employment: 12 weeks ++
]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2440963-Oakland-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services
Essential Functions:
- Leads and provides expert technical leadership to highly visible, sensitive and multi-faceted projects.
- Sets strategic direction of projects.
- Develops project plans which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics and resources required.
- Designs processes to address identified problems.
- Establishes team membership and negotiates time commitments and resource allocation.
- Provides staff leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages work of outside consultants.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings.
- Acts as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator.
- Cultivates and reinforces appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues.
- Designs research plans for data gathering and analysis.
- Actively participates or may lead in analyzing data and developing recommendations and action plans.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices
- Plans and facilitates meetings.
- Makes formal presentations to various senior level audiences.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project outcome.
- Assesses project impact on workforce.
- May include developing training program for different levels of audiences.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships with all levels of management.
- Instructs and educates on all aspects of project.
- May develop and manage a department, including recruiting, coaching, performance evaluation of staff.

Secondary Functions:
- Read, understand and review CPM schedules.
- Expert in CPM scheduling techniques.
- Synthesize CPM schedules from a variety of sources into one master schedule.
- Independently develop detailed MS Project CPM schedule (2003 - 2010).
- Provides guidance to team on performance and productivity issues through the use of coordinated CPM schedules.
- Coordinates with construction team (including the importation of information from Primavera project schedules), transition team, and functional implementation teams to develop and ensure adherence to detailed project plans.
- Translate and communicate CPM project schedule in detailed and summary form for Executive leadership, Transition Team, and front line staff.
- Establishes procedures regarding implementation of project scheduling process and outcome.
- Accountable for the development of project documentation, specifically CPM schedules and schedule risk assessments, for senior executives and other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes and best practices to meet project objectives.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Five (5) plus years of progressive experience in specified technical area.
- Project management experience in health care preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, health care administration, operations research, public health administration or other related field or equivalent work experience.
- Master's degree or clinical licenses (RN, MD, etc.) preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Effective leadership, project management and consulting skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualification:
- CPM scheduling knowledge

Schedule: Full-Time Temporary, 40 hours per week, Day shift. Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm. Expected length of employment: up to 2.5 years. This is a Temporary Benefited position.
]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2440965-Oakland-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT)
Essential Functions:
-Workforce Information Consulting: Partner with assigned HR Business partners (region or function) to identify the key challenges around workforce information in their particular area of responsibility, analyze the business need and offer holistic solutions, including business process, best practices and guidance around interpretation of information. Works internally with the Workforce Information Data fulfillment and Solutions group to support their assigned HR Business partner(s). Evaluates and studies program wide Workforce metrics and KPI's, collaborates with Workforce Planning team(s); identifies gaps and risks, and brings it to leadership attention. May manage additional Workforce Information consultants in the future, as we expand the partnership program.
-Workforce Information strategy: Supports the development of a workforce information strategy, business process, metrics, tools, and resources. Supports the development of national processes and helps to sustain these processes, tools, and resources across Kaiser Permanente
- Solutions Adoption: Increases user adoption of Workforce Analytics that is in place, and plans for adoption of future functionality. Identifies opportunities for improvement, makes associated recommendations and implements as appropriate. Measures, monitors, and reports on progress of solutions adoption, with the goal of increasing Direct Access to Workforce Information.
-Workforce Information Community Of Practice: Responsible for building and managing partner relationship with the extended Workforce Information community in Regions, National Business Units, and National Functions. In addition participates as a key member and contributor to forums involving Workforce Information at a national level. Acts as deputy leader for an ongoing community practice of workforce information leaders which may include executive leaders across Kaiser Permanente, with the goal of sharing and leveraging best practices across the organization.
-Workforce Information steward: Act as a subject matter expert for matters regarding Workforce Information at Kaiser Permanente. Studies trends for KP's key Workforce metrics, identifies gaps and risks, and brings it to the appropriate leader's attention, enabling them to take action. Identifies industry best practices and best in class companies exhibiting Workforce Analytics and Planning functions, educates KP community and leadership on the findings, and integrates into the overall workforce information strategy.
-5% travel required.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Marketing, or other related field.
-8-10 years of direct experience in business strategy consulting, workforce forecasting, operations analysis, data mining and modeling, product management, or related subject matter
-At least 1 year of direct or indirect staff management experience.
-At least 1 year of experience leading and managing project teams.
-Strong consultative and research skills.
-Strong business acumen (KP) and analytical strengths is a key for this role.
-Experience developing and maintaining client / business partner relationships.
-Strong knowledge of HR business processes and technology applications.
-Ability to articulate how key external trends may impact internal direction and programs.
-Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
-Strong facilitation and influencing skills.
-Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including development of strategic presentations. Expertise in a variety of workforce information-related tools and methodology. Must be familiar with using management dashboards to communicate results.

Preferred Qualifications:
-Highly desirable that candidate has strong knowledge and experience working with KP Regions, National Functions and HR Business functions (Benefits, Recruiting, Learning, HRSC, etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to work with supervisory management at the regional and national level of an organization.
-Proficient in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications and developing presentations for middle management audiences.
]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2439697-Oakland-Human-Resources-and-HRIS Essential Functions:
- REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITIES: Organizes and expedites flow of work for the manager's office and the department in accordance to manager's method of operation and the operations and procedures of the department and organization.
- Initiates any follow-up action.
- Receives and screens telephone calls, letters, and/or visitors.
- Answers routine questions and provides information related to general department operations, policies and procedures using discretion for matters pertaining to confidential or sensitive information.
- Determines when to appropriately refer inquiries, requests or issues to managers or department staff members and follows up to ensure resolution on behalf of manager or department.
- Schedules appointments and makes arrangements for meetings, conferences, and travel.
- Organizes and prepares routine correspondence for the department manager, as well as complex documents including reports, spreadsheets, presentations and various forms of communications documents requiring the integration of multiple office technology and software applications.
- May act as the department's office resource for word processing and spreadsheet application.
- Prepares special reports that require gathering, comparing and summarizing data.
- Organizes and maintains files, correspondence and records.
- Handles and frequently accesses highly confidential and sensitive information.
- Assists with tracking the department budget.
- Tracks and compiles expenses.
- Prepares monthly expense reports.
- May address issues to department manager.
- Performs other related duties following standard office routine, practices and procedures or instructions.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Five (5) plus years of experience performing administrative support functions for department managers.
- Experience in coordinating and providing support to large complex projects.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- BA/BS preferred.
- Excellent customer service.
- Lotus Notes skills preferred.
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills required.
- Advanced level proficiency with e-mail software, MicroSoft Word and with any of the following office technology (required only if applicable to department's needs): PowerPoint. Excel or Access.
- Must be able to work in a Labor-Management Partnership environment.

Skills Testing: Advanced level proficiency with Microsoft Word.]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2440957-Richmond-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services

Essential Functions:
- Control Preparation Design Consulting - leading meetings and status as deliverables.
- Control Walkthroughs - walkthrough workpapers as deliverables
- Deficiency Remediation Consulting/Validation - sign-off on clients' action plan template (APT) as deliverables
- Control Testing - test script workpapers as deliverables
- Annual Certification status and presentations - presentations, reports and leading meetings as deliverables
- Weekly dashboard and team meetings - status and comment on dashboard and participation in meeting as deliverables
- Conduct monitoring/testing of SOX controls (for reliance by internal/external auditors) to ensure that key controls as designed are operating effectively in order to prevent financial errors or misstatement.
- Conduct internal control reviews at the request of management to ensure that operational processes are working effectively, efficiently and in compliance with applicable policy or regulations.
- Coordinate reviews and sign-offs of Segregations of Duties matrices for all in scope mega processes to prevent or mitigate conflicting roles and transactions within and across mega processes.
- Coordinate year-end SOX certifications to ensure that all accountable process owners, functional executives and senior leadership have attested to the effectiveness of internal controls over the processes in their respective areas that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial statements as of a given year-end.
- Facilitate the development and maintenance of Regional finance policies and procedures, including relevant communication and training. Policies and procedures provide guidance to business owners on what and how to conduct financial processes.
- Publish weekly/monthly management reports and quarterly Newsletters to inform and update management and business owners on matters related to SOX, policies and procedures and internal controls.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 1 full year cycle SOX experience (e.g. must already have had SOX testing, SOX Control Matrix design, Control Walkthrough, SOX deficiency validation/ deficiency ranking justification, and annual certification experience).
- Prior audit management experience (e.g. skill level of an 'Audit Manager' if candidate is coming from public accounting or equivalent title if coming from industry).
- 6+ years of hands-on independent problem-solving, project management, and analysis experience in the finance, accounting, or auditing areas.
- Bachelor of Arts or Science (B.A. or B.S) in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Health Care related degree.
- Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA), Public Health, Health Administration, or other related field preferred.
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
Certified Inforamton System Auditor (CISA), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), or Certification in Control Assessment (CCSA) preferred
- Strong proficiency and solid hands-on project management experience in the finance, accounting, or auditing areas.
- Expert skills covering communication/influencing skills, internal control documentation, process narratives, process flows, risk assessments, and related areas.
- Detailed understanding of and experience in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, including internal control scoping, documentation, testing and remediating control deficiencies.
- Superb desktop application capabilities (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite, SOX compliance software, and related applications).
- Demonstrated strategic thinking skills to prioritize work in alignment with project objectives or goals, recognizes linkages and understands impact of individual actions on other parts of the organization and the member/customer.
- Demonstrated team focus skills by publicly crediting individuals who have performed well in order to encourage and empower them, as well as to set an example for others, letting people affected by a decision know what is happening, even if they are not required to do so, understanding sources of conflict within a team and takes steps toward effective conflict resolution, managing team meetings well by stating agendas and objectives, controlling time and making roles and accountabilities clear.
- Proven techniques to analyze processes for effectiveness, efficiency in operations ,as well as SOX compliance, towards the identification of deficiencies, the writing of special projects/ review report, monitoring the progress of remediation and other diagnostics.
- Proven emotional intelligence and cultural competency as shown through translating diversity initiatives into specific action plans to be implemented within one's area of accountability, creating a 'safe' and constructive environment where individuals feel comfortable communicating diverse ideas and initiating dialogue around differences, displaying awareness of the limitations and advantages of one's own and others' culture.]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2440958-Oakland-Accounting-Finance-and-Actuarial-Services Essential Functions:
- Cuts, prepares, and stains slides from histology specimens
- Correctly prepares special stains and solutions
- Orders reagents, antibodies, and tool parts to ensure adequate supplies for the work
- Evaluates equipment and reagent systems
- Maintains equipment with documentation and reports repairs to manager
- Maintains logbooks and slide files
- Keeps abreast with company's current policies and immunohistochemistry technical updates
- Writes and updates evaluation reports as well as procedures using NCCLS format
- Performs other related duties as assigned
- This job has no supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- One (1) year of experience as a Laboratory Assistant
- High School Diploma/GED
- At least one (1) year of college chemistry
- Demonstrated ability to perform all special stains used in the routine practice of pathology
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
- Ability to write simple correspondence
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment
- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2439734-California-Laboratory
Essential Functions:
Provide advanced administrative and business operations support to vice president, executive director and staff. Responsibilities include however, are not limited to:
Managing multiple calendars
Managing email for leaders
Type/proofread/compose email correspondence
Participate in functional team meetings; coordinate logistics and act as scribe
Create graphs and pivot tables via excel
Research issues as needed; propose comprehensive solutions
Lead green initiatives for the administrative team
Facilitate webex meetings including managing invites/rsvp's
Report time for multiple functional areas
Must have advanced power point skills in order to develop routine to complex presentations including graphics, sound and animation
Coordinate small to large conferences
Develop and/or maintain filing systems
Order/stock office supplies
Open, sort and distribute mail
On/Off board employees
Procure hardware/software for staff
Manage org chart, phone list and distribution changes for respective teams
Well versed in KP policies and procedures
Ability to work well in a team environment
Ability to prioritize and balance workload while meeting priorities
Ability to produce quality results in an extremely fast paced environment with ever changing priorities
Ability to navigate all aspects of the Share Point data repositiory

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Typically seven (7) plus years of administrative assistant experience supporting at the department head or executive level, or related experience
- High school diploma, GED or related experience
- BA/BS preferred
- As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in creative and effective ways
- Ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of the organization and its functional policies and processes
- Ability to manage dynamic calendars for management including event planning with external vendors
- Advanced writing skills to compose more difficult, detailed correspondence and to recommend updates to department documents as needed
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of two (2) or more of Microsoft Office Suite applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and/or Access, depending upon department or business needs.
- Working knowledge of Lotus Notes email platform and office equipment (fax, phone, copier, etc.)
- Requires ability to learn and apply an advanced understanding of a large, complex organization and its customers
KP experience a plus
]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2439723-Oakland-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services
Essential Functions:
- Prepares microscopic slides from specimens of blood, scrapings, or other body fluids, including Fine Needle Aspirations.
- Prepares and stains slide to preserve specimen and enhance visibility of cells under microscope.
- Examines slide under microscope to identify abnormalities in cell structure.
- Reports negative pap smears evaluations as final diagnosis.
- Reports abnormal pap smear results to Pathologist as preliminary finding.
- Reports preliminary findings for all Non-GYN cytology results to Pathologist.
- Coordinates activities in cytology laboratory.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Thirty six (36) months related experience as a Cytotechnologist plus the demonstrated ability to perform all cytology procedures in accordance with specifications set by the department head.
- Bachelor's degree in science or related fields or graduated from a committee on allied health education and accreditation (CAHEA) accredited school of cytotechnology or other organization approved by health and human services (HHS);
- Or certified in cytotechnology by a certification agency approved by HHS; (e.g., American Society of Clinical Pathologists);
- Before September 1, 1992, have successfully completed two (2) years in an accredited institution (twelve (12) hours in science, eight (8) of which are in biology) and have twelve (12) months training in an approved school of cytotechnology; or have received six (6) months formal training in an approved school and six (6) months full-time experience,
- Or before September 1, 1992, have achieved a satisfactory grade in an HHS proficiency test for cytotechnologists;
- Before September 1, 1994, have two (2) years full-time experience or equivalent within the preceding five (5) years examining slides under the supervision of a physician certified in pathology and before January 1, 1969, be a high school graduate with six (6) months cytotechnology training in a laboratory directed by a physician and completed two (2) years full-time supervised experience in cytotechnology before 1/1/69;
- Or on or before September 1, 1994, have two (2) years full-time experience or equivalent within preceding five (5) years in the U.S. and on or before September 1, 1995, have either graduated from a CAHEA-approved school or be certified as a cytotechnologist.
- Valid/Current California Cytologist license required.
- Ability to accurately describe cytologic conditions and provide appropriate differential diagnoses in writing.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2439755-California-Laboratory
Essential Functions:
- Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction & developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings.
- Provide counseling for disease acceptance & understanding.
- Responsible for developing & implementing individual Plan of Treatment which assist patients/families to cope &/or restore social, emotional, financial & environmental factors which affect(ed) by illness.
- Completes psychosocial assessments.
- Partners w/ patient to identify needs & develop/implement treatment plan.
- Discuss options for care proactively including Kaiser resources & external community/government resources to assist patient/family in developing short/long term care plans.
- Team w/ other disciplines in assessing, planning & providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.
- Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate services w/in Kaiser & community.
- Assist patient/family w/ care & discharge planning.
- Takes, reviews, evaluates & prioritizes written/oral referrals & maintains documentation.
- Functions as part of the SNF Team to assure appropriate, timely placement of Kaiser members.
- Collaborate w/ internal/external resources in Kaiser/community.
- Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members & skilled nursing facilities.
- Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare & Medi-Cal benefits.
- Participates in UM/Quality Assurance.
- Coordinate communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, field staff, members/families.
- Works w/ referral sources to clarify/complete clinical & psychosocial information.
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Step I: < 2 yrs social work exp (MSW fieldwork not incl)
- Step II: 2-4 yrs social work exp w/in the last 5 yrs (MSW fieldwork not incl)
- Step III: 4+ yrs social work exp w/in 10 yrs (MSW fieldwork not incl)
- 1+ yr post MSW exp in healthcare setting pref'd - MSW internship may be considered in lieu of
- Masters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
- LCSW pref'd
- Inpt/Outpt Critical Care: Exp & comfort w/ issues pertaining to death, dismemberment, disfigurement & disability. Exp w/ ethical issues & documented exp. providing clinical svcs specific to anticipatory death, dying process & bereavement
- Med/Surg: Exp in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp w/ wide variety of illnesses/condition & resulting needs
- Oncology: Exp in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp w/ wide variety of oncological diagnosis & resulting coping & other psychosocial issues. Exp facilitating support groups
- HIV: Exp in crisis, grief & family counseling. Exp counseling re: loss & psychosocial issues specific to HIV/AIDS. Exp facilitating support grps
- Maternal/Child: Exp providing clinical counseling re: high risk pregnancy, diabetes, genetic defects, & substance abuse. Exp & knowledge of appropriate community resources specific to newborns & their families. Exp w/ adoption/surrogate birth laws
- Peds: Exp providing clinical svcs to children w/ acute & chronic med. conditions. Knowledge & Exp w/ child abuse reporting laws, procedures & agencies. Exp working w/ families of children diagnosed w/ wide variety of illnesses incl. childhood cancers, Cystic Fibrosis & Diabetes
- Alzheimer's/Dementia: Exp working w/ elderly & other diagnosed w/ a wide variety of dementia. Exp w/ a wide variety of community resources to meet needs of this population. Exp's w/ the common stresses re: caregiving
- Chronic Conditions: Exp providing clinical svcs to patients w/ multiple ongoing health conditions. Works w/ nursing to insure patients are as active & healthy as possible
- Palliative Care: Exp in initiating/participating in end of life discussions w/ patients & families, assisting in hospice referrals, holding family confs, home visits & advanced care planning
- Geographic Managed Care: Exp in crisis intervention, counseling & referral svcs to socially high risk women who are pregnant &/or parenting children under age 5 . Svcs are provided on an outpt basis incl. transportation, home visits, housing, infant supplies & referral svcs
- Discharge Planning/UM: Exp planning discharges & Utilization Mgmt (if appl.)
- Demonstrated ability to work on multidisciplinary team
- Must have solid psychosocial assessment skills
- Knowledge of chronic & acute disease; how it impacts patient/family functioning
- Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone & written communication skills
- Must be computer-literate &, preferably, exp'd in automated clinical info systems
- Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member
- Must be able to master detailed & complex info regarding benefits & coord. of care
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement
- Must be willing to work in a LMP environment]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2439737-California-Behavioral-or-Mental-Health Fostering relationships with upstream and downstream business partners
Understanding the business processes of assigned partners and how they relate to functional areas
Analysis and evaluation of business and system processes, conducting gap assessment, and identifying functional requirements
Preparing appropriate documentation to communicate and validate information
Developing business cases, and providing client support during system development and implementation
Developing and implementing recommended changes to business processes
Dissemination of best practices, providing recommendations for organizational alignment
Project and program management, team facilitation, coordinating with other project/program managers
Performance and metric definition and monitoring, project dashboard development and monitoring
Delivering practical, significant, and measurable improvements in quality, service, and efficiency

Responsibilities
Directs the analysis of enterprise-wide or very complex organizational needs in project areas such as new/existing business operating models, innovative approaches to solutions support, regulatory requirements, and operational readiness assessment.
Directs the development of comprehensive and strategic business cases with cost/benefit dimensions of proposed projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.
Conducts and/or participates in the analysis of business processes, prepares documentation of cross-functional/cross-divisional requirements, workflows, process diagrams, gap analyses, and system/process specifications to communicate and validate the information.
Make recommendations regarding business strategy and policy development.
Establishes and directs cross-functional work teams, and influences multiple cross-functional task forces.
Provides on-going project management and status reporting at all levels. Accountable for tracking and reporting the results of actualization of benefits. Measures and tracks key business results and processes against external best practices and assess improvement in these terms.
Sets and works to meet challenging goals that will improve performance of project team or organization unit.
Provides Health Plan subject matter expertise to cross-divisional business areas, demonstrates functional area business processes and thoroughly understands cross functional areas
Uses professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.
Assesses the needs of a job and objectively matches the strengths of a person to that job to ensure maximum performance and results.
Makes fact-based decisions, sets priorities or chooses goals on the basis of calculated inputs and outputs (i.e., potential profit, return-on investment, EVA, or cost-benefit analysis).
Stands by decisions that benefit members/customers even if they are unpopular or impact short term performance.
Defines and articulates strategies and changes based on their impact on customer/member satisfaction.
Demonstrates primary commitment to member/customer needs (before other requirements), intervening and taking dramatic action as needed.
Eliminates duplication and aligns systems across a market or service area to balance resources and ensure the delivery of quality member/customer service and care. Consistently makes decisions recommendations and takes actions which fully support targeted strategic changes, thinking three (3) or more years out.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
Ten (10) years relevant work experience, to include three (3) or more years in a consulting role.
Five (5) years experience in healthcare environment or five (5) plus years of experience working in a department relevant to the current posting.
Bachelor's degree in health care administration, Business Administration, or related discipline.
Specific knowledge and experience related to revenue cycle and/or claims processing, ICD-10 and health plan administrative systems such as Diamond, Xcelys or Facets strongly preferred
Familiar with standard healthcare coding (CPT, HCPCS, ICD9, DRG, and NDC) and administrative data (UB and HCFA, 837/835).
Prefer certification by professional society or industry group such as PMI, AHIP or HIAA.
Excellent leadership, project management, and consulting skills
High level of operational thinking & expertise w/ either: the ability to analyze & understand health plan operations quickly, to become a trusted advisor or demonstrate in depth knowledge of health plan operations based on past-experience
Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.
Strong skills and experience in solving complex problems and make solid recommendations on potential solutions
Ability to effectively oversee multiple projects simultaneously as well as manage large teams to deliver results within timeframes
Demonstrated ability to cultivate a strong network within Kaiser Permanente to gain support from business partners and senior leaders towards achieving organizational goals
Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team
Must be results driven in order to drive quantifiable results throughout Kaiser Permanente
Excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as presentation skills in order to influence & persuade to achieve desired outcomes. Poised and confident communicator.
Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills to gain effectively trust & respect from business partners and senior leaders
Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, and openness.
Computer experience in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and MS Project.]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2232667-Oakland-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Essential Functions:
- Manages the off-hours & weekend patient care activities
- Ensures staffs provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements
- Coordinates & monitors staffing for all shifts & maintains appropriate staffing levels & skill mix.
- Participates in developing, reviewing, & updating departmental policies & procedures
- Identifies & implements best practices to provide improved quality care & services
- Assess & monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care
- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum
- Follows-up on all clinical issues
- Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related & developmental needs of patients
- Supervises staff, assesses their needs & identifies educational opportunities
- Collaborates w/ all departments throughout the medical center
- Acts as patient advocate
- Assists in developing, monitoring & maintaining the budget
- Identifies & recommends opportunities to reduce costs
- Manages & resolves human resource, employee & department safety, & risk management issues
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.
- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.
- Monitors quality, appropriateness, and accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation
- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Previous supervisory experience required (usually one year).
- Previous acute care hospital experience required (usually 4 years).
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required. ACLS certification strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal written & communication skills. Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, & federal regulations.

Schedule:
This position is on-call for 12-hr (day) shifts.
]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2089998-California-Nursing-Licensed
Essential Functions:
-Direct the preparation, analysis and review of monthly Medicare revenue accruals and reserves for program-wide revenues of $12 billion for over 1 million Kaiser Medicare members
- Manage the month-end close process to ensure NMF Medicare financial reporting is completed timely and accurately
- Communicate financial results to NMF, Regional and Program Office financial leaders
- Oversee the Medicare payment analysis and resolution processes
- Identify and communicate risks and opportunities to NMF, Regional and Program Office financial leaders
- Implement and oversee SOX and MAR compliant work processes and internal controls
- Oversee the development, implementation and update of NMF Accounting and PARR policies and procedures
- Manage internal and external financial audits including preparation and review of documentation and timely response to audit requests
- Participate actively as a part of the NMF Management team in pursuing initiatives as they pertain to people, leaders, partners and financial performance that provide value to KP members and the communities we serve
- Participate in NMF, regional, Program and Medicare business line initiatives including system implementations
- Manage team of 2 managers and 11 staff in multiple locations
- Hire, train, coach and manage staff and evaluate performance

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Five (5) to eight (8) years of management experience and ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of related experience.
- Four (4) year degree in related field.
-Requires expert knowledge of own area of functional responsibility and advanced knowledge of multiple related functions.
-Demonstrated business acumen, problem solving and decision making skills
-Strong analytic skills
-Excellent written and oral communication skills

PreferredExperience:
-Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance
-CPA or CMA
-Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) reporting requirements
-Familiar with the requirements of SOX and Model Audit Rule guidelines and programs
-Demonstrated ability to lead financial reporting and financial variance analysis
-Leadership skills and experience in managing goals through collaboration and teamwork
-Experience with staff coaching and development
-MBA
-Experience in a health plan, healthcare system, multi-service provider setting, or public accounting firm
-Thorough knowledge of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement for Medicare Advantage, Part D, HMO and Hospital Cost Report, and Meaningful Use of ElectronicHealth Records programs
]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2439696-Oakland-Accounting,-Finance,-and-Actuarial-Services
Essential Functions: - Under indirect supervision, monitors and/or manages the medication therapy of specific hospitalized or ambulatory patients as assigned
- Interviews patients to obtain information regarding medication use, medication allergies and sensitivities
- Advises patients of directions for use, medication, storage requirements, importance or compliance, precautions and warning for medication therapy
- Provides medical personnel with medication information drug therapy options, and pharmacokinetic dosing advice
- Dispenses, compounds, procures, stores and distributes pharmacy products
- Verifies accuracy of medication preparation and dispensing by pharmacy personnel
- Participates in assigned education and training programs
- Provides direction to Pharmacists Residents, Pharmacist Interns, Pharmacy Technicians, and other non-licensed personnel
- Performs other duties as required


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Current CA Registered Pharmacist License
- B.S. in Pharmacy req'd, Pharm.D. preferred
- 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.
- Must be able to obtain an NPI# within one month in position
- Comprehensive knowledge of current pharmacological/biopharmaceutical principles, medical terminology, pathologies, disease states, and related information for medical management plan
- Aseptic technique and preparation of sterile IV products and chemotherapeutic agents
- Emergency medication/drug monitoring
- Federal and State laws and regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services
- Extract pertinent information from patient/other sources for the patient's medical management plan
- Must have the ability to teach and be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching
- Possess excellent verbal/written communication skills
- Operate pharmacy computer system(s) and other equipment
- Read fine print
- Lift or transport 1-50 lbs
- Frequent bending/reaching/stooping
- Must be able to generate prescription labels
- MUST PASS BACKGROUND CHECK
- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment

Schedule: Sun - Sat,32 hours a week, variable shift; may include working weekends, evenings, nights, days and holidays]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2439693-California-Pharmacy
Essential Functions:
- Performs packaging, manipulative, repetitive, and other non-discretionary tasks.
- Removes drugs from stock.
- Counts, pours and mixes pharmaceuticals.
- Places products in container and affixes labels onto containers.
- Performs packaging and repackaging tasks.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Current CA Pharmacy Technician Registration.
- Requires successful completion of a qualifying exam and the Kaiser Outpatient Pharmacy Technician Program.
- Working knowledge of current drug forms, dosage strengths, and generic & trade name, and traditional equivalents.
- Knowledge of Federal & State laws/regulations regarding the provision of pharmaceutical services.
- Ability to read, understand and transcribe pharmaceutical information.
- Must possess verbal and written English-speaking communication skills.
-Mustbeabletoeithertype30WPMor6,000KPH.
- Ability to learn and operate pharmacy computer system and other equipment.
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time with frequent bending/stooping/lifting or reaching.
- Ability to lift or transport items of 1-50 lbs. weight.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Must pass background check.
Skills testing: Typing (30 WPM or 6,000 KPH)

Schedule: Relief Pool position; 16 hours a week,day shift,variable schedule

Special Requirements This position will be required to work across facilities: Hayward, Union City, Fremont
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436983-California-Pharmacy Kaiser Permanente
Pleasanton, CA
The OneLink Program is a program wide initiative to replace our aging legacy finance and supply chain applications across the program with a suite of primarily PeopleSoft (now Oracle) applications. The Project Management team partners with Kaiser Permanente's national KPIT organization, National Financial Systems, and business partners to understand the strategic direction and priorities of their businesses and assumes end-to-end accountability to ensure delivery of IT solutions and services that provide the highest value in support of that strategic direction. The Plan Manager in the Project Management Office (PMO) will manage the integrated project plan and schedules ensuring on-time completion of commitments, on-budget resource management, and provide project management metrics.

This position requires a dynamic and energetic project manager/senior coordinator with a strong customer service orientation who will be responsible primarily responsible for project schedule management but will also collaborate with Track management on communication, risk analysis, quality assurance and team management. Proven expertise in creating and maintaining detail resource-loaded, project schedules with an understanding of SDLC methodologies. Strong client relationship building skills are essential, as is the ability to manage highly complex, large-scale project schedules with multiple inter-dependencies. Familiarity with ERP and Business Reporting implementations, budgets, work plans and schedules, and deliverable and responsibility matrices is critical. PMI certification is a plus. Large scale experience with ERP programs and ERP business reporting is required, as is hands-on MS Project software expertise.

Additionally, candidate will also support and maintain program Sharepoint sites - setting up new sites as required, maintaining existing sites, troubleshooting issues and performance.
Essential Functions:
- Create and maintain Business Reporting Track project schedules, following appropriate methodology and planning standards and processes; load dates and resources to fully build out schedule for all phases of the project.
- Ensure the accuracy and quality of the Business Reporting Project plan, which consists of multiple concurrent regional implementations.
- Meet customer expectations, including:
Ensure the Plan Management team meets SLA's for OneLink Track and Vertical Plans
Provide excellent customer service to OneLink Track and Vertical leadership as measured by customer satisfaction surveys
Produce OneLink plan management metrics / dashboard / trend reports
Deliver Status Reportingthat meet the needs of IT and OneLink PMO leadership
- Actively participate in process improvement initiatives in support of the OneLink Program, including:
Implementing new and changed plan management processes (i.e., Build, Monitor/Control, Close, Reporting / Status on all Schedule / Resource areas) including providing review and feedback of proposed changes
Ensuring OneLink Plan Management processes integrate successfully with Issue Management, Project Change Management and related PMO processes
Utilizing all agreed upon Process Changes for Plan Management
- Act as Change Agent for PMO Project Management Process. Ensure continued alignment between IT and Finance processes Alignment for OneLink Program voice and adoption Lead across the Program Team, including:
Participate in General and impacting Process meeting to represent OneLInk
Participate within OneLink Team to align with PMPA initiatives where appropriate
Work to adopt PMPA initiatives as advocate for OneLink Program
- Participate in defining and maintaining controls and standards to ensure schedules are built in a consistent manner, effectively maintained and appropriately backed up, including:
Baseline schedules according to PMO guidelines and implement appropriate monitor and control processes into the schedules
Ensure project plan deliverables are built into the schedules appropriately and coach track team as necessary on deliverable responsibilities, dependencies, templates, etc.
Ensure established PMO controls are implemented within the schedules
Coordinate initiation of new plans, ensuring budget and resource needs are understood and communicated
- Support and maintain OneLink program SharePoint sites which includes:

Site Maintenance and Administration: Provide day-to-day SharePoint Administrative support and maintenance for the OneLink Program.
o Create/Maintain user accounts & permissions
o Monitor disk space utilization and capacity; work with IT to address any disk space issues
o Develop and present site usage metrics and surveys as requested

Service Request and Defect Resolution: Respond to OL SharePoint service, defect and change requests. Maintain all issue, defect and change request logs. Submit and monitor service requests for Technical and Architecture support as needed.
Site Design and Customizations: Contribute expertise around overall site design and integration of the SharePoint capabilities.
o Create SharePoint sites and site collections
o Work with team leads and/or managers on site Design ('look and feel')
o Provide direction on content structure, use of views, customized lists, etc.
Training and Education: Create and Maintain a 'OneLink SharePoint Support/Training' site
o Publish FAQ's
o Develop and Maintain Training Material as needed
o Provide Training on the navigation and use of OL SharePoint sites as requested

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Management Information Systems or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years progressive experience as a project coordinator/manager that includes managing schedules for implementations of large, complex projects with multi-million dollar budgets and direct experience in client relationship management.
- Strong customer focus and excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Broad understanding of ERP and ERP Business Reporting projects
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Project
- Ability to establish strong relationships and influence successfully in a matrixed environment
- 2 years Sharepoint administration experience and expertise

Preferred Qualifications:
- PMI Certification
- Advanced MS Project skills with experience in fully resource loaded planning
- Understanding of the health care and insurance industry
- Familiarity with Clarity PPM tool (Workbench)
- Advanced Sharepoint administration experience]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436995-San-Francisco-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.
- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.
- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.
- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.
- Utilization of services.
- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.
- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.
- 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.
- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.
- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.
- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.
- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.
- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.
- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation
- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.
- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Schedule: May include weekends and after hours based on departmental needs.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436997-San-Francisco-Nursing-Licensed Executive & Business/Management Recruitment
Oakland, CA / Walnut Creek, CA**

(**This position requires the individual to work in our Oakland, CA location four days per week and one day per week in our Walnut Creek, CA office.)
Health is our business
Make it yours. At Kaiser Permanente, we realize that it takes more than expert medical care to be one of the nation's leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Today we serve the health care needs of more than 8.9 million members and it takes advanced technologies, state-of-art facilities, and the people to support them. Come impact your future, and the future of care. Responsible for providing analytical/technical business support for a major project and/or department in a particular KP job family (HR, Finance, Legal, Communications, Facilities, QA, etc.). Under the overall general guidance of a Director and/or Manager, responsible for researching data, performing analyses, presenting results, and making recommendations. Acts as program/policy specialist to assist department and/or cross-divisional groups with assignments/initiatives as required. Collaborates with functional/department subject matter experts in testing and implementing process improvements.

In this role, you will have an opportunity to use your exceptional multi-tasking skills as you assume responsibility for a broad scope of analytical and technical assignments. Your ability to research and analyze data and present your findings and recommendations will be invaluable to senior management. In addition, you must be able to focus on the total picture when you act as a program/policy specialist for the department and/or cross-divisional groups in testing and implementing process improvements.
The majority of your time will be spent providing complex administrative and project support, while at the same time independently developing and managing complex narrative and quantitative reports to meet informational requirements of the management team. In addition, you will research complex data needed to complete project milestones and/or reports, review monthly project financial reports, and consolidate, analyze and report on metrics data. You will serve as an administrative liaison with multiple groups within Kaiser Permanente, as well as external parties, and prepare confidential travel arrangements, expense reports, personnel reports, and correspondence for two Directors of Recruitment. Other duties will include: acting as executive recruiting assistant for confidential searches; onboarding new employees and contractors, including ordering laptops, cell phones, etc.; and other administrative functions.

Essential Functions:
- Independently develops/manages complex narrative and quantitative reports to meet informational requirements of KP management and external agencies and organizations for critical financial, departmental or operational analyses. Researches and collects complex information needed to complete project milestones and/or reports. (25%)
- Identifies requirements for end-user systems applications, and designs and implements systems and processes to allow access to data and to safeguard data integrity. (20%)
- Develops content for intranet site and coordinates with communication specialist. (5%)
- Ensures activities meet expectations, utilizing project management techniques and tools to independently resolve scheduling issues and advises management of resolutions. (15%)
- Creates monthly project financial reports in response to business needs; consolidates and analyzes results to provide variance analyses and performance metrics. (10%)
- Participates in various complex special projects and provides analytical back-up support. (10%)
- Interfaces with KP employees across multiple organizations and external parties as a liaison for the department/function. (10%)
- Provides complex administrative and project support to management using advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, MS Project, and/or PowerPoint). (5%)
- Key responsibilities impact the achievement of department objectives.
- Contributions impact the completion of important projects and department objectives.
- Errors would cause significant delays, inefficiencies and/or expenses.
- Applies extensive knowledge of functional procedures and experience to make decisions independently.
- Exercises judgment to determine the best way to navigate through barriers/problems to accomplish department objectives.
- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of significant scope and complexity using judgment/experience with KP/department practices and procedures.
- Issues are not clearly defined and solutions require significant problem solving experience to come up with solutions and recommendations.
- Exchanges and interprets non-routine information and works in collaboration with others.
- Communicates/presents detailed, complex department information to functional analysts and management.
- Use extensive knowledge of department policies and procedures and exercises independent judgment to achieve unique/complex project work steps.
- Works independently and checks in with manager at key project milestones.
- Independently exercises discretion as needed to accomplish assignments.
- Provides periodic work guidance/direction to and training of team members.

Qualifications:

Qualifications for this position include the following:
- Minimum of seven years of administrative and operational support with increasing scope and discretion
- Minimum of three years of strong analytical experience.
- High School Diploma/GED equivalent
- Proficiency working with a variety of online processes
- Ability to acquire and use In-depth knowledge of the organization's policies, practices, practices, business principles, theories, concepts, and systems
- Demonstrated ability to utilize advanced business theories/concepts to accomplish significant department projects and/or initiatives
- Ability to exercise independent judgment and rely on experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities to make sound decisions
- Advanced knowledge of Excel to create complex spreadsheets and reports
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Word, MS Project and/or PowerPoint used to create complex presentation materials with graphs, illustrations, etc. which conform with the established organizational format
- Superior quantitative and analytical skills to create concise, detailed reports
- Strong negotiating, influencing, and project management skills
Preferred credentials/qualifications include the following:
- BA/BS degree highly preferred
- A strategic thinker with a good grasp of accounting and financial principles
- Experience supporting more than one Director/Manager
- Ability to work a flexible schedule if needed
If you are looking for an opportunity that is both professionally challenging and personally stimulating , we invite you to visit jobs.kp.org for complete qualifications and job submission details, referencing job number _____________. Kaiser Permanente is an EOE/AA employer. Drug-free workplace.

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This position supports Kaiser Permanente's code of conduct and compliance by adhering to all laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements, and internal policies and procedures.

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]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436982-Oakland-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services
Essential Functions:
- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.
- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.
- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.
- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.
- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.
- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).
- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.
- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.
- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.
- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.
- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.
- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.
- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.
- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.
- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.
- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.
- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.
- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.
- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.
- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.
- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.
- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.
- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.
- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations. - Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)

Schedule:
May include weekends, variable shifts and after hours, based on departmental needs.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436975-San-Francisco-Nursing-Licensed
Essential Functions:
- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.
- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.
- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.
- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.
- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.
- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).
- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.
- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.
- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.
- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.
- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.
- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.
- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.
- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.
- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.
- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.
- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.
- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.
- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.
- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.
- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.
- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.
- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.
- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations. - Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)

Schedule:
May include weekends, variable shifts and after hours, based on departmental needs.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436976-San-Francisco-Nursing-Licensed Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

Summary:

Position Summary: Provides oversight and leads strategy development for one or more lines of business which will inform the growth and market planning essential to KP's revenue, membership and margin goals. Strategy Senior Managers provide strategic-thinking, analytical and leadership skills that enable project teams to: 1) evaluate business issues; 2) design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc); 3) identify linkages and understand implications of any strategic decisions across lines of business; 4) bring technical/content expertise (competitive intelligence, utilization, financial analysis, market research, deep data analysis & programming); 5) vet findings and make formal recommendations to senior levels of KP leadership; 6) review/approve strategic recommendations. Incumbents would manage teams whose work includes development of multi-year market strategy plans, pricing strategies to achieve membership, revenue & margin goals, market research findings, competitive intelligence insights. Selects, develops, evaluates, and coaches strategy team personnel.

Essential Functions:
- Works with Senior Director to develop scope of work for team, setting strategic and business direction, context & priorities for the team.
- Provides oversight, coaching & management to individual contributors (e.g. Analysts, Market Strategy Consultants)
- Educate and communicate goals, strategy, and methodologies clearly and persuasively
- Collaborate with internal functional partners
- Build effective and influential relationships with leadership (e.g., line of business VP, functional leads)


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
MANAGEMENT/ BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
8+ years content/functional experience in Healthcareand or strategicdevelopment and or management consulting and a minimum of 2 years of management experience; Or, Master's degree and 4-7 years experience.

FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of strategy development methods, practices and systems.
Advanced knowledge of analytic methods and tools.
Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards.
Develops new applications based on professional principles and theories.
Viewed as functional expert in field within KP.
Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.
Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
Bachelor's degree required (e.g. Business, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Sciences)
Preferred Qualifications:
At least 8 years content/functional experience in Healthcareand or strategicdevelopment and or management consulting and 3-5 years of management experience
Master's degree strongly preferred (e.g., MBA, Economics)
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436981-Oakland-Sales-and-Marketing
Essential Functions:
- Assists patients by escorting gowning, post procedure cleaning, dressing, and aiding technologists in the communication of instruction and direction.
- Transports patients utilizing wheel chairs, Gurneys, patient beds, and additional equipment as needed.
- Assists in the placement and removal of patients on or near imaging equipment.
- Assists technologists in the preparation of patients and room by organizing supplies, linens, equipment, and pre and post procedure clean up.
- Assists technologists with the coordination of patient exam by communicating with referring areas and confirming exam times and preparation, and coordinating patient throughput.
- Assists technologists by organizing documents, ensuring prior exam information is available, screening documents are complete, and preparatory test results are available.
- Assists technologists by providing physical, informational, and directional assistance to patients.
- Assists technologists in supply inventories, orders and stocking.
- Perform other related duties as necessary.
- No supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Six (6) months experience in a Radiology or Medical environment with direct patient interaction.
- High School Diploma/GED.
- Current BLS required.
- Ability to read, write and comprehend Radiology and medical information.
- Ability to learn and become proficient in KP computer systems.
- Good verbal and written communication skills including legible handwriting.
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interact courteously with the public, health plan members and co-workers.
- Presents self in a professional manner.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Schedule:
Week I: Sun, Mon
Week II: Fri, Sat
This is a temporary position. Expected length of employment up to 90-days from date of hire.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2437004-California-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN Essential Functions:
- Provide in-person and telephone reception
- Receives and directs new and refill prescriptions for further processing
- Packages and sells prescriptions and pharmaceutical merchandise
- Assists pharmacy personnel with clerical functions
- Performs other duties as required
- No supervisory responsibilities


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Six (6) months general clerical/cashier experience
- High School Diploma/GED
- Effective customer service and telephone reception skills
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to read understands and transcribes pharmaceutical information from the prescription form.
- Good clerical ability and mathematical skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide)
- Ability to stand for long periods and to read fine print
- Ability to learn and accurately operate cash register, pharmacy computer systems and other equipment
- Ability to lift/transport up to 50 lbs
- Light to moderate carrying, pulling, pushing, walking and frequent bending, stooping and reaching
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos Ability to write simple correspondence Ability to communicate effectively information to other health care providers, patients and visitors
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment
- Also, refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement

Schedule:

Mon, Tues, Fri: 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Sat: 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2437022-San-Francisco-Pharmacy
Responsible to ensure operational Clarity ETL quality and timeliness for all regions. Works directly with the vendor staff for ETL quality, error resolution and problem-solving. Supports the Clarity Operations team with participation in designing and implementing new operational model processes and practice. Interface with the client, analyze business needs, determine business solutions and implement appropriate system configurations and changes to applications/software.

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities include but may not be limited to:

- Responsible to ensure operational Clarity ETL quality and timeliness for all regions.
- Identifies areas for systems improvements and assists with determining priorities of systems upgrades and enhancements.
- Collaboratively works with the vendor partners, clients and other Technical Specialists to streamline work flow and processes.
- Oversees collaboration with implementation teams to ensure that Epic release changes, testing and implementation, are performed to quality standards.
- Evaluates potential projects and assigns Technical Specialists to the team and reports on progress.
- Utilizes analysis to collaborate with users, analysts and consultants to determine solutions and required configurations to meet business requirements.
- Change request management including cost estimation, project documentation and user training.
- Designs and runs reports, gathers statistics and makes presentations regarding the supported software.
- Manages internal or vendor ETL work for implementations into production, makes adjustments as necessary.
- Identifies areas for work flow and process improvements. Vets ideas with vendor and KP teams and works through applications improvements to implement.
- Understands the impact of the application on the organization and interdependencies. Articulates and communicates this impact to other employees and Business Partners. Leads discussions on organizational impact to lead to application optimization.
- Provides professional/technical guidance to team members.
- Engages in matters requiring coordination across functional lines.
- Serves as a technical/professional mentor to team members.
- Ensures the delivery of work for the team.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in MIS, CS or a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
- A minimum of 12 years of professional experience in analysis of complex business requirements, systems upgrades, workflows and application capabilities.
- Thorough knowledge of ETL processes, especially those of the Epic application.
- Considered functional expert in field, if within KP.
- Frequently contributes to the development of new theories, practices and methods.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Knowledge of clinical workflows in the healthcare industry.
- Knowledge and/or direct experience in business / operational area supported by application.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2437024-San-Francisco-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Designs and enhances databases.
- Designs menu systems that are effective and user-friendly.
- Develops reports with accurate, easy to read, useful information.
- Designs and generates tracking and monitoring tools.
- Participates in the development of outcomes and process measures, including technical specifications, to enable population measurement, guideline implementation, and evaluation.
- Maintains complex statistical routines using macros, vendor software, and software written by self and others.
- Tests and maintains data integrity.

Secondary Functions:
- Partners with clinical quality service lines to identify issues within operations for focus improvement efforts.
- In collaboration with the clinical lead, coordinates on-going, multiple projects, including all aspects of data management.
- Develops databases and reports that draw from Health Connect, STATIT/PiMD, MIDAS and other data systems.
- Supports workgroups or committees including preparation of meeting materials, logistics, minutes and follow-up.
- Completes other duties as assigned.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- At least one (1) year programming in SAS, SQL, VBA, net or equivalent statistical analytical programming language.
- Project management experience desirable.
- Experience with MVS/TSO operating systems preferred.
- Experience with analytical manipulation and interpretation of large databases preferred.
- Analytical consulting experience preferred.
- Bachelor of arts degree in economics, finance, health care administration, public health administration, statistics, mathematics, operations research, or related field required, or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.
- Microsoft Office skills required.
- Strong ability to apply analytic and critical thinking skills, writing skills, communication skills, consulting skills, and ability to work within a team.
- Must be an independent self-starter.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous Quality Improvement experience in a health care setting (usually 2 yrs).
- Thorough understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.
- Skilled in medical record reading and review.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative / qualitative analysis.
- Proven leadership skills in project management and consulting.
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, and candor, openness, and results orientation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2437026-Oakland-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.
- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.
- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.
- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.
- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.
- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).
- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.
- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.
- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.
- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.
- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.
- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.
- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.
- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.
- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.
- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.
- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.
- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.
- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.
- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.
- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.
- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.
- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.
- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations. - Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)

Schedule:
May include weekends, variable shifts and after hours, based on departmental needs.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2437013-San-Francisco-Nursing-Licensed Essential Functions:
- Independently provides most complex administrative support & project coordination for senior executive(s), & as needed, other senior management members to include the following.
- Provides administrative support for assigned area of responsibility that exists within an executive's* jurisdiction; represents executive to ensure required action is timely.
- Manages inquiries (phones, email, in person) & directs to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; independently responds to routine to most complex inquiries.
- Schedules the daily appointments for the executive.
- Manages multiple calendars to include arranging more complex special events requiring solid understanding of broad business requirements & coordination of ambiguous dependencies.
- Coordinates arrangements for executive meetings& other events.
- Collects information for the executive to prepare for meetings& other events.
- Makes travel& lodging arrangements for the executive as required.
- Independently composes complex & detailed correspondence for senior executive(s) using in-depth KP knowledge, business acumen/functional knowledge; independently researches & updates department documents. May use intermediate to advanced Word, Excel, PowerPoint, &/or Access functions & other software applications as needed.
- Independently designs & creates reports & participates in special cross-functional projects that require complex project coordination & independent judgment, in response to business needs.
- Manages executive travel & business expense budgets, as well as billing & payment authorization for planned & unplanned expenses & special events; handles recharges across business units.
- Anticipates & proactively resolves potential budget overages.
- May assist the executive &/or Finance liaison w/ the development of preliminary budgets for cost center(s).
- Interacts w/ KP executives, board members & employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, serving as a liaison for the department/function to discuss & resolve complex administrative matters, business processes, & project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.
- Coordinates executive assistant workflow across KP departments; designs & implements new processes as needed.
- Develops solutions to a variety of problems of considerable scope & complexity using judgment/experience w/ KP/department practices & thorough knowledge of the executive's area of responsibilities.
- Exchanges & interprets non-routine information; works in collaboration w/ various levels of staff & management.
- Interacts w/ KP executives, board members & employees across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives, serving as a liaison for the department/function to discuss & resolve complex administrative matters, business processes, & project activities to facilitate department goal attainment.
- Uses thorough knowledge of KP/department policies & procedures but may deviate from established procedures to address unique/complex project work steps.
- Works independently & checks in w/ manager at key project milestones.
- Provides periodic informal work guidance/direction to & training of team members.
- Exercises independent judgment& acts on behalf of executives within scope of authority.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Seven (7) plus years experience performing administrative support functions for senior or executive level management.
- Experience in coordinating & providing support to large complex projects.
- HS or GED, BA/BS preferred.
- Extensive knowledge of appropriate protocols for managing the phone, email, & office of executive & equivalent officers.
- Expertise w/ word processing, spreadsheet, & graphics & presentation software required.
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
- Advanced level proficiency w/ MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) & Lotus Notes.
- Ability to create tables; merge documents; create pivot tables; & develop graphics & PowerPoint presentations from notes.
- Strong proficiency w/ office equipment, including troubleshooting & training others.
- Excellent customer service & oral & written communication skills required.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2437006-Oakland-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services Essential Functions:
- Coordinates recruitment of participants & develops information packets for the participants
- Monitors & tracks participant progress throughout the project & provides follow-up as needed
- Assists w/development of research instruments
- Trains research assistants
- Edits & manipulates data; performs data manipulation to produce progress reports including basic statistical analyses
- Maintains project records & reports
- Reviews literature relating to research project
- May conduct detailed, complex in-person or telephone interviews
- May be responsible for data quality assurance
- May coordinate a small scale research projects


Secondary Functions:
- Coordinates complex data entry from multiple study sites
- Assists with development of research instruments
- Monitors and tracks participant progress throughout the project and provide follow-up as needed
- Performs literature searches and review of journal articles



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- One (1) - two (2) years of experience in one or more of the technical areas required
- Professional certification (e.g., RN, RHIT, RD, etc.) may substitute for two years of experience
- Experience with interviewing & chart review
- Bachelor' degree or equivalent experience in public health, health care administration, epidemiology or other related field preferred
- Basic knowledge of questionnaire design & simple data analysis & interpretation
- Knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet design, & database applications
- Familiar with medical terminology
- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment


Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree or equivalent experience
- Well-organized and extremely detail oriented - Prior project coordination experience

++ This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding ++]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2437007-Oakland-Research-and-Development
Essential Functions:
- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.
- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.
- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.
- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.
- Utilization of services.
- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.
- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.
- 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.
- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.
- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.
- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.
- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.
- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.
- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation
- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.
- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Schedule: Mon - Fri. May include weekends and after hours based on departmental needs.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2437012-San-Francisco-Nursing-Licensed
Essential Functions:
- Provides organization effectiveness consulting services for strategic initiatives within assigned function or region.
- Serves as organization strategy and change consultant and content subject matter expert to leadership.
- Develops project structure, approach and work plan.
- Designs, develops, directs, and delivers organization change, organization design, and organization strategy programs.
- Provides coaching to the most senior levels of leadership on organization-related issues.
- Provides change management strategies and tactics to enhance effective implementation of organization initiatives.
- Leads committees and work groups charged with implementing organization, department, or unit level improvement strategies.
- Monitors and measures effectiveness of change programs delivered.
- Works on assignments of the largest scope and complexity, impacting multiple functions and regions.
- Recommends process improvements and/or enhancements.
- Requires very complex planning to coordinate with other departments or resources.
- Provides leadership and mentoring to more junior OE consultants.
- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key functional or regional objectives that have direct and extremely significant business impact.
- Requires a high degree of judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues.
- Requires complex decision-making.
- Develops solutions to a diverse range of extremely complex problems, which require creativity and innovation
- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems.
- Provides professional/ technical guidance to team members.
- Influences others to buy into new concepts and methodologies.
- Engages in matters requiring coordination across all lines of business


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Twelve (12) to Fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in organization change, organization design, performance improvement, and/or benefits realization.
- Experience leading large program teams (fifty (50) plus people) through complex change programs.
- Working knowledge of/experience with all of the following functional areas: information technology, finance, sales and marketing, and operations.
- Master's degree in business administration, organization development, human resources management, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Healthcare or health insurance knowledge preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of business operations, management practices and principles, and human resources management trends and practices.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative analysis.
- Demonstrated competency in large group facilitation and project management.
- Ability to analyze and synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative date.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and implement innovative approaches.
- In-depth knowledge of policies, practices and systems.
- Regularly contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
- Frequently contributes to the development of new approaches and methods.
- Employs expertise as a generalist or specialist.
- Expert knowledge of industry practices.
- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of all related fields.
- Must be able to skillfully communicate with all Project Team Members, as related to all aspects of the project.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in the following:
- Oral communication, written communication, development of summary-level presentations, strong facilitation skills, coaching of managers, customer service, interpersonal relations, influence/negotiation, creativity/innovation, conflict resolution, assessment and feedback, team building, teamwork, and leadership.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436915-Oakland-Human-Resources-and-HRIS
It's the kind of thinking that's shaping the future of technology, health care, and the lives of all 8.6 million of our members. If you're ready to contribute your own big ideas, join us.

We are looking for dynamic individuals who are interested in working within a healthcare environment with an emphasis on technology.

Kaiser Permanente IT is a group of 6,000-plus people dedicated to supporting and improving healthcare for its 8.7M members, and to delivering 24x7 IT services to 150K employees across 400+ medical facilities. As part of a team under close supervision, Interns will assist in performing a variety of developmental assignments and learn new business tools. In addition, you will attend enrichment classes for your professional development.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The internship includes, but is not limited to the following:
- Work on a designated project to solve a business problem
- Through exposure to leadership, project management and business planning activities, develop a foundation for basic requirements necessary to be successful in a business environment.
- Assist with preparing status reports
- Track, document and communicate progression of tasks and provide follow-up to ensure on-time completion.
- Learn new applications needed to complete assigned work such as MS Project and other MS office products and analytics
- Job shadowing in other functional areas is highly recommended and fostered
- Perform additional job-related duties as required
Intern Project:
- Daily COSO Log tracking and reporting.
- Daily tracking and follow up of the SOX In-Scope Applications 6.H Waivers.
- Consolidate and prepare meeting materials for 6.H


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
- College students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree.
- 2.8 GPA
- Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Preferred Qualifications
- Motivated individual with enthusiasm and energy. Ability to learn quickly, take direction, and follow through on work.Interest in technology and applicability to KP's business model.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436917-Oakland-Information-Technology
Essential Functions:
- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.
- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.
- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.
- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.
- Utilization of services.
- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.
- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.
- 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.
- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.
- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.
- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.
- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.
- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.
- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation
- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.
- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436919-San-Francisco-Nursing-Licensed
This Project Manager II position focuses on supporting the execution of marketing projects for Products (HealthWorks, Self-Funding).

Essential Functions:
- Provides creative direction & tracks progress against objectives to ensure that project solutions are appropriate for the targeted audience, meet project specific criteria, reflect brand standards & are consistent w/ strategic marketing & member retention goals.
- Develops communications project plans of a strategic or complex nature, which identify key issues, problems, approaches, performance metrics & resources required, & designs processes to address these problems.
- Establishes effective professional business relationships w/ clients either alone or in cooperation with a Consultant.
- Instructs & educates clients on all aspects of project. Accountable for the development of project documentation for executives & other key clients to facilitate sharing of project outcomes & best practices..
- Assists consultants in developing Marketing Communications plans that support strategic marketing efforts. In support of the Consultant, may meet w/ clients to analyze short & long-term business requirements.
- Assists in the development of training & mentoring new Project Managers & Project Coordinators.
- Cultivates & reinforces appropriate group values, norms, & behaviors.
- Provides guidance to team on performance & productivity issues.
- Establishes team membership & negotiates time commitments & resource allocation.
- Designs research plans for data gathering & analysis, & leads the assessment of the collected data & development of action plans.
- Plans & facilitates meetings, making formal presentations to various audiences that establish the procedures regarding the implementation of project outcome.
- Provides leadership to communication project teams in support of high-impact, multifaceted marketing & member retention programs.
- Projects are typically divisional, regional & (in some cases) multiregional in scope; they are also strategic & complex, requiring in-depth evaluation of key issues.
- Project outcomes must serve to effectively differentiate Kaiser Permanente's market position to a broad array of targeted member, prospective member and/or purchaser audiences.
- Project results must meet strategic objectives as well as demonstrate appropriate & consistent application of Kaiser Permanente brand identity standards.
- Drawing on extensive experience & skills, may lead multidisciplinary, interdepartmental teams on high-visibility, complex member, marketing & new media projects designed to increase recognition of Kaiser Permanente as a leader in quality health care.
- Plays a pivotal role in identifying key issues, formulating project direction, facilitating problem-solving & bringing projects to closure.
- Assume other duties as assigned.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in communications, marketing, advertising or design required or other related field.
- Minimum 3 years Project Managerment experience to include writing and editing, leading marketing communications projects for diverse market segments, audiences & industries (consumer and business-to-business), and developing and implementing strategic and tactical communications plans.
- Creative and independent problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative and qualitative analyses.
- Thorough familiarity with computer-based publications design and reproduction processes.
- Superior verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
- Portfolio of work samples must demonstrate mastery of complex, high-impact projects.
- Demonstrated ability to determine key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
- Effective leadership, communications project management, and consulting skills.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze key project issues and recommend appropriate communications solutions.
- Demonstrated success in leading strategic project teams with multiple stakeholders.
- Knowledge of health care industry dynamics and trends.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Communications project management experience in health care preferred.
- Master's degree in communications, marketing, advertising or design is preferred.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433479-Oakland-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Essential Functions:
- Provides leadership and expert consultation on the design, development, and implementation of programs related to the expertise area.
- Leads a group of consultants, analysts and/or staff focused on the delivery of service/products within the responsible technical area(s).
- Provides leadership and direction for the technical area(s) in accordance with the overall strategic direction of the group.
- Serves as the content expert of the responsible technical area(s) and provides technical assistance and advice.
- Develops standards, procedures, and policies to ensure that the responsible unit is maintained according to the acceptable level of quality from clients.
- Ensures that reports and information disseminated from the area(s) are accurate, timely and consistent, and that they satisfy the clients' needs.

Secondary Functions:
As a surveyor for the Medi-Cal Facility Site Review process, this position will participate fully in driving performance of the 200+ outpatient clinics throughout the Northern California Region. This position will participate in and possibly lead survey teams as in the review of primary care provider sites in accord with Medi-Cal requirements. This position will assist the Regional Master Trainer and Regional Site Review Trainer to develop and give training to RNs who become certified site reviewers and will train Service Area personnel on the requirements of the Medi-Cal Site Review process. This position will require some travel to Kaiser Permanente's provider sites throughout Northern California.

As part of the Accreditation team, the Clinical Practice Consultant position may participate in other aspects of the quality program to include Medi-Cal HEDIS chart abstraction and the NCQA accreditation process. Additionally, this position may support other related trend reporting, dashboard development, surveys, and audits as necessary.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Typically six or more years of experience in a management or clinical leadership role required.
- BSN or BA in health related field required; Master's degree preferred.
- Current California nursing license required.
- Demonstrated ability to determine the key business issues and develop appropriate action plans from multidisciplinary perspectives.
- Demonstrated subject matter expertise in health care operations and care delivery.
- Ability to adapt to constantly changing priorities and managing a wide range of projects.
- Demonstrated ability to lead professionals and manage others through influence and collaboration.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct and interpret quantitative/qualitative information with analytical problem solving and project management.
- Proven leadership skills in consulting.
- Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, openness, and results orientation.
- Must demonstrate an understanding of the operations of KP, health policy trends, and any applicable regulations related to the responsible technical area.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 1637703-Oakland-Quality-Assurance,-Utilization-Review,-or-Case-Management - Review, evaluate and screen Health Plan claims for completeness, accuracy and conformity to established policies and procedures.
- Make payment or denial decisions in accordance with policy and procedures of Health plan Claims Department.
- Authorize payments of claims in an amount based on authorization level guidelines.
- Review and evaluate complex claims involving Medicare, contracts, other insurance, workers' compensation, foreign claims and coordination of benefits.


Qualifications:

Qualifications:


Basis Qualifications:
- High School, GED
- 2 - 3 years of Claims experience in an automated claims processing environment.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Must have the ability to make decisions in accordance with established policies and procedures and claims practices and work independently as required.
- Must possess knowledge of Medicare guidelines, data entry procedure, ICD-9, CPT 4 coding applications, medical terminology and claims practice.
- Thorough knowledge of claims processing terminology, equipment, procedures and practices.
- Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, supervisors and the public.
- Must have considerable skills in analysis, interpretations, and application of procedures, practices and methods used in claims problem-solving and resolution.
- Must be able to meet the public and discuss claims issues and problems / complaints tactfully courteously and effectively.
- Must be able to work in a Labor / Management Partnership environment.


Skills Testing: Data Entry (10-key), Data Entry (Alpha- Numeric) 7000 keystrokes

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 1994521-Oakland-Insurance-and-Claims
Project and Responsibilities:
- SharePoint Development - We are in the process of utilizing SharePoint (Document repository and collaboration tool) as part of our project management tool set.
- We need to build the capabilities, creating job aides for the capabilities, ensure people are trained and monitor the sharepoint sites for compliance.
- We would like the intern to play a significant role on this project. The project will also include managing a project plan, developing status reports and presenting to a larger group.
Alternate Project:
- Project Coordination Support for one of our initiatives- Taking meeting notes, building project plans, documenting process flows, creating PowerPoint presentations.
Skills the Intern will learn and develop:
- How to run a project.
- How to communicate to varying levels within a large organization, learn a tool - Sharepoint.


Qualifications:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
- College students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree. 3.0 GPA or above
- Academic students seeking professional training within a business corporate environment.
- Analytical, relationship building, and interpersonal skills are essential.
- Leadership potential.
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Visio, and Lotus Notes.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Students pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Management, Marketing, or related field.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433468-Oakland-Sales-and-Marketing
The Lead Project Manager isresponsible for managing multiple projects of a strategic nature many of which will be unique and aligned with the execution of our broker strategy. They will work with initiatives and some operational processes on broker development and training.

Projects will involve e-communications and internet based activities. Some data manipulation with excel pivot tables is required; therefore, knowledge in these areas, software and with B2B communications is desired. They also need to be able to work with power point and be capable of developing and making presentations to various audiences including leadership.

This position may also be involved with the development and management of specific training activities involving Continuing Education Credits for our life and health agents. This will include interactions with our field representatives and potentially vendors.
Essential Functions:
- Manages complex projects or multiple projects of moderate complexity
- Leverages knowledge and prior experience to develop appropriate solutions
- Manages development of business case and may present business case
- Matches appropriate methods to identified client needs
- Demonstrates knowledge of the risk management process
- Participates in the application of the risk management process
- Leverages knowledge of and trains Project Management methodology, skills, tools for team members
- Converts business cases to business plans
- Develops and executes user training plans
- Stays abreast of enterprise-wide projects
- Develops framework and manages the tracking of interdependencies within or across projects
- Accountable for coordination of collection and validation of business requirements
- May determine the impact of current/existing technologies on the project
- Works on assignments of diverse and complex scope
- Interprets less defined guidelines to make recommendations for process improvements and/or enhancements
- Requires complex planning to coordinate with other departments or resources
- Oversees transition of project team members to new projects
- Ensures lessons learned applied to future efforts
- Responsibilities impact the achievement of key functional and/or KP objectives that have direct and significant business impact
- Contributes to the development of the department's objectives
- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in the inability to reach functional objectives and negatively affects expenditures and resources
- Total project budget typically up to $25 Million
- Project size typically multiple sites and/or multiple regions and/or up to ten (10) interdependent processes
- Understands and consistently meets client expectations within scope of project role by responding promptly to client enquiries
- Involves interpreting and analyzing established concepts and trends
- Exercises considerable judgment to make decisions for less defined and complex issues
- Requires complex decision-making
- Develops solutions to a diverse range of complex problems, which require creativity and innovation within broadly defined policies and practices
- Requires in-depth analysis to identify and recommend new solutions for more complex problems
- Recognized as an expert in their functional area
- Develops and sustains relationships with client management during projects
- Helps people understand their role in the project and in improving performance
- Keeps people informed about goals, priorities, resources and progress to keep them focused on performance needs and requirements
- Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment
- Work is accomplished without considerable direction
- Work is evaluated upon completion to ensure objectives and performance requirements have been met
- Provides input to and may conduct performance appraisals for team members
- Assume other duties as directed

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum Five (5) project management experience.
- Demonstrates knowledge and experience re: use of change management process.
- Demonstrates understanding of and applies knowledge in all phases of the project delivery life cycle.
- Good collaboration, communication and presentation skills.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436925-Oakland-Consulting-Services,-Project-Management,-and-Program-Management-(Non-IT) Director - Strategic Accounts
Oakland, CA


This position reports to the Director of Medicare and State Programs and is directly responsible for developing and executing the overall sales and account management strategy for the employer group Medicare Line of Business. This position is accountable for meeting regional sales goals. Senior Retire Programs Consultants, Retiree Programs Consultants and Service Associates report to this position.
Essential Functions:
- Provides strategic leadership.
- Creates and executes a business strategy and plan for Group Medicare that is integrated with the Individual Medicare Strategy, commercial Account Management strategy, and Pricing Strategy.
- Assures development of Strategic Account Planning for retiree accounts in collaboration with commercial account managers.
- Successfully integrates with National Accounts for consistency of products and policies.
- Builds external relationships with key customers/channels to understand their perspectives and create a feedback loop on policies, marketplace issues, and trends.
- Develops strong collaborative relationships with other Directors and functional and service area leadership to develop and implement successful growth strategies for Medicare and State Programs.
- Participates on the Medicare Strategy Team.
- Leads regional and strategic initiatives.
- Identifies opportunities and problems that warrant initiative attention.
- Uses influence to engage key stakeholders and leaders.
- Ensure Group Medicare perspective in represented in key initiatives.
- Coaches and develops staff.
- Provide direction for a consistent hiring and orientation process.
- Create and model a coaching culture that supports continuous growth and development at all levels.
- Share accountability with HPI for the development of curricula and tools that support Group Medicare for direct reports, account management and sales, and pricing.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 10 years of experience in a marketing and sales management with demonstrated leadership experience in sales, marketing and business development in the health care industry.
- Must possess and successfully demonstrate the required competencies of business acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation and influence.
- 7 years of experience in directing and managing professional staff. Demonstrated history of results orientation.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing or a related field or comparable professional experience required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree strongly preferred.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436949-Oakland-Sales-and-Marketing
Essential Functions:
- Answers participants' questions and assists in screening, recruiting, and consenting patients.
- Contacts patients who do not respond to mailings.
- Schedules examination appointments for study participants.
- Conducts structured telephone or in-person interviews w/study participants.
- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.
- Prepares, mails, and processes questionnaires.
- Assists in tracking study participants.
- Prepares data for electronic processing.
- Keeps accurate records and files.


Secondary Functions:
-Coordinates complex data entry from multiple study sites
-Assists with development of research instruments
-Monitors and tracks participant progress throughout the project and provide follow-up as needed
-Performs literature searches and review of journal articles


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Previous experience in a research/health care environment preferred.
- Previous interviewing experience preferred.
- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, preferred.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Associate's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Telephone skills required.
- Familiar w/medical terminology.
- Familiarity w/editing/coding questionnaires preferred.
- Must be able to work in Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
-Well-organized and extremely detail oriented
-Prior project coordination experience preferred


++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436950-Oakland-Research-and-Development
Essential Functions:
- Assists in training new study staff in protocols and implementation of study goals/objectives
- Provides instruction to participants to teach them how to perform specific study protocols
- Prepares computer-generated reports, including statistical tables
- Answers participants' and providers' questions
- Screens and recruits participants; obtains consent
- Schedules examination appointments for study participants
- Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with study participants and providers
- Reviews questionnaires for completeness and accuracy; checks for inconsistencies; and codes open-ended questions.
- Assists with all aspects of mailed surveys
- Monitors participant's progress (e.g., blood pressure, exercise, response to questionnaires, tracking, etc)
- Provides basic data management using database software
- Maintains all pertinent project records and files
- Transcribes data from records to forms


Secondary Functions:
-Coordinates complex data entry from multiple study sites
-Assists with development of research instruments
-Monitors and tracks participant progress throughout the project and provide follow-up as needed
-Performs literature searches and review of journal articles


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of one (1) year experience in a research/health care environment required
- Previous interviewing experience required
- Experience in editing/coding questionnaires required
- Experience and knowledge of computer applications, such as word processing and database software, required
- Associate's degree or equivalent experience required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred
- Bachelor's degree may substitute for experience in field
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; telephone skills required
- Familiar with medical terminology
- Must be able to work in Labor and Management Partnership environment

Preferred Qualifications:
-Well-organized and extremely detail oriented
- Prior project coordination experience preferred


++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding++

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436955-Oakland-Research-and-Development
Essential Functions:
- Manages the operations of 24-hour departments that may be at multiple locations.
- 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.
- Establishes, implements, and maintains patient care and service standards to meet members and internal clients' expectations.
- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum of care.
- 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.
- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department and develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, and maintain the competency of all department staff.
- Ensures on going staff development.
- Develops, implements, and monitors departmental policy and procedures which support the organizations goals and business objectives and ensures they are met.
- Oversees and develops standards of care and standards of practice, directs fiscal management, and quality improvement activities.
- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Extensive nursing experience in both patient care and management/leadership roles required (usually five (5) years).
- Previous supervisory experience required (usually four (4) years).
- BSN or BA in a health care related field strongly preferred.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- BLS certificate required.
- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, and other local, state, federal regulations.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.

Schedule:
May include weekends and after hours, based on departmental needs.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436945-San-Francisco-Nursing-Licensed
Essential Functions:
- Independently initiates, investigates, documents, and analyzes clients' systems requirements in complex project areas such as: new business operating models with innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.
- Independently assesses scope and impact of client business needs to define a project and leads partnering IT services in accomplishing those needs.
- Identifies and documents cross-functional and/or cross-divisional requirements, IT functional requirements, workflow, information sources and distribution paths, and system specifications.
- Develops complex business cases with cost, service, benefit and ROI dimensions of proposed IT projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.
- Presents completed business cases for leadership approval.
- Analyzes and defines efficient, cost effective IT solutions that support client business processes and functional requirements for complex IT projects or tasks on large IT projects.
- Evaluates existing application products that could address client requirements and develops recommendations where appropriate.
- Evaluates alternative operational efficiencies.
- Conducts and/or participates in the analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and in the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.
- Conducts workflow, process diagrams and gap analysis to identify system, application and/or hardware needs.
- Identifies overlaps and related processes.
- Collaborates with client in implementation of the planning, marketing, training and operating of automated systems.
- Designs and implements training programs for train-the-trainers for clients of new and enhanced applications.
- Provides product expertise to client groups, delivers presentations, demonstrations and training for application systems.
- Manages the installation and first-use of new applications.
- Understands and delivers on Service Level Agreements.
- Performs risk analysis.
- Develops and implements communication and escalation plans and resolves issues.
- Developsproject plans for specific client's IT project or project or tasks on large moves, adds & changes (MACs) and Plant Maintenance and Remodels (PR&Ms).Uses the associated project planning tools.
- Provides knowledge transfer as appropriate.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in related field and/or 4 years of equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience documenting functional requirements, analyzing business processes, and developing business cases to support IT solutions.
- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.
- Contributes to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
- Complete understanding and ability to work independently in application of principles, concepts, practices, and standards.
- Full knowledge of industry practices.
- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.
- Ability to effectively coordinate and perform product implementations
- Ability to respond appropriately to various stakeholders with competing release priorities
- Experience with Agile development and SDLC project methodologies
- Demonstrated experience performing national and regional product delivery
- Creates and follows detailed, repeatable processes for both new and existing client implementations.
- Ability to work in a cross functional capacity with development, QA, documentation, support, and other individuals or teams
- Develops test plans for alpha and beta releases per client requirements
- Performs product demonstrations for current and prospective clients
- Performs product implementation and training for clients
- Promotes and maintains a positive relationship with other technical staff and departments to support the successful implementation of KP solutions
- Proven track record with on-time and on-budget project delivery
- Solid understanding of industry-standard testing techniques and tools, including unit testing, integration testing, load testing, and user testing
- Solid understanding of application infrastructure requirements
- Proven track record working with third party vendors

Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience in healthcare industry
- Experience working for large organizations
- Understands the various deployment options and requirements of KP solutions
- Knowledge of Epic's Care (KP HealthConnect) HIE module functionality
- Proven track record implementing health information exchange platforms and services
- Proven understanding and knowledge of health information technology solutions and stacks
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436927-Oakland-Information-Technology Essential Functions:
- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
- Initiates discharge planning from physical therapy. Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient, may delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordination of the treatment plan with other health care personnel as appropriate.
- Provides advice and education to patient and family.
- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
- Discharges patient from physical therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from physical therapy.
- Provides accurate, timely documentation of physical therapy patient management.
- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited physical therapy curriculum with a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree with certification in physical therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
- License to practice physical therapy by the State of California.
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI, or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date).
-BLS required.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Neurological and acute care experience preferred.
]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436932-California-Rehab-Services Essential Functions:
- Measures and records intraocular pressure (tonometry), neutralization of spectacles (lensometry), automated visual fields, autorefraction (in preparation for the subjective refraction by the provider), autokeratometry, anterior chamber angles, vital signs, and pupillary response and other objective ophthalmic testing procedures.
- Measures complete visual acuity's for all ages and ocular diagnoses, including Snellen charts, HOTV charts, color vision, and stereopsis.
- Administers topical eye medications per specific physician order in preparation for testing as permitted by state law and regulation.
- Performs other objective ophthalmic testing and automated image capture as indicated.
- Makes and cancels Optometry, Ophthalmology, medical clearances, and diagnostic appointments.
- Obtains and prepares the appropriate medical information (records, files, forms, diagnostic results) for the provider.
- Records relevant medical information for the provider (i.e., assessments, plans, interventions, and spectacles) completes forms and other necessary data entry.
- Documents concise and relevant medical and ocular histories in the medical record.
- Escorts patients to exam rooms and prepares them for examination.
- Instructs eye patients by providing relevant information, per provider protocols.
- Witnesses patient consent signature and signs forms.
- Electronically, set up lab, x-ray and other requisitions, as needed.
- Labels specimen and Pathology Requests forms.
- Documents the specimens following departmental specific procedures.
- Sets up and assists with minor surgical procedures of the eye, as needed by setting up supplies, handling instruments, etc.
- Anticipate provider needs (preparation of supplies, instruments, and equipment).
- Cleans (changing cleaning solutions, as needed), wraps, labels and re-stocks instruments. Maintains equipment and orders/stocks supplies.
- Orders and maintains inventory par levels of supplies, forms, medications, etc. as needed.
- Keeps work area clean.
- Calls patients with messages from providers and documents disposition.
- Documents, updates and processes records relating to provider appointments.
- Performs surgical scheduling functions, as needed.
- Answers phones, makes appoints, takes messages.
- Maintains provider and department files, as needed.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Must be a graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program or an in-house Kaiser Permanente Medical Assistant program, or have at lease one (1) year (1,000 hours or more per year) of experience as a Kaiser Permanente Medical Assistant, or have one (1) year (1000 hours or more per year) recent experience of assisting physicians or Optometrists in an eye care setting.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
- BLS.
- Must successfully complete PARRS II, AutoReg, and be able to work with electronic medical record system.
- Good verbal and written communication skills, including legible handwriting.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams required.
- Knowledge of computer and computer keyboard.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

Scheduled days and hours are dependent upon departmental needs and may include holidays and weekends.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2436940-California-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN
Essential Functions:
- Assesses, develops and coordinates a clinical treatment program for Health Plan members with acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.
- Consults with staff regarding diagnosis, strengths and deficits of member, as needed or appropriate.
- Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals and groups.
- Charts member's treatments and progress in accordance with state regulations and department procedures.
- Instructs and counsels members regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens.
- 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.
- Makes referrals to case manager, as appropriate, and/or refers member's family to community support services and resources.
- Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of members.
- Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating members for psychotropic medications.
- May supervise PSW Assistants and PSW Interns, if supervision course has been completed.
- Works on-call evenings, weekends & holidays, assuming primary responsibility for emergency psychiatric care and acting as consultant to emergency department physicians and staff.
- Reports safety concerns to mandated reporting agencies.

Secondary Functions:
- Practice in an adult psychiatric clinic setting.
- Provide individual and group brief Psychotherapy and crisis intervention to an adult psychiatric population.
- Telephone screening as needed.
- Facilitate at least 2 psychotherapy groups.
- Participate in team meetings and collaborate with colleagues.
- Consult with medical and psychiatric staff regarding diagnosis, evaluations, strengths and deficits.
- Instruct and counsel patients regarding compliance with therapeutic regimens, including adherence to prescription medication within the scope of practice.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Psychiatric Social Worker (LCSW): Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college or university and Valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license in the State of California.
OR
- Marriage & Family Therapist (MFT): Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required. Current license as a Marriage, Family and Child Counselor in the State of California, and previous post license, paid experience as a member of a psychiatric treatment team in an outpatient setting/program under licensed supervision (usually two to four years).
OR
- Marriage & Family Therapist Assistant: Masters Degree in Applied Behavioral Science required from an accredited college of university.
OR
- Psychiatric Social Work Assistant: Masters Degree in Social Work required from an accredited college of university.
OR
- Psychological Assistant: PhD, PsyD or EdD in clinical or counseling psychology. Completion of a pre-doctoral internship - minimum of 1 year (1500 hours). Current valid registration as a Psychological Assistant with the Board of Psychology of the State of California. Must pass the State Board examination within two years from date of hire as a Psychological Assistant.

Outpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:
- Has experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating a broad range of psychiatric conditions.
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.
- Must be familiar with DMS-IV-R as a means of diagnosis.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Knowledge of social service agencies, state regulations, and professional board standards as is related to member treatment, patient rights, and member/patient confidentiality.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker:
- 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.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy preferred.
- Previous clinical responsibility to include inpatient group treatment and crisis intervention preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum of two years experience in the use of psychosocial assessment and Psychotherapeutic methods and clinical case management in a hospital, outpatient clinic or agency.
- Must demonstrate a high level of clinical expertise in diagnosis, evaluation and treatment planning for adult individuals and groups.
- DBT skills a plus.
- Experience treating psychiatric trauma conditions preferred.
-Ability to work well in a team setting, have experience and be comfortable working with culturally diverse patients and colleagues.
- Bilingualskills preferred
-Experience working with Psychiatric issues of medically complicated patients preferred

Schedule: Full-Time Temporary. Regluar Evening hours required for at least 20% of time. Expected length of employment: up to 90 days.]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433496-Richmond-Behavioral-or-Mental-Health Essential Functions:
- Implements policy and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, regional, and local laws and for the reduction of EH&S liabilities and maintains the departments quality assurance programs.
- Assists in specific areas for the development of health and safety programs.
- Ensures customers receive quality service by acting as a consultant/resource for local administration, managers, physicians and staff on all matters related to environmental management, industrial hygiene and safety.
- Performs needs assessments; conducts and participates in multi-disciplinary team conferences, and reviews customer satisfaction reports.
- Based on results, develops new programs or enhances existing programs providing quality EH&S services.
- Acts as administrative liaison for all EH&S regulatory agency inspections and surveys, including The Joint Commission, Cal-EPA, DOHS, Cal-OSHA, Department of Agriculture and the State Fire Marshall.
- Communicates strategies, priorities and recommends corrective actions to facility leadership, department managers and employees. Monitors the Service Area budgets and researches/explains variance.
- Identifies opportunities to reduce costs and enhance quality of services.
- Develops, implements, and presents EH&S training programs for the different facilities.
- Conducts comprehensive audits of facility(s) EH&S programs to identify areas for improvement.
- Collaboratively develops plans of action with department managers.
- Perform other duties as required.
- Job may require supervisory responsibilities.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Substantial EH&S experience (usually 5 - 7 years).
- Previous supervisory experience in a union environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations required.
- Bachelor's degree in EH&S, Natural Science, Engineering or related curriculum, or equivalent years of experience required.
- Associate Safety Professional or Industrial Hygienist in Training certificate preferred.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433502-San-Francisco-Facilities-Services Essential Functions:
- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by department.
- Records information in patients' medical record.
- Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.
- Assists clinician with care of the patient.
- Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials.
- Gives treatments and performs routine laboratory tests as required by department.
- Schedules appointments, performs clinical tasks and completes appropriate forms as required by department.
- May be responsible for administering medications, including injections.
- May be responsible for cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking instruments.
- Performs data entry.
- Performs clinical/technical skills specific to the department.
- Performs other related duties as necessary.
- Customer Service: Practices customer service standards as defined by the Medical Center and specified department.
- Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.
- Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.
- Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.
- Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.
- Team Commitment: Is an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.
- Manages difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.
- Takes accountability for own actions.
- Acts as a resource and mentor to new employees, students, and other team members.
- Actively participates in departmental professional development activities.
- Adheres to Attendance Policy.
- Supports a collaborative labor-management partnership environment.
- No supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum six (6) months of experience or successful completion of Kaiser Externship.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Completion of a course of study consistent with the requirements for Medical Assistants as specified by the Medical Board of California.
- BLS certification.
- Medical Terminology Certificate or equivalent experience.
- Ability to use personal computer.
- Ability to read, writes, and comprehends medical information.
- Ability to effectively present information, both verbal and written.
- Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
- Refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
- Bilingual Chinese required - must be able to speak either Cantonese (primary)and/or Mandarin. (Must pass Cantonese at QBS level 1)
]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433493-San-Francisco-Patient-Care-Services-Non-RN
Essential Functions:
- Manages the units day to day clinical operations including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, & quality improvement.
- Develops & implements action plans to improve staff development.
- Supervises a single unit (8 to 24 hours) of approximately 20- 60 +employees.
- Ensures the highest quality of care is provided & is in compliance w/ federal, state, & local regulatory requirements & established departmental policies & procedures.
- Utilization of services.
- Monitors the quality of service & utilization standards & assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the unit level.
- Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care & cost effective utilization of services.
- 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.
- Works w/ health care providers outside of the unit, to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.
- Researches, identifies, & implements best practice models of other units.
- Investigates & resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.
- Supervises the daily unit operations, including human resources management, department & employee safety programs, & risk management.
- Accesses KP Health Connect to evaluate the quality of care provided.
- Uses KP Health Connect to manage clinical operations.
- Monitors quality, appropriateness, & accuracy of KP Health Connect documentation
- Maintains role specific KP Health Connect competencies.



Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BSN or BA in health care related field preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
- Current California RN license required.
- Current BLS certification required & ALCS certification strongly preferred.
- PALS certification may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
- Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Extensive nursing experience in Telemetry, Stroke, General Surgery.]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433485-California-Nursing-Licensed Essential Functions:
- Manages the design, development, coordination, & quality of the credentialing process
- Creates operations & communications processes that support organizational strategies & business objectives
- Provides consulting services regarding regulatory, legal, accreditation program, & Regional credentialing standards throughout the region
- Manages the credential budget
- Manages credentialing function for TPMG Human Resources Department
- May coach, train, & direct work of credentialing staff
- Creates & manages credentials budget
- Works w/ practice site Credentials & Privileges Coordinators to share & implement best practices whenever feasible
- Interprets requirements & disseminates information to all involved parties to assure necessary compliance, compatibility, & continuous quality improvement of credentialing processes
- Informs Medical Group & KFH/P leadership of key issues & acts as Medical Group agent in influencing changes in program & agency requirements
- Partners w/ appropriate Program, Regional, CSA, Medical Group individuals & groups, accrediting bodies, & external consultants to develop & implement systems & processes that meet requirements & adhere to Regional Credentialing policies & procedures
- Collaborates w/ interregional peers to identify & implement best practices


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience (usually 5+ years) in health care in an administrative or managerial position related to credentialing &/or accreditation
- Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration, Public Health, or related field, or equivalent experience required
- Master's Degree preferred
- Certification as Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) preferred
- Extensive knowledge of the credentialing process, accreditation, & regulatory standards
- Significant knowledge of Federal & State regulatory requirements & accreditation standards e.g., The Joint Commission, TITLE 22, NCQA, NPDB, & certifying agencies
- Strong organization & communication skills & attention to details required
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills & initiative
- Proficient w/ Medical Terminology
- Ability to lead & facilitate processes through influence & collaboration
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment
]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433491-Oakland-Quality-Assurance,-Utilization-Review,-or-Case-Management
Essential Functions:
- Utilization Management: Performs daily preadmission, admission, and concurrent utilization reviews using guidelines, institutional policies/procedures, and other information to determine appropriate levels of care and readiness for discharge.
- Escalates utilization and system problems which have not been resolved at the local level to the next level (RM/UM Director, CCL, DHO, etc.), immediately.
- Monitors the progression of the plan of care and facilitates discussions with the multi-disciplinary teams.
- Educates other health care team members on utilization and cost containment initiatives.
- Collaborates with and provides information to patients, families, physicians, and staff regarding the provisions of care.
- Incorporates and counsels on the correct and consistent application, interpretation, and utilization of member health care benefits (including transition of care).
- Discharge Planning: Ensures continuity of care through communication in rounds and written documentation, level of care recommendations, transfer coordination, discharge planning and obtaining authorizations/approvals as needed for outside services for the patient.
- Develops, evaluates, and coordinates a comprehensive discharge plan in conjunction with the patient/family, physician, nursing, social services, and other healthcare providers and agencies.
- Performance Improvement: Monitors care processes to provide cost-effective implementation and evaluation of utilization management and patient care activities, initiatives, and protocols.
- Participates in the development and implementation of guidelines, preprinted physician orders, care paths, etc. for patient care.
- Identifies and assists in the implementation of opportunities for cost-savings and improvements in the quality of care across the continuum.
- Develops, collects, trends, and analyzes data relevant to the utilization of healthcare resources including avoidable/variance days, readmissions, one-day stays, DRGs, LOS, etc.
- Participates in the development, implementation, communication, maintenance and monitoring of local UM Work plan initiatives.
- Administrative and Regulatory: Shares accountability with the UM Manager for planning, developing, and managing the department budget.
- Participates in interviewing, makes hiring recommendations, orients and provides on-going supervision of support staff.
- Provides input into the performance evaluations of team members.
- May plan and control work assignments and special projects of team members.
- Assists in developing, implementing and maintaining utilization management policies and procedures.
- Conducts UM, care coordination, and discharge planning activities according to all applicable regulatory requirements (see qualifications).

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Experience, usually two (2) + years, in direct patient care delivery and management.
- Demonstrated experience in utilization review, case management, and discharge planning preferred, usually two (2) + years.
- BSN or BA in health care related field OR diploma/associate degree in nursing (ADN) with comparable years of experience required.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BLS Certification, and current California RN licensure required.
- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act, TJC, DMHC, CMS, NCQA, HIPPA, ERISA, EMTALA and all other applicable federal/state/local laws and regulations.
- Demonstrated strong communication and customer service skills, problem-solving, critical thinking, and clinical judgment abilities.
- Fundamental word processing and computer navigation skills and the ability to interpret and use analytic data in day to day operations.
- Knowledge of healthcare benefits associated with various business lines (Medicare/KPSA, Commercial/KFH, Medi-Cal, Federal, etc.)

Schedule: Variable nights and alternating weekends from 11:00pm to 7:30am]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433521-Oakland-Nursing-Licensed
Essential Functions:
- Focus on problem-solving, versus problem identification, in the daily operations of HealthWorks product.
- Partner with the product manager to understand product direction and needs.
- Manage and ensure vendor compliance with contract and service level agreement (SLA) standards.
- Administer one or more products to product requirement specifications, including managing to product metrics and completing product scorecard updates as needed.
- Manage daily operations of one or more products.
- Accurately report on risks, dependencies and progress in the product.
- Effectively communicate projects, process and product performance.
- Ensure product metrics and SLAs are the correct measures for identifying defects early.
- Help evaluate and ensure vendor adherence business process and policy and procedure.
- Partner with the product manager to ensure operational fixes and/or administrative issues are handled when defects are identified.
- Provide implementation oversight and support when the product is sold to new accounts.
- Assist in development of product training content.
- Participate in change management, business requirement development, or refinement of product performance tools and functionality
.
- Analyze the scope and impact of requirements for new process, new product functionality, onboarding new vendors etc..
- Participate in the development of process maps for new or changed processes.
- Support business case development by helping to develop resource inputs for new or changed operational process.
- Evaluate operations and product changes for efficiency, cost effectiveness and the ability to meet requirements, as well as customer stated needs.
- Project manage small to mid-scale efforts.
- Assist in developing and executing effective test plans.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum: Five (5) - eight (8) years of related experience.
- Five (5) - eight (8) years of experience of assessing key customer requirements within a given market segment.
- Five (5) - eight (8) years of experience in a product development capacity.
- Preferred: Five (5) - eight (8) years of experience in health care industry.
- Five (5) - eight (8) years of years Health Insurance, Health Plan Administration, Healthcare, Benefit Administration, or Benefit Policy Experience a plus.
- Strong foundational understanding and experience navigating IT processes, org charts and accountabilities, preferred.
- Four (4) year degree in related field OR equivalent experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Thorough knowledge of policies, practices and systems.
- Complete understanding and broad application of principles, theories, concepts, practices, and standards in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.
- Full knowledge of industry/insurance practices.
- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts in applicable discipline, plus working knowledge of other related fields.
- Thorough knowledge of benefits, benefits administration and health care delivery from either or both a provider and payor perspective along with insurance industry policies, practices and systems.
- Deep knowledge of online design principles, work trends, competition, technical limitations in order to design products and relationships between suites of related products appropriately.
- A detailed knowledge of web development process (a requisite in order to be able to parse down the work properly, frame/phase the work so that it can be implemented and rolled out effectively, to meet expectations, deadlines and budgets).]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2359548-Oakland-Sales-and-Marketing
Essential Functions:

- Works with senior leadership to identify key issues and solutions in business processes, campaign planning/execution, results/insights, and recommendations.
- Manages major marketing strategy and analytic projects, create media mix recommendations, identify channel optimization tactics
-Develops analytic framework required to analyze marketing strategy, channel efficiency, online/offline attribution, etc
-Leverages predictive tools to enhance direct response targeting
- Partners with statisticians in response model build
- Owns the outcome - represents findings in the form of actionable insights to stakeholders and senior leadership
-Serves as subject matter/technical expert on tracking data and external lists
- Knowledgeable and experienced in test-and-learn framework, test design, sizing, and statistical analysis to ensure accurate test execution and read

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or related professional experience (4 years) in lieu of education.
- Minimum of 4 years related experience; Or, Master's degree and 1-3 years experience.
- Thorough knowledge of direct marketing analytics and reporting .
- Complete understanding and application of principles, concepts, market strategy practices, and standards.
- Excellent analytic and problem solving skills.
- Excellent data management skills coupled with extensive experience in relational databases and data quality.
- Broad application of principles, theories, and concepts of database marketing/direct marketing.
- Skilled in MS Excel, Access, Cognos and other databases/analytics tools.
- Must know how to manipulate databases, to extract, analyze, and report data.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to produce Microsoft Powerpoint presentations.
- Empirical experience in SAS and/or SQL

Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree preferred (Business, Public Health, etc.
- At least 5 years related experience preferred.
- Experience/knowledge in Health Care industry.
- Formal training and experience in statistics, mathematics, and quantitative analysis.
]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433514-Oakland-Sales-and-Marketing
Essential Functions:
- Manages the operations of a large unit or multiple units.
- Ensures Assistants & staff provide the highest quality of care & are in compliance w/ the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, & local requirements.
- Collaborates w/ physicians & other health care providers in establishing, implementing, & maintaining patient care & quality service standards to meet members & internal clients' expectations.
- Acts as patient advocate resolving patient care issues.
- Designs & evaluates processes to improve systems & patient care results across the continuum of care.
- Develops & monitors budgets & resource allocations.
- Monitors financial performance & identifies & implements strategies to reduce costs & improve quality of care/service.
- Determines the appropriate staff mix for department & develops processes to screen, interview, hire, train, & maintain the competency of all department staff.
- Provides on going staff development.
- Develops, implements, & monitors departmental policies & procedures which support the organizations goals & business objectives & ensures they are met.
- Collaborates w/ Physician Team Leader & Department Chief in developing the level of patient services & the day-to-day operations of the department.
- Manages & resolves human resource, labor relations, employee & department safety, & risk management issues.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Significant, usually five (5) years of nursing experience in both outpatient care & management/leadership roles required.
- Significant, usually five (5) years of supervisory experience required.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or health related field required.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Clinical specialization in area of practice preferred.
- Current California RN license required.
- BLS certification required.
- PALS, PEARS and/or ACLS certifications may be required for positions in specific departments.
- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, & other local, state, federal regulations.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills.]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433505-Oakland-Nursing-Licensed
Essential Functions:
- Move seamlessly between programming, testing, analysis, design, writing documentation, etc. to meet team commitments.
- Support a suite of software products that directly support our Underwriting, Actuarial, and Account Management user communities.
- Leverage different technologies including Java, Oracle database, opens source reporting tools, and other programming languages in a Microsoft environment.
- Estimating, analysis, design, programming, testing, documentation, etc. associated with the specifics necessary to fulfill the Teams commitments to complete Product Owner stories within a two week Sprint.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BA in business, or BS in computer science, or four years equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of verifiable programming expertise building applications with the following technologies Excel and VBA.
- Expertise in writing applications in Excel with VBA in direct support of a 'business cycle' and be able to demonstrate knowledge and expertise in the technologies used to build and test applications in a Microsoft environment.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience using one of the more common databases is required; Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Access.
- Excel development
- Must have experience with relational databases and their associated concepts, Oracle, DB2, UBD, SQL Server would all be acceptable.
- Proficiency with a diverse range of problem solving techniques and the ability to work with a Team to solve problems, make recommendations, and think through alternatives / options.
- In-depth ability to analyze, test, program, and make good technical programming decisions to ensure correct and accurate programs are developed for deployment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Former experience with a Scrum Development Team
- Java, and/or C/C++
- Knowledge or experience with source code repository software
- Skill using tools to access data stored in Oracle, BD2, SQL Server, Access databases.
- Skills with any type of SQL (PL-SQL, T-SQL, etc.).
- Skilled in tools used to analyze data, Crystal, Business Objects, Cognos, etc.).
- Development in a Microsoft environment
- Direct support of underwriting, actuarial, account management type of applications/products
]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433513-Oakland-Information-Technology Essential Functions:
- In collaboration with Facilities Services & EH&S, develops & implements an asset management strategy for the medical center complex that is supportive of local customer requirements, financial goals & capital planning efforts & which responds to regional & national sourcing strategies & the Safe Medical Device Act.
- Partners with other departments & medical center leadership to achieve results in a collaborative manner, as related to changing healthcare regulations & legislation, service & other strategic initiatives.
- Ensures products are high quality, cost effective, distributed in a timely basis & achieves a high level of compliance regarding Kaiser Permanente standards for products & equipment.
- Builds & manages a distribution network that allows products to be delivered to the facilities through an external vendor or internally.
- Provides leadership, education & support to physicians & medical center complex staff to develop their understanding of current materials management practices/products which support operational & financial goals.
- Leads, manages & develops the materials management staff responsible for material products & services.
- Performs typical human resource management activities such as hiring, reward & recognition, performance review, professional development, discipline.
- Establishes & implements standards of performance relative to quality & service, & ensures standards exceed member, medical center & regulatory expectations.
- Promote a team environment & ensures staff is trained, complies with policies/procedures, reduces costs & maintains targeted service & customer satisfaction levels.
- Develops & presents cost reduction recommendations to area management to assist them in meeting their budgets & operational goals.
- Identifies sourcing opportunities for cost reductions, service improvements & product standardization to the national & regional purchasing & logistics teams.
- Partners with local Finance in identifying medical & non-medical supply cost trends.
- Develops cost saving metrics & leads site product utilization savings efforts to ensure that all goals are met.
- Develops & tracks the material management department budget plans including payroll & non-payroll.
- Accounts for variances in the materials management department budget.
- Ensures compliance with established regional & national product standards including adherence to national policy 15A, Internal Controls for Departmental Purchasing Activities of Health Plans & Hospitals for all purchasing activities to ensure optimal use of national contracts, appropriate use of purchasing channels, utilization of expert advice & internal controls.
- Assumes other duties as directed.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Substantial experience (seven (7) years) in a combination of purchasing, contracting, materials management or other related areas, including previous experience with material management systems and control of an inventory of $5m - $10m.
- Significant experience (five (5) to seven (7) years) of demonstrated ability to analyze problems, make recommendations and implement solutions.
- Progressive management experience (usually six (6) to eight (8) years) in a health care setting.
- Previous budget development and management experience (usually one (1) to three (3) years).
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business administration, finance, materials management, economics, or a related field required.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated competence in operation of inventory control systems and software applications with the ability to develop complex spreadsheets and write effective business communications.
- Knowledge of federal, state and local regulations including Title 22 along with The Joint Commission and CMS requirements.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433441-San-Francisco-Materials-Management
Essential Functions:
- Support & comply w/ the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente Code of Conduct) & w/ guidance from PI, assist w/ ensuring compliance w/ KPNC IRB approved protocols.
- Actively plan, prepare, & participate in any external & internal compliance monitoring &/or audits & inspections to protect research participants, assure operational effectiveness of the program, & reduce risks to the organization.
- In collaboration w/ PI, plan, & implement recruitment procedures for potential participants.
- W/ supervision, manage enrollment of participants into the trial (screening, randomization, follow-up, data collection), & any study-related procedures as required by protocol.
- Participate in the ongoing informed consent process w/ PI to ensure that research participants & their families have their questions answered & understand the patient/participant Bill of Rights, consent form, & participant's responsibilities in the study.
- Utilize knowledge of disease processes to observe & report adverse events & protocol violations/deviations in a timely & accurate manner to the PI & Sponsor to ensure the health, safety, & welfare of the participant.
- Adhere to scope of practice, utilize, & document the nursing procedures to plan, deliver, & evaluate goal focused, individualized, safe, age-specific care as it relates to research participants w/ both non-complex & complex medical conditions.
- Record & abstract data from source documentation onto case report forms (paper or electronic) in a timely manner.
- W/ direction from PI &/or working w/ the Regional Regulatory Support staff, process new IRB research proposals, amendments, continuing review applications, protocol violations, & adverse events in accordance w/ KP & departmental policies & procedures & federal regulations, if applicable.
- Actively identify & participate in training, education, & development, quality control activities to improve own knowledge & performance to sustain & enhance professional development as a proficient research nurse participating in the conduct of clinical trials.
- Adhere to Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (GCP), federal, state, & local regulations, & KP policies & procedures to ensure confidentiality, privacy, & security of clinical research interactions & participant information, support high quality implementation, conduct of clinical trials, assure maintenance of research activities, documentation to IRB & responsible use of operational research databases in compliance w/ KP policies.
- May supervise non-licensed & licensed research staff.
- Perform job functions according to the factors listed below under Job Criteria & other duties as assigned by appropriate management.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- 5 years recent clinical nursing experience in a hospital, clinic or similar health care setting required.
- 2 years clinical trials research experience required.
- Project management skills required.
- Minimum of a diploma from an accredited nursing school required.
- Bachelor's degree preferred and may be substituted for 1 years work experience.
- Master's degree may be substituted for 2 years work experience.
- Current CA RN license required.
- Current IATA/DOT certification required.
- Current ACRP or SoCRA certification required or willingness to obtain within 1 year of hire.
- Current BLS certification required.
- Willingness to obtain other certifications, if required.
- Must be proficient in electronic health systems and databases used in research environment, or willingness to learn and demonstrate proficiency within six months from hire.
- Possess thorough knowledge and understanding of policies, procedures, and regulations governing human subject research, and the incorporation of them in the daily conduct of research and safety of participants.
- Possess proficient knowledge and skills to identify and process clinical information to determine if documentation is accurate, complete, and to ensure procedures contain appropriate safeguards.
- Demonstrate effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with multiple deadlines.
- Demonstrate prioritization and organizational skills.
- Demonstrate project management skills.
- Possess strong medical terminology skills.
- Demonstrate basic drug calculation skills.
- Demonstrate problem-solving skills.
- Possess nursing skills (i.e. phlebotomy, performing vital signs, nursing assessments, etc.).
- Comprehensive knowledge of GCP, federal, state, and local regulations including HIPAA and KP policies and procedures.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the principles, methods and procedures of basic medical and/or clinical research processes.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of human research protection regulations, policies, procedures, and standards as applied to IRB and compliance operations. Comprehensive knowledge of clinical trials research and research regulations, as well as significant clinical trial experience in a specific therapeutic area.
- Ability to work in a Labor Partnership environment.
- Team lead experience strongly preferred.


Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong Medical/Surgical Nursing experience with background in care of Cystic Fibrosis patients
- Clinical research coordinator experience
- Current knowledge of Good Clinical Practice
- Experience in project management and quality systems management a plus


++ NOTE: This position is expected to continue for 1 year(s) work or pending continuation of grant/contract funding ++
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This position will support the delivery of testing services, Continuous Improvement / Quality Assurance and other TCoE activities related to achieving enterprise-wide consistency of processes and tools. This role will focus on Nationwide Health Information Network initiatives such asImaging and Bio-Medical device integration. This role will also support other critical initiatives as needed.

Essential Functions:
- Will work on significant and unique issues where continuous improvement (CI) analysis of situations, or data, requires an evaluation of intangibles
- Support the development of comprehensive and strategic business cases with cost/benefit analysis of proposed projects that are used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.
- Analyze current business processes and functional requirements for gaps, value streams, and capability.
- Prepare analytical and operational documentation to communicate and validate the analysis, then construct and/or improve operational processes within the QA/Testing space supporting organizational continuous improvement efforts.
- Direct the analysis of enterprise-wide or very complex client needs in project areas such as new business operating models, innovative approaches to IT solutions support, market research of emerging or available product functionality and operational readiness assessment.
- Act as a liaison between business clients and technical staff on complex projects.
- Lead or support matrixed teams collaborating on continuous improvement projects that cross over organizational boundaries.


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and/or 4 years of equivalent work experience A minimum of 10 years of experiencewith CI, QA/Testing
- Experienceusing SixSigma, CMMI, Lean, ITIL, Kaizen, or change management processes for delivering successful efficiency implementations.
- Experience with root cause analysis methodologies with hands on experience leading teams through the full RCA lifecycle of problem definition, data gathering, root cause identification, corrective action definition, corrective action implementation/tracking.
- Exceptional statistical analysis and metrics creation, executive presentation, process modeling, and requirements elicitation skills.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with expectations to interface with Business and IT leaders.
- Fundamental knowledge of core industry QA/Testing concepts as applicable to waterfall and agile development frameworks.
- Consulting experience leveraging quality control analytics, statistical analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies is essential.
- Expertise with Visio, Excel, PowerPoint
- Statistical Analysis skills/tools
- Experience with Cost/Benefit or ROI analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
- 4+ years of SixSigma, Lean, CMMI svc/dev, or ITIL experience
(Certifications in the above disciplines)
- 3+ years of Epic Product (design, build, integration, test, PM)
- Graduate Degree
- Healthcare industry software product knowledge is highly desired.
]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2433432-San-Francisco-Information-Technology Oakland, CA

Supports an Executive Director and members of the management team with complex administrative support and project coordination to include the following:

- Manages multiple calendars to include arranging complex special events requiring solid understanding of event requirements and coordination of dependencies.
- Drives agenda planning and meeting set-up for regularly scheduled meetings.
- Assists with complex custom reports and cross-functional initiatives that require project coordination (e.g., data collection and validation, project reporting, etc.).
- Drafts more complex and detailed correspondence for executives using KP knowledge and advanced business acumen; independently updates department documents as needed. Uses basic to advanced knowledge of two or more Microsoft Office/PC applications, depending upon department or business needs.
- Answers phones and email, and directs inquiries to appropriate parties based on functional/operational knowledge; may respond to routine to moderately complex inquiries directly.
- Monitors & resolves administrative budget issues to include billing and payment authorization for planned and unplanned expenses and special events; handles recharges across business units, tracks and accounts for executive travel/business expenses.
- Interacts regularly with KP employees at all levels across multiple organizations, as well as external representatives as a liaison, to gather, exchange, and compare/contrast pertinent operational information for others' use.
- Coordinates administrative workflow of the group; recommends new processes as needed.
-Serves as part of a larger administrative professionals team (4-person team) to support the broader department with infrastructure and administration needs.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- Eight (8) - ten (10) + years of administrative and/or executive assistant experience w/ increasing levels of scope & discretion.
- Preferred demonstrated success providing support w/in a complex work environment.
- High School Diploma, GED or related experience.
- BA/BS preferred.
- Ability to learn & apply In-depth knowledge of KP's policies, practices, business, theories & systems.
- Uses acquired knowledge of industry practices & standards.
- Extreme attention to detail & ability to coordinate & provide support to an executive w/ a highly dynamic/complex role at KP.
- As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in creative & effective ways.
- Uses intermediate to advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel and/or PowerPoint) to create more difficult presentation materials w/ graphs/illustrations, & proofreads content for accuracy & KP established formatting.
- Advanced writing skills to compose complex & detailed correspondence & recommends updates to department documents as needed.
- Requires ability to learn & apply an advanced understanding of a large complex organization & its customers.]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT 2270871-Oakland-Administration,-Clerical,-and-Support-Services The Security Information Management Information Protection Senior will implement, and manage the toolsets of the Security Information Management Team. The Security Information Management team is responsible for providing log management, file integrity monitoring, security information management, reporting, and system integration services to a variety of customers.

Required Skills and Knowledge:
- Demonstrated knowledge of Incident Response processes and best practices
- Demonstrated knowledge of information security threats and analysis.
- Ability to provide senior level security event correlation
- Senior level knowledge of Windows and *NIX platforms and networking
- Senior level knowledge of security technologies including: Anti Virus, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Web Filtering and Data Exfiltration systems
- Must be well organized and possess excellent interpersonal, customer service, communication, and documentation skills
- Informed of the latest in security trends, threats, and industry resources such as CERT, SANS, D-Shield, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to work well as a team and independently.
- Ability to perform with little to no supervision
- Ability to participate in technically focused teams
- Experience implementing Security Tool Architectures
- Proven ability to work effectively with management, staff, vendors, and consultants
- Experience with programming/scripting (REGX, PERL, JAVA, XML, Python, C, C++, SQL)
Desirable Skills
- Senior Level experience with manipulation of structured and unstructured data
- Experience with large volumes of data management and information extraction/manipulation
- Senior Level Vulnerability and Threat analysis skills
- Experience with system administration and performance management
- Experience with database implementation, and performance management


Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
- BS in computer science or other related fields is required, or additional 4years of relevant work experience
- 5 years of information systems experience is required with at least
- 2 years information security experience performing information security event management system implementation and administration
- Experience with Federal, State, Local and other regulatory requirements (HIPAA/SOX/PCI)

Preferred Qualifications:
- Information Security certifications such as CISSP and GIAC
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