Nursing Shift Manager

Salary : $119,152.86 - $166,814.00 Annually
Location : Ventura, CA
Job Type: Full-Time Regular
Job Number: 2173HCA-26AA (EN)
Department: Health Care Agency
Division: Ventura County Medical Center and/or Santa Paula Hospital
Opening Date: 10/05/2026
Closing Date: 10/19/2026 5:00 PM Pacific

Description
THE POSITION
Under direction, the Nursing Shift Manager will be assigned to a specialized care unit for which they will oversee unit operations and perform professional nursing duties as assigned.

This position has full-time shift responsibility for supervising nursing employees of an adult inpatient care unit who provide direct patient care and other services. Nursing Shift Manager performs the full range of first-level nursing and administrative supervisory functions requiring a knowledge of basic supervision, as well as of the nursing techniques and procedures used in the care of the category of patients treated in the unit. Such positions enforce hospital and nursing policies and standards and apply principles and recognized practices of nursing in supervising and providing professional nursing care to inpatients. Nursing Shift Manager may perform direct patient care duties.
The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill present and future Regular (Temporary or Fixed-term), Intermittent, or Extra Help vacancies. There is currently one (1) Regular vacancy within the Health Care Agency.
The Nursing Shift Manager is a management classification and is not eligible for overtime compensation.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
OPENING DATE: October 5, 2026
CLOSING DATE: October 19, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

Examples Of Duties
Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Assumes accountability for staffing and quality of care of the Nursing Unit consistent with hospital standards and may include 24-hour accountability if assigned by executive management.
• Reviews, recommends, and establishes nursing and unit specific practice standards and initiate changes as needed; assesses training, competency and educational needs of staff in coordination with Nursing Education for improved services and processes.
• Promotes the best practices of the nursing profession and encourages staff to continue to develop and acquire additional nursing skills.
• Maintains clear, effective communication between nursing, medical, and ancillary staff and departments.
• Recruits, hires, orients, directs, supervises, and manages a staff development program for nursing staff.
• Supports management in developing annual nursing goals for the units, including plan of action, timetable and evaluation methodology, consistent with Nursing Department and hospital goals.
• Evaluates prospective and active team members to maintain and develop optimal staff performance in recruiting and retaining top talent.
• Fosters a positive work environment by facilitating team motivation, employee growth, and team success.
• Serves as teacher, facilitator, change agent, clinical leader and mentor to encourage their continued education and certification in the nursing field as it relates to their career goals.
• Communicates and administers hospital policies and procedures and participates in development of new policies and procedures specific to nursing operations within the respective service line.
• Participates in the planning of change and manages the change within an interdisciplinary health care delivery system such as restructuring/streamlining workflow/processes, technological advances, the physical environment of the unit, and trends in the focus of health care delivery appropriate to the specific service line.
• Coordinates nursing care by reviewing hospital and employee notification reports, problem identification reports, and unit specific performance improvement projects.
• Ensures nursing care is coordinated with prescribed multi-disciplinary plan of care and maintains effective communication for collaborative planning with the medical staff.
• Makes daily rounds to identify patient needs, assess quality of care and serves as a staff resource for resolving patient issues; responds appropriately, investigates patient complaints in a timely manner, and takes appropriate corrective action; ensures complicated complaints are escalated appropriately to the Department Director.
• Ensures notification forms are investigated, completed timely, submitted into the Nurse Executive to determine action is to be taken.
• Participates in department and hospital committees; chairs assigned committees, guides and oversees progress toward goals and objectives, develops studies, participates in specialty projects.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications
These are entrance requirements to the examination process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on an eligible list.

EDUCATION, TRAINING and EXPERIENCE

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Requires two (2) years of full-time professional registered nursing experience in the assigned hospital specialty area AND
• Two (2) years of full-time experience in a lead or supervisory capacity.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must possess and maintain the following certifications at the time of application:

• Valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of California Board of Registered Nurses.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)

National certifications by specialty areas are required within six months of hire.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of: hospital policies and procedures; patient rights and the basic nursing performance standards in accordance with the Nursing Practice Act of California; the principles, practices, and techniques used in advanced nursing care of specialized units.

Working knowledge of: performance improvement processes, hospital based/nursing committee practices, and patient and staff education methods.

Working ability to: provide direction to others; self-direct continuing education needs, provide a positive role model and public image; work proficiently in emergency and/or stressful situations; maintain confidentiality of patient/client information; effectively establish and maintain working relationships with medical staff, co-workers, patients and the public; and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Recruitment Process
FINAL FILING DATE: Applications must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 19, 2026.
To apply online, please refer to our website at hr.ventura.org If you prefer to fill out a paper application form, please call (805) 654-5129 for application materials and submit them to County of Ventura Human Resources, Health Care Agency 646 County Square Drive, Ventura, CA 93003.
Note to Applicants: Sufficient information must be provided under the Education/Work Experience portions of the application and supplemental questionnaire to thoroughly and accurately demonstrate your qualifications to determine eligibility. A resume may be attached to supplement your responses in the above sections; however, it may not be submitted in lieu of the application.

NOTE: If presently permanently employed in another "merit" or "civil service" public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised, and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a "merit" or "civil service" style examination, then appointment by "Lateral Transfer" may be possible. If interested, pleaseclick herefor additional information.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE - qualifying

All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this exam at the time of filing. This questionnaire may be used throughout the examination process to assist in determining each applicant's qualifications and acceptability for the position.
APPLICATION EVALUATION - qualifying

All applications will be reviewed to determine whether the stated requirements are met. Applicants meeting the stated requirements will be invited to continue to the next step in the recruitment process.
TRAINING and EXPERIENCE EVALUATION

The Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) is a structured evaluation of the job application materials submitted by a candidate, including the written responses to the supplemental questionnaire. The T&E is NOT a determination of whether the candidate meets the stated requirements; rather, the T&E is one method for determining who are better qualified among those who have shown that they meet the stated requirements. In a T&E, applications are either scored or rank-ordered according to criteria that most closely meet the business needs of the department. Candidates are typically scored/ranked in relation to one another; consequently, when the pool of candidates is exceptionally strong, many qualified candidates may receive a score or rank which is moderate or even low resulting in them not being advanced in the process.
NOTE: The selection process will likely consist of an Oral Exam, which may be preceded by or replaced with the score from a Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E), contingent upon the size and quality of the candidate pool. In a typical T&E, your training and experience are evaluated in relation to the background, experience and factors identified for successful job performance during a job analysis. For this reason, it is recommended that your application materials clearly show your relevant background and specialized knowledge, skills, and abilities. It is also highly recommended that the supplemental questions within the application are completed with care and diligence.
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