Rn-House Supervisor Jobs

Allen Hospital, Waterloo, IA

Part-time (0.6) Nights

The House Supervisor, under the guidance of the Vice President of Patient Care/CNE and in collaboration with the Clinical Directors, is responsible for the supervision, direction, and coordination of nursing practice and all hospital activities to maintain continuity of effective communication, public relations, management; and patient services. In the absences of the President and Vice President, the House Supervisor shall represent Hospital Administration and shall be designated as the officer in charge utilizing the administrative person on call when necessary.

Leadership

• Accountable for staffing needs. Assists in rooms/patient care to compliment staffing needs. Assists with completing schedules, address and review payroll as needed. Helps with staff education/inservices/specialized skilled training programs. Assists in the hiring and orientation program of newly hired staff.
• Collaborating with the manager, effectively resolves complex unit situations, such as patient complaints and crises. Rounds with team members monthly and does department rounds during each shift to support and address potential issues or concerns.
• Assumes the management functions and responsibility for all activities in the hospital in the absence of administration. Performance management for all team members working the shift. Clinical Directors/ Head Nurses are informed.
• Ensures staffing matrix and guidelines are followed for appropriate staffing to remain within budget.
• Evaluates and guides staff with appropriate input of job performance. Demonstrates the ability to fairly and consistently interpret, apply and follow personnel policies/procedures. Provides immediate feedback (positive and negative) about job performance to supervised personnel. Completes performance evaluations of personnel.
• Creates an environment that promotes staff empowerment. Displays creativity and innovation when making recommendations for improvement in the delivery of services to the hospital. Is able to instruct and lead the staff so that a high level of productivity is maintained, intervening when necessary, to problem solve.
• Provides leadership by directing, coordinating and delegating patient care in an organized manner, allowing for flexibility. Acts as manager when manager is absent. Demonstrates the ability to meet the department work schedule.

Coordination of Care

• Collaborates with physicians and other health care team members to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Responsible to maintain current professional expertise. Promotes personal and professional growth among coworkers. Exhibits discretion and sound judgment in all aspects of the job.
• Researches and recommends short and long term strategies to meet the patient care needs. Assists with the achievement of objectives and necessary modifications for attainment of goals.
• Manages daily operations of patient care. Contributes to the maintenance of high quality, cost effective services consistent with the needs of the users and the hospital's budgetary guidelines, identify and explain key variances. Acts as an interdepartmental liaison promoting effective multidisciplinary team work. Identify and Implement cost saving ideas.

Patient Care

• Demonstrated leadership, good interpersonal relationships, and concern in assessing needs of patients, families and personnel.
• Provides assistance to the nursing units to meet patient needs. Assigning patient admissions based on diagnosis and unit workload.
• Ensures staffing matrix and guidelines are followed for appropriate staffing to remain within budget.
• Unit nursing rounds are made at least once a shift. Communication is provided regarding the activities of the units, patient condition, unusual events to the Supervisor.
• Oversees bed management to ensure appropriate placement for patient care.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Initiate activities of the Incident Command in the event of a disaster.
• Ensures protocol is followed for release of information.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Ability to apply sound principles of supervision to achieve hospital and nursing administration goals.
• Keeps appropriate leadership informed of current departmental activities and problems through both oral and written communication.
• A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Nursing/Nursing Administration or its equivalent preferred.
• Responds and assists with all emergency codes.
• Assists with patient admission and transfer activities, discharges, deaths, and autopsies.
• Current license in the state of Iowa Satisfactory performance for 3 years in recent clinical experience required.
• Confers with county coroner, law enforcement, ambulance services, other hospitals, etc., as needed.

Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and provides direct and indirect patient care in the emergency care setting as directed by the medical staff and following the policies and procedures of UPH-GRMC. Provides care that reflects initiative, flexibility, and responsibility indicative of professional expectation with minimal supervision. Able to triage safely, rapidly, and accurately every patient that enters the emergency care system. Determines priorities of care based on physical and psychosocial needs, as well as factors influencing patient flow through the system. Communicates with Emergency Department physicians about changes in patient’s status, symptomatology, and results of diagnostic studies. Able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

$10,000 SIGN ON BONUS FOR EXTERNAL NEW HIRES

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• Demonstrates proficiency in computer processes as related to position held. Maintains direct responsibility for nursing care of assigned patients within the Registered Nurse Scope of Practice.
• Receives telephone, verbal and written physician orders, utilizes read back process, and processes orders accurately and timely.
• Demonstrates time management skills by delivering care and completing assignments in a timely manner and exercises safe judgment in decision making.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and develop an individualized care and education plan to meet the clinical and psychosocial needs of the patient.
• Demonstrates knowledge of medications and their correct administration, follows medication administration rights and processes, and appropriately documents all administered medications.
• Documentation is complete and timely.
• Delegates tasks appropriately to others based on their scope of practice or level of competency.
• Collaborates with other members of the healthcare team provide continuity of care, encompassing a holistic approach to services provided.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of and is able to perform the technical skills of the assigned department for the positions held.
• Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized, and able to function under stressful and emergent situations by utilizing critical thinking skills.
• Reports, in a timely manner, pertinent patient observations, significant incidents, or any changes in patient’s condition to appropriate person.

• ACLS Certification current or completion within the first 6 months of employment.
• NRP recommended.
• TNCC and PALS current or completion within first year of employment.
• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program.
• Current Iowa Registered Nurse Licensure.
• One year in emergency or critical care preferred.

Leadership

• Collaborating with the manager, effectively resolves complex unit situations, such as patient complaints and crises. Rounds with team members monthly and does department rounds during each shift to support and address potential issues or concerns.
• Accountable for staffing needs. Assists in rooms/patient care to compliment staffing needs. Assists with completing schedules, address and review payroll as needed. Helps with staff education/inservices/specialized skilled training programs. Assists in the hiring and orientation program of newly hired staff.
• Provides leadership by directing, coordinating and delegating patient care in an organized manner, allowing for flexibility. Acts as manager when manager is absent. Demonstrates the ability to meet the department work schedule.
• Ensures staffing matrix and guidelines are followed for appropriate staffing to remain within budget.
• Evaluates and guides staff with appropriate input of job performance. Demonstrates the ability to fairly and consistently interpret, apply and follow personnel policies/procedures. Provides immediate feedback (positive and negative) about job performance to supervised personnel. Completes performance evaluations of personnel.
• Creates an environment that promotes staff empowerment. Displays creativity and innovation when making recommendations for improvement in the delivery of services to the hospital. Is able to instruct and lead the staff so that a high level of productivity is maintained, intervening when necessary, to problem solve.
• Assumes the management functions and responsibility for all activities in the hospital in the absence of administration. Performance management for all team members working the shift. Clinical Directors/ Head Nurses are informed.

Coordination of Care

• Manages daily operations of patient care. Contributes to the maintenance of high quality, cost effective services consistent with the needs of the users and the hospital's budgetary guidelines, identify and explain key variances. Acts as an interdepartmental liaison promoting effective multidiscipli 8499