Registered Nurse Supervisor

Description

Responsibilities :

The House Supervisor is responsible for the delivery of patient care that promotes safety and well-being of all patients ranging in age from 18 years to geriatric experiencing medically complex conditions, general medical-surgical conditions, with rehabilitation and / or wound care needs

The House Supervisor duties include :

• Coordinating with any agencies providing contract nursing services with the Director.
• Acts as the liaison between the clinical nursing staff and administration.
• Provides clinical support to the nursing staff by acting as a mentor and a roll model.
• Collaborates with hospital leaders, physicians and other team members to provide optimum services to the patients.
• Plays a major roll in employee and patient education to enhance knowledge, skills and necessary behaviors to achieve quality outcomes.
• Adopts an approach to hospital-wide performance improvement that ensures important processes and activities are measured, assessed, and improved.
• Plans, directs, coordinates and evaluates all intradepartmental and interdepartmental activities.
• Is the designated on-site hospital administrator for after normal business hours.
• Responsible for the assessment of all requests for administrative on-call contacts during his / her shift.
• Responsible for all activities within the hospital in absence of the Administrator or department managers.
• Responsible for providing a safe and effective environment for customer satisfaction, including physicians, employees, patients and families.

up to $58 / hr based on experience

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

• Ability to project a professional image.
• Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of practice in job situations.
• Sound knowledge of nursing practice.
• Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills. Exceptional leadership abilities.
• Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (Word processing, graphics, databases, spreadsheets, etc.)
• Persons who have been found guilty by a court of law of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating individuals in a health care related setting are ineligible for employment in this position.
• Freedom from illegal use of drugs.
• Freedom from use of and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace.

Education and / or Experience :

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Five (5) years progressive acute care or long term acute care nursing experience in critical care, emergency room or step-down / telemetry unites.
• Requires a minimum of three (3) years supervision or charge nurse experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations :

• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment.
• Must maintain current CPR certification and ACLS certification throughout employment.
• ACLS certification obtained within one year of employment or as available courses allow.
30+ days ago