RN Supervisor - Atrium Health Mercy

This position is Sign-on Bonus eligible . In addition to the sign-on bonus, new teammates at Atrium Health are eligible for robust benefits packages, paid time off, and career advancement opportunities.

In addition to the sign-on bonus, this position is eligible for a relocation bonus if current residency is outside of the designated distance to facility

Do you enjoy new challenges? Love making a direct impact on patient well-being? Looking for ways to increase your influence on policy, unit, and facility improvement? Let’s talk!

Atrium Health Mercy (Mercy) is hiring RN Clinical Supervisors .

Why this role? RN Clinical Supervisors at Mercy :

• Enhance the overall quality of patient care through developing strategies and implementing policies benefiting patient care and Nurse development.
• Influence policy and continued overall enhancement of patient care.
• Help guide Nurse professional development and continued education.
• Ensure quality standards are being met and continue to evolve.

Why Atrium Health Mercy?

• Learn !
• of Atrium Health Mercy.
• Passionate about their community and each other’s well-being. Here is how a few of our Nurses are honoring our Nurses through .
• Recurring Unit, Facility and Community engagement and volunteer opportunities
• Small hospital feels with family-oriented atmosphere

About Mercy :

Atrium Health Mercy is a 196-bed facility of Carolinas Medical Center (CMC). Located 1.3 miles from CMC, Mercy is one of two Carolinas Medical Center locations.

Atrium Health Mercy is Magnet designated in Nursing Excellence and is also a Planetree designated patient-centered hospital.

As a Planetree Designated facility, we focus on the following :

• Connect values, strategies, and action.
• Implement practices that promote partnership.
• Use evidence to drive improvement.
• Create organizational structures that promote engagement.
• Empower patients and families by providing education and information.
• Cultivate holistic healing of mind-body-spirit.
• Providing patient-directed care.

For more than 100 years, Atrium Health Mercy has treated approximately 80-110 Emergency Department and 130-212 in-patients daily with a special combination of human compassion and leading-edge expertise.

Atrium Health Mercy is a full-service community hospital, specializing in the care of seniors and in complex foot and ankle surgery, hip and knee surgery, bariatric surgery, and women’s pelvic health.

Units with an RN Supervisor opportunity :

3 North is a 31-bed Medical Surgical unit that specializes in the treatment of new onset medical conditions and continuum of care for a diverse population of adult patients.

Common medical conditions addressed by our healthcare team include but are not limited to issues related to :

• Pancreatitis
• Diabetes
• Sickle cell
• Gastro-issues
• Pneumonia
• COPD

5 North is a 26-bed General Surgery specialty unit. We are a Medical Surgical Unit with heavy surgical volume. We specialize in :

• Elective bariatric weight loss surgery - these are typically our happiest and easiest patients. They go to the OR and are expected to be up and ambulating on post op Day 0.
• General surgery - appendectomies, cholecystectomies, small bowel obstruction, etc.
• Foot and ankle ortho - total ankle replacements and infected foot wounds, BKA's etc.
• Urology surgery
• Nurses on our unit gain experience in drains of all kinds, wound vacs, central lines, NGT, DHT, and all surgical things!

6 South is a 34-bed Medical / Surgical Telemetry Unit. Most common diagnoses are :

• CPOD; Pneumonia
• Diabetic Ulcer
• Pancreatitis; Abdominal Pain
• Altered Mental Status; ESRD

7 North / South is a 48 bed Orthopedic Surgery / Medical Surgical Telemetry unit. Common medical conditions addressed by our healthcare team include include but are not limited to :

• total joint
• knee, hip, shoulder replacement
• spine, shoulder procedures
• general medical patients.

RN (Registered Nurse) Supervisor Job Summary

Responsible for the direct provision of patient care and for assisting the manager with daily operations to include but not limited to coordination of patient care / outcomes, allocation of human and fiscal resources, communications, patient throughput, program development and oversight, patient, physician and employee rounding, selection, development, and retention of staff, clinical supervision and performance appraisal, performance improvement activities, service recovery and compliance with regulatory agency requirements.

Maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.

Essential Functions

• Supports the manager utilizing systematic approaches to enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, nursing service administration and delivery of care in the department
• Assists with interview, selection, and supervision of nursing personnel in the department
• Assists with coordination of communication at regular intervals throughout shifts via staff meetings / huddles to exchange information / promote dialogue with teammates
• Collaborates with manager to ensure understanding and compliance with federal and state laws, to include healthcare services and practice, while complying with all required regulations and policies
• Rounds on patients, teammates, and physicians at prescribed frequencies to gain insight into patient care, employee, and physician satisfaction and appropriateness of patient care and / or department operations
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with applicable legal or policy parameters or principles
• Assists in identifying expected outcomes to provide direction for continuity of care / department operations
• Assists in evaluating progress towards goal attainment / achievement of expected outcomes and disseminates information to teammates involved with the care or the situation
• Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary
• Coordinates management of patient flow / throughput and staffing through continuous assessment of volume / acuity needs, utilizing resources available to assist in provision of appropriate staffing resources

Physical Requirements

Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.

Must speak and understand English fluently. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. Current RN licensure in appropriate state. Minimum of two years nursing experience preferred.

Previous management experience preferred. BSN (Bachelor s in Nursing) required. RN candidates for external hire or internal promotion without BSN must be enrolled in a BSN program within 1 year of Hire / Transfer date and must complete program within 3 years of enrollment in the program.

BLS (Basic Life Support) required per policy guidelines. Appropriate professional certification (either clinical or leadership) is required within 1 year of eligibility for professional certification exam.

Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.