RN House Supervisor 8721 #12065

Job #: 12065

Job Category: Nursing

Job Type: Per Diem

Shift Type: Nights

Facility:

Department: Staffing Office

Pay Range: $69.11/hr. - $96.60/hr.

Open Date: 08.15.24

Close Date:

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing and licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the State of California. BSN preferred
• Current American Heart Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• ACLS certification within one year
• Charge nurse experience preferred
• Must possess qualifications for Medical/Surgical RN
• Completion of crisis prevention training

Job Details:
Start Date:

Open Until Filled.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing and licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the State of California. BSN preferred
• Current American Heart Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• ACLS certification within one year
• Charge nurse experience preferred
• Must possess qualifications for Medical/Surgical RN
• Completion of crisis prevention training

Duties &
Responsibilities:

Job Summary

The House Supervisor provides direct supervision of staff in Medical-Surgical units, Emergency Department, Critical Care Unit, Obstetrics department and Staffing Office. The Supervisor provides indirect supervision for all other hospital departments. The Supervisor is responsible for appropriate unit assignment taking into consideration patient acuity, age specific requirements and diagnosis.

Duties

Administrative Responsibilities

• Communicates with Nurse Managers Nursing Services, other department directors and the hospital Administrator regarding problems, interventions or decisions made by Supervisor
• Provides written documentation regarding problems, actions taken and results
• Investigates incidents, discusses with staff as appropriate and reports all information to Director of Medical/Surgical Services
• Assesses emergency situations and responds promptly and effectively, notifying the appropriate authorities and, Administration as indicated
• May serves as public relations to police, press and public in an emergency situation
• Maintains current knowledge of bed availability and is responsible for decision to divert patients when hospital is full
• Maintains current knowledge of bed availability throughout community during census peaks
• Implements disaster plan as needed
• Has current knowledge of job descriptions and scope of practice for nursing staff
• Has current knowledge of hospital and nursing policies and procedures
• Has current knowledge of Title 22 regulations
• Functions as resource regarding legal aspects of nursing policies and procedures and regulations governing the hospital
• Has current knowledge of RN and LVN contract and Labor Law
• Maintains current knowledge of situations which may affect overall functioning of the hospital
• Receives report from previous shift's supervisor
• Maintains communication with all hospital departments throughout the shift
• Reports to on-coming shift supervisor
• Functions as patient advocate
• Responds to patient and family concerns
• Assists nursing staff to intervene on the patient's behalf
• Understands and utilizes the chain of command as needed to provide quality patient care
• Maintains safe patient environment by reporting safety concerns to appropriate person or to Safety Committee
• Supports a shared governance style of leadership in a decentralized environment

Leadership

• Accepts responsibility
• Assists nursing units in independently seeking solutions to their problems
• Shares knowledge with others openly
• Promotes harmony and team work by assisting with conflict resolution
• Assists with resolving conflicts between individual needs and requirements of the organization
• Maintains a high level of mental and emotional tolerance and an even temperament when dealing with people
• Uses tact, sensitivity and sound judgment when relating with patients, families and co-workers
• Displays a professional attitude, including a professional appearance
• Demonstrates a strong ability to identify, analyze and solve problems
• Understands and considers the ramifications decisions may have on other departments
• Accurately performs assignment
• Meets scheduled deadlines
• Self-directed and self- pacing
• Is consistent, dependable and accurate in carrying out responsibilities

Staffing/Bed Control

• Supervises the staffing clerks
• In the absence of the staffing clerk assumes those responsibilities
• Ensures that sufficient nursing staff is available to meet the needs of the patients
• Implements established departmental staffing plans for Medical/Surgical Services only, assists other areas as directed by Chief Nursing Officer
• Adjusts staffing levels according to patient acuity, census and special needs
• Reviews staff available for current shift and next shift and anticipates needs. Revises staffing as changes occur
• Accepts and logs phone calls regarding illness and personal emergencies and replaces staff as needed. Notifies department directors of any trends or patterns being established
• Logs messages regarding availability of staff or necessary changes in schedules
• Understands staffing policies in regards to scheduling and time off requests and abides by them
• Calls staff off for low census in a timely manner and does so according to policy
• Supervises staffing clerk in performing bed control. In the absence of the staffing clerk, performs those responsibilities
• Ensures that patient bed assignments are appropriate based on needs of patient, skills of staff, infection control policies, and preferences of physician
• Communicates with charge nurse for appropriate placement of patient
• Considers qualifications and availability of staff in determining bed assignment
• Has knowledge of respiratory isolation rooms and which diagnosis require respiratory isolation
• Accurately completes admission/ non-scheduled procedure form and distributes copies appropriately
• Considers alternative bed assignments (i.e. ICU, OB) when Medical-Surgical Units are full
• Notifies hospital Administrator of potential need to divert patients when hospital is full

Clinical Responsibilities

• Confers with charge nurses in all areas
• Makes rounds on Medical Surgical patients
• Patient plan of care
• Admission assessment
• Superimposing IVPB
• PRN medications
• Answering call lights
• Responsible for collecting data
• Provides input during analysis of data
• Helps to formulate and implement plan of action for quality improvement
• Assists with evaluation of actions taken
• Helps to formulate and implement plan of action for quality improvement
• Assists with evaluation of actions taken
• Has completed RN skills check list for Medical-Surgical units
• Functions as immediately available clinical resource person for staff
• Maintains high visibility to staff on Medical/Surgical Units
• Surgical patient in post-op crisis
• Patient in acute respiratory distress
• Patient with acute unresolved chest pain
• Patient with unexplained changes in LOC
• Patient in seizure state
• Determines appropriate unit for admission based on level of care needed, i.e. Med-Surg, ICU.
• Determines need for transfer to ICU from Medical-Surgical Unit
• Reviews all Code 99s, documents findings and forwards to ICU Director
• Completes Risk Identification report for First Aid Team calls
• Calls Surgery crew in for non-scheduled surgeries providing crew with necessary information to set up for case
• Calls in on-call endoscopy crew
• When the departments are closed, notifies Surgery and Endoscopy of add-on's to the schedule
• Follows procedure for obtaining supplies from Central, Central Sterile and Storeroom
• Follows procedure for inter-facility equipment acquisition/ borrowing and lending
• Follows procedure for obtaining medications from pharmacy

Financial Accountability

• Demonstrates cost effectiveness when staffing
• Considers budget in all decisions
• Uses overtime to cover staff only when all other alternatives have been tried
• Uses least expensive overtime
• Understands out patient programs and assists in admitting patient into appropriate category
• Assists in controlling length of stay by ensuring that patient tests are performed in a timely manner
• Seeks methods for decreasing costs and shares these ideas with staff and management
• Participates in special projects as assigned by Vice President of Nursing
• Performs other duties as assigned

Organizational Expectations

• Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization
• Promotes culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention
• Maintains hospital standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience
• Adheres to infection-control policies and protocols
• Participates in ongoing quality improvement activities
• Maintains compliance with organization's policies, as well as established practices, protocols, and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards
• Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential patient information
• Demonstrates excellent customer service through his/her attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organization
• Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements

Other Info:

Functional Demands:

Work area is well lighted and ventilated. Regularly exposed to the risks of blood borne and airborne diseases. Contact with patients in a wide variety of circumstances. Exposed to noise, chemicals, communicable diseases, and hazardous materials. Wears personal protective equipment as required.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to handle or feel objects, or controls; each with hands and arms; and talk to hear. The employee is frequently required to walk or stand for extended periods, occasionally required to sit, balance; stoop, kneel or crouch.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with help.

Job Posted:

08/15/2024