Nursing Supervisor/House Supervisor FT Night

Job Summary:

• The House Supervisor/ Nursing 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/ Nursing 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

Education

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program

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

Experience

• 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

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