ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISING REGISTERED NURSE

About the Role

This position is responsible for addressing patient care, staffing, and any other issues that may arise during a shift. The role involves supervising nurses and staff, taking administrative responsibilities, and ensuring adequate staffing for the oncoming shift. The incumbent handles occurrences during the shift, including appropriate documentation and communication. In the event of a disaster or Red Alert, this position assumes the role of Incident Commander until relieved by senior administrators. The role also requires managing day-to-day performance, collaborating with nursing management on operational and human resources issues, and contributing to performance appraisals.

Additionally, the position involves gathering pertinent information to process patient transfer requests, arranging transportation, and maintaining the transfer center. The role requires coordination with physicians, case managers, and facility staff to effectively document consults and transfer requests, prioritizing tasks, adhering to deadlines, and providing status updates on assigned projects and transfers.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes critical thinking, knowledge, and skills to make appropriate patient placement decisions based on patient diagnosis, physician service, infectious disease considerations, staffing, acuity, and other relevant policies.
• Collaborates to assure quality care and cost containment by utilizing established staffing patterns, patient acuity, census, and knowledge of staff capability.
• Routinely rounds on all units and proactively informs units of projected volume increases.
• Provides comprehensive information and participates in hospital decision-making that limits patient intake.
• Assumes responsibility for daily operational activities to ensure maximum efficiency, staffs according to budget, and facilitates workflow.
• Utilizes appropriate chain of command and assumes responsibility for participation in committees, task forces, and teams.
• Creates a supportive environment for teamwork and manages the utilization of resources, including staff, supplies, and equipment.
• Delegates tasks as necessary and may participate in decision-making that has an organization-wide impact during the assigned shift.
• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills to meet the goals and objectives of the organization.
• Directs staff members in dealing with unit, personnel, and patient care issues while maintaining confidentiality.
• Serves as a role model through daily interactions and, in the absence of management, acts as the onsite coordinator for the hospital during the assigned shift.
• Negotiates effective problem resolution, always keeping the best interest of customers and the organization in mind.
• Remains current in clinical practice through continuing education, participation in professional organizations, specialty certification, and/or advanced degrees.
• Engages in self-assessment of role accountabilities, identifying areas of strength and areas for practice and professional development.
• Serves as an on-site resource person and supports the use of the nursing process.
• Demonstrates leadership through performance and behavior, maintaining composure in difficult situations.
• Acts as an ambassador to other units and departments within TriHealth and mentors staff.
• Takes responsibility for activities, exercises decision-making, improves processes, and exhibits sound and accurate judgment.
• In the rare event of a disaster, temporarily functions as administrator until one arrives on-site.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (Required). Current Clinton Regional Hospital team members employed as of January 1, 2026, are required to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within five (5) years, no later than 1/1/2031.
• 4 - 5 years of experience in Clinical Nursing within an Acute Care Hospital setting (Required).
• 2 - 3 years of experience in Progressive Leadership Nursing (Required).
• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Membership in applicable professional organizations (Preferred).

Skills

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Computer usage, data gathering, and analysis.
• Statistical application and organization.
• Implementation, problem-solving, and critical thinking.
• Self-assessment and creativity.
• Outgoing personality.

Working Conditions

• Bending, climbing – Rarely
• Concentrating – Consistently
• Continuous learning – Occasionally
• Hearing: Conversation – Consistently
• Hearing: Other Sounds – As needed
• Interpersonal communication – Consistently
• Kneeling – Rarely
• Lifting <10 lbs. – Frequently
• Lifting 50+ lbs. – Rarely
• Lifting <50 lbs. – Occasionally
• Pulling – Occasionally
• Pushing – Occasionally
• Reaching – Consistently
• Reading – Consistently
• Sitting – Frequently
• Standing – Frequently
• Stooping – Rarely
• Thinking/Reasoning – Consistently
• Use of hands – Consistently
• Color vision – Consistently
• Visual acuity (far and near) – Consistently
• Walking – Frequently

TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors

• Welcome: Always greet everyone by making eye contact, smiling, and saying "hello."
• Acknowledge: Assist patients/guests who are lost by escorting them to their destination or finding someone who can.
• Refrain: Avoid using cell phones for personal reasons in public spaces or patient care areas.
• Excel: Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when customer expectations are not met.
• Prioritize: Offer patients and guests priority when waiting (e.g., in lines or elevators).
• Improve: Work on enhancing quality, safety, and service.
• Respect: Honor cultural and spiritual differences and individual preferences. Respect everyone's opinion and contribution, regardless of title or role.
• Speak Positively: Speak positively about team members and other departments in front of patients and guests.
• Value Time: Strive to be on time, prepared, and actively participate in all engagements.
• Environment: Pick up trash to ensure the physical environment is clean and safe.
• Stewardship: Be a good steward of resources by using supplies and equipment efficiently and effectively, and look for ways to avoid waste.
• Engage: Acknowledge wins and frequently thank team members and others for their contributions.
• Compassion: Show courtesy and compassion to customers, team members, and the community.