House Supervisor
Columbia Memorial Hospital · Astoria, OR · 3 wk ago
Healthcare$70.32–$78.5/hrFull-time
Non-Bargaining Wage Range: $70.32 to $78.50, dependent on experience. This is a temporary (90-day) position.
About the Role
The Nursing Supervisor is a leadership position that supports senior leadership, staff, and patients, fostering a safe and healing environment while ensuring high-quality care. Nursing Supervisors must model a passion for nursing, identify and communicate barriers to consistent, effective patient-centered care, and evaluate issues to identify trends. The ability to solve issues both independently and collaboratively with senior leadership is essential.
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Advocacy
- Integrity
- Innovation
- Fiscal responsibility
- Compassion
Responsibilities
- Support senior leadership, staff, and patients in delivering high-quality care.
- Identify and constructively communicate barriers to patient-centered care.
- Evaluate issues, identify trends, and solve problems independently or collaboratively.
Requirements
- Thorough knowledge of nursing principles and procedures.
- Proficiency in techniques of good patient care.
- Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Qualifications
- RN currently licensed with the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
- BLS through American Heart Association, ACLS, PALS, and NRP required within six months of hire.
- Trauma Certification required within one year.
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
- 5 years of experience in an acute care setting.
- 2 years of supervisory experience required; Critical Care or Emergency Department preferred.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
- Ability to lift and transfer patients, usually with the assistance of co-workers.
- Normal or corrected vision and hearing required to distinguish monitor alarms, heartbeats, and breathing.
- Manual dexterity to operate equipment.
- Subject to physical and emotional stress within a fast-paced environment.
- Occasional exposure to infectious diseases.
- Works primarily indoors.
- Walking and standing for much of the shift.
- Long shifts may be necessary at times.
- Pushes/pulls loaded adult stretchers, beds, wheelchairs, crash carts, and equipment carts.
- Transfers patients to/from cars, stretchers, beds, chairs, and ambulates as necessary.
- Tolerates bending, sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling for up to 8 hours.
- Lifts or carries up to 50 lbs.