House Supervisor Days

Job Summary

Serves as an extension of hospital administration and management staff in their absence. Serves as a member of Nursing Leadership. Collaborates with leadership and staff of other departments/services, and providers to ensure quality care is provided to the patients/families served.

Shift Availability

Full Time Day Shift

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flex Spending Account/Dependent Care Spending Account
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan - up to 4% employer contribution
• Earned Time Off
• Life Insurance - Employer Paid
• Long-Term Disability/Short-Term Disability - Employer paid
• Voluntary Life & AD&D
• Free 24-hour fitness center
• Hospital Indemnity
• MASA - Medical Transportation Solutions

Essential Functions/Accountabilities

• Proactively matches existing human and material resources throughout the assigned shift
• Identifies ways to improve customer service, streamline care processes and lower costs
• Participates in the identification and resolution of problems/issues and concerns that impede the delivery of quality care to patients and families
• Responds to and provides leadership for security and building facility issues that involve patients and visitors
• Implements contingency plans for timely patient placement when patient volumes exceed available resources and provides detailed information to leadership as appropriate
• Demonstrates the core values in all interactions with staff, customers and the public
• Communicate appropriate information effectively, accurately and timely to the appropriate director or senior leader
• Initiates and supports change by utilizing the input of experts, critical thinking, and the empowerment of others
• In collaboration with other department leaders, demonstrate the ability to understand the staffing matrix and to staff the departments appropriately
• May perform other duties as assigned or requested
• Completes the initial investigation of all accidents (visitor, patient, employee) that occur on hospital property
• Responds to all patient emergencies and hospital emergency codes and fills the role of incident commander until incident is resolved or the incident command structure is expanded and the role is assumed by another individual
• Aids providers and nursing staff in resolving issues related to the EMR
• Continuously rounds on all nursing units, providing assistance with patient care where needed and when able

Other Accountabilities

• Provides nursing assistance for procedures
• Sets up patient information to the utilization review vendor when the utilization review coordinator is not on duty

Education

Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)

Experience

• Minimum: Three or more years of experience in a clinical role required
• PREFERRED: House Supervisor or other leadership experience preferred

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse prior to the date of hire
• ACLS, PALS, NRP, and TNCC verified within one year of hiring
• NIH Stroke Scale competency required within one year of hiring

Knowledge/Skills

• Behavioral: Personal presence which is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals and values of McPherson Hospital
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to make decisions quickly and clearly articulate the basis on which the decision was made
• Ability to anticipate and respond to the needs of others
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and make decisions under stressful situations
• Care for patients, family members, McPherson Hospital staff and others; along with a nurturing spirit to provide care during emotionally stressful situations

Working Conditions/Physical Effort

• Occasionally required to push and pull items, such as patient beds, requiring an initial force of up to 75 lbs. with a sustained force of up to 40 lbs
• Occasionally required to carry or lift items weighing up to 50 pounds at waist height for distances up to 100 feet
• Occasionally required to lift up to 30 pounds to shoulder height
• Infrequently required to assist in maneuvering patients weighing over 400 pounds
• Constantly able to effectively communicate verbally and in written form
• Frequently required to sit in a stationary position for up to 2 hours at one time
• Frequently able to detect and discern both loud and soft sounds such as phone calls/alerts, voices of employees/customers, and monitors/alarms
• Frequently able to use hands and fingers to perform simple and fine motor handling tasks, such as pinching and manipulating while handling intricate medical equipment, writing, typing, and using a keyboard
• Frequently able to use different types of visual perceptions to perform activities such as moving medical equipment, evaluating patients, reading monitors and charts, and reading computer screens
• Occasionally required to detect unusual odors that could indicate infection or other problems with a patient, or environmental issues such as smoke
• Combination of office/business and clinical environment
• Potential exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues, communicable diseases, etc.
• Occasionally exposure to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of radiation
• OSHA Category 1 - Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues, and other potentially infectious materials