House Supervisor, Full-time Nights - Sign-On Advance Eligible!

Position Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Current Washington State RN Licensure.
• Three (3) to five (5) years acute care clinical nursing experience.
• Experience in a variety of acute care nursing departments, preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Case Management and Utilization Review processes, including but not limited to, InterQual and acute-care patient status regulations and guidelines.
• Advanced knowledge of electronic medical record systems and Case Management Systems.
• An understanding of Quality processes and Medicare.
• Initiative, creativity and outstanding written and verbal communications are required.
• Demonstrates ability to find creative solutions to complex problems.
• A strong Bed Management Operations background.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access and overall computer literacy required.
• Demonstrate competency on equipment listed on department specific checklist.
• Critical thinking skills: Seeks resources for direction, when necessary. Performs independent problem solving. Decision-making is logical and deliberate.
• Exercises safe judgment in decision making.
• Practices within legal and ethical guidelines.
• Demonstrate competency in ability to care for customers/patients across the age continuum.
• Certification in ACLS, BLS, TNCC and PALS preferred.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates Bed Management Program to accept, coordinate, and assign bed placement requests using the Patient Placement Matrix.
• Coverage of activities to ensure discharge happens in a timely manner.
• Maintains real time knowledge of pending discharges/transfers, current admit requests, and bed availability by communicating with the Nursing Leadership and/or Nursing Unit staff.
• Evaluates all ED and direct admit requests for appropriate admission/level of care using lnterQual criteria, discuss concerns with physicians and suggest alternatives to admission as needed.
• Collaborates with Nursing Leadership and Nursing Unit staff to resolve delays and facilitate patient flow and bed utilization.
• Be clinically knowledgeable around disease entities/symptoms and circumstances that may change where a patient can be placed.
• Be knowledgeable about patient placement, and the type of equipment or medications that can be used or given on each Nursing Unit, using hospital references as a guide.
• Communicates with admitting physicians regarding bed request and assignment status and keep them apprised of admission progress.
• Educates physicians regarding appropriate documentation to support patient admission.
• Communicates with the Staffing Coordinator/Nursing Leadership to ensure safe and adequate staffing is in place to admit patients to the Nursing Units.
• Collaborates with the Care Management Department to identify and recommend appropriate discharges from the Nursing Units.
• Serves as back-up for the Director of CareTransitions on all activities relating to Care Management Services.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and/or annual reports regarding issues and concerns, trends, and/or other identified meaningful data in the placement of patients and bed control.
• Participates in hospital-wide quality improvement programs analyzing placement trends, opportunities for improvement, etc., continually improving services.
• Attends team meetings as assigned to give input and receive feedback regarding pertinent issues and services provided.
• Assists in arrangements for new admissions and discharges to/from.
• Coordinates activities with mortuaries and medical examiner.

Physical Requirements

• Occasional or prolonged standing, walking, lifting, reaching, kneeling, bending, stooping, crouching, pushing, and pulling.
• Manual dexterity, light physical effort, ability to lift/carry up to 20 lbs.
• Good reading eyesight.
• Ability to communicate using verbal and/or written skills for accurate exchange of information with physicians, nurses, health care professionals, patients and/or family, and the public.