House Supervisor - Nurse

Major Responsibilities

• Participates, observes and/or acts as a resource to staff for patient related clinical problems.
• Participates in clinical situations such as Code 4, admissions, transfers, and clinical monitoring of unstable patients.
• Participates, observes and acts as a resource to staff for patient related service problems.
• Collaborates with MD's to ensure optimal patient care and effective utilization of resources, and supports the staff to effectively problem solve patient service issues and unit issues.
• Acts as a patient advocate by responding and intervening in patient and visitor concerns.
• Initiates investigation of patient incidents and medication errors, ensures proper documentation and a corrective action plan is in place.
• Participates, observes and acts as a resource for staff regarding patient related systems problems.
• Acts as a liaison for staff to ensure processes are in place for patients to receive an optimal level of patient care.
• Collaborates with nurse managers, department managers, medical staff and hospital administration to facilitate the provision of quality care.
• Identifies trends in system problems and notifies the manager of the unit of the issue.
• Assists with patient admission, transfer and discharge to facilitate timely process throughout the system.
• Obtains patient report from sending area (Emergency Services, Admitting, Surgery, Nursing Inpatient Units, other healthcare facilities, etc.) and evaluates patient status. Transfers patients and/or reassigns staff to accommodate admissions if need is identified by the unit.
• Completes database, processes initial key MD orders, and begins admission process as needed.
• Responds to internal and external public relations issues, maintaining guest relations rapport with staff, public and media, which includes alerting public relations and site administrators of potential patient/hospital situations, directing media to public relations as appropriate and fielding outside telephone inquires, complaints and problems with proper referral.
• Serves as individual to intervene during the absence of the Safety Officer and/or Patient Safety Officer whenever conditions immediately threaten life or health or threaten damage to equipment or buildings. Intervention authority is designated by the governing board.
• Performs various patient positioning and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.

Experience

• Typically requires 3 years of experience in clinical nursing with demonstrated clinical expertise.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent problem solving, decision-making and listening skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with and establish/build relationships with others.
• Prior proven organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, squat, bend, reach above shoulders and twist frequently during work shift.
• Must have functional sight and hearing.
• Must be able to:
• lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist.
• lift up to 20 lbs. over the head.
• carry up to 40 lbs. a reasonable distance.
• push/pull with 30 lbs. of force.
• perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present.
• Will be required to use foot pedals on carts or machines.
• Will be exposed to the following hazards: mechanical, electrical, chemical, radiation, blood and body fluids; therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.