House Supervisor PRN

About the role

This position facilitates the flow of patients 24/7 by monitoring the status of and coordinating bed assignments. Responsibilities also include managing staff to ensure efficient operations.

Responsibilities

• Using available data, make appropriate administrative decisions regarding complex, predictable and unpredictable situations affecting the hospital, such as public relations, patient care, medical-legal, financial issues, bed coordination, etc.
• Validate decisions, when necessary, with the House Supervisor.
• Initiates appropriate actions in emergency situations such as: power failure, disaster, fires, etc.
• Keeps House Supervisor informed of status.
• Manages public relations matters regarding media inquiries concerning patients and unusual events.
• Affords assistance to staff in nursing and other departments to resolve problems that impact the delivery of patient care.
• Collaborates with the department director as necessary.
• Keeps management informed regarding the situation and its outcomes as appropriate.
• Assesses the unit’s activity level during rounds.
• Confers with the unit Charge Nurse regarding unusual patient care situations or other concerns voiced.
• Affords assistance in resolving complex problems related to staff performance, inappropriate behaviors or other problems involving patients, visitors, or staff.
• Assigns Resource Pool and Per Diem staff to best meet staffing needs.
• Affords assistance in arranging appropriate staffing, such as calling in additional unit staff or enforcing Staffing Adjustment Guidelines.
• Affords assistance in assessing the need for re-assignment of staff and making those re-assignments.
• Collaborates with operational support departments (housekeeping, transport, etc.) to maximize patient throughput.
• Displays expertise when assisting with clinical nursing issues and consults with other professionals as the need arises.
• Negotiates decisions with physician, visitors, staff and others in a professional manner that staff can emulate.
• Conducts patient rounding and facilitates service recovery in a timely manner.
• Responds to emergency pages, assesses the need for additional help, coordinates plan for patient transfer, if necessary, and ensures family support.
• Works in conjunction with House Supervisor to complete fitness for duty requirements.
• Participates in Performance Improvement/Quality Improvement activities as appropriate.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current license to practice Registered Professional Nursing in West Virginia.
• Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.

Preferred Qualifications

Specialty certification in nursing administration or specialty. Experience: Five (5) years' nursing experience, preferably in a hospital setting.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and be self-motivated.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0
Shift Varied (United States of America)

Company

SRMC Summersville Regional Medical Center

Cost Center

91 SRMC Nursing Admin

Address

400 Fairview Heights Road Summersville West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.