House Supervisor Weekend Program (RN)

About the role

Department 34000 AMC Washington County - Administration: Nursing
Status: Part time
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Hours Per Week: 20
Schedule Details/Additional Information: Weekend Program, Nights. 2300-0730 every Friday and 1900-0730 every Saturday. There is a holiday rotation.

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/or 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.
• Aids in 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.
• Ensures compliance with standards and requirements of regulatory agencies.
• 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.

Requirements

• Licensed Registered Nurse in the state in which the team member practices.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Typically requires 3 years of experience in clinical nursing with demonstrated clinical expertise.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Prioritization and organizational skills.

Skills

• Knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span.

Benefits

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

Pay

Pay Range: $41.10 - $61.65

Schedule

Hours Per Week: 20
Schedule Details/Additional Information: Weekend Program, Nights. 2300-0730 every Friday and 1900-0730 every Saturday. There is a holiday rotation.