Nurse Administrative Coordinator (House Supervisor)

The Nurse Administrative Coordinator (NAC) translates the hospital’s goals, objectives, policies, and procedures into action, focusing on quality, fiscal and service outcomes, and patient, customer, and employee satisfaction. This role supports these initiatives within the framework of the hospital’s mission, vision, and values, providing administrative and clinical leadership primarily during evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a patient and staff advocate, resolving issues and enhancing service recovery.
• Serves as first responder for the Behavioral Response Team (BRT), ensuring staff and patient safety and coordinating resources.
• Collaborates with nursing staff, interdisciplinary teams, leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Partners with management and interdisciplinary teams, including physicians, to develop and implement specialized programs or corrective action plans addressing quality needs or improving clinical services.
• Facilitates reasonable suspicion testing and places staff on administrative leave as appropriate.
• Collaborates with unit coordinators to manage staffing, patient flow, and foster teamwork and problem-solving.
• Considers safety, effectiveness, cost, legal consequences, and impact on practice in planning and delivering services.
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of nursing practice and administration, serving as a clinical resource.
• Acts as a role model, resource, and coach to nursing staff.
• Provides ongoing support for professional development and maintenance of care standards.
• Balances staffing across departments and assists with bed placement when clinically indicated.
• Integrates ethical provisions into all areas of practice.
• Possesses excellent oral and written communication skills, conflict negotiation abilities, and creative problem-solving.
• Serves as liaison for media inquiries and notifies public relations as needed.
• Acts as designated incident commander during emergencies, collaborating with the administrator-on-call until relieved.
• Performs professional, clinical, or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

Requirements

• High School Graduate.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (required).
• Master’s Degree in Nursing (preferred).
• Minimum of 1 shift per month of ongoing clinical experience.
• 2 or more years of management experience (preferred).
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) – Kansas State Board of Nursing or compact license.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) – American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days of hire.
• Current clinical competency providing direct patient care in acute, progressive, ED, Maternal/Child, or ICU settings.

Schedule

Full time, primarily evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.