Nursing Supervisor, Internal Medicine Residency Clinic

Job Summary

The Supervisor - Nursing at North Mississippi Health Services is responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating the quality of nursing care provided to patients, ensuring compliance with policies and regulatory standards.

JOB FUNCTIONS

- Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates quality of nursing care rendered to customers in accordance with hospital policies/procedures and criterion established by various legal and regulatory accrediting bodies. - Utilizes nursing process to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and document nursing care. - Responds immediately/appropriately to potentially life-threatening incidents and operates all equipment in the patient care setting including but not limited to heart monitors, defibrillators, pacemakers, ventilators, pulse oximeters, non-invasive blood pressure monitors, and Dopplers to implement emergency actions indicated by patient’s conditions. - Manages/oversees that departmental services are performed in a timely, efficient, cost-effective, confidential, professional manner conducive with the overall mission/vision of the hospital. - Promotes and enforces departmental compliance with departmental policies/procedures, general safety, fire safety, emergency preparedness, and infection control standards. - Assists with orientation/in-service, attends, demonstrates, and participates in required in-service, performance improvement activities (including EXCEL) and other educational programs. - Reliable attendance at work is essential for this job.

Qualifications

Education

- Associate's Degree

Licenses and Certifications

- RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure - ABLS - Advanced Burn Life Support - ACLS - CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation

Work Experience

- 1-3 years. At least one-year experience in Medical/Surgical nursing. - Previous supervisory experience in Medical setting. Preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

- Good communication skills highly desired to effectively communicate with inter and intra departmental personnel, including patients, physicians, and public. - Demonstrated knowledge and skills needed to proficiently provide care to a patient population to include: infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. - Primary accountability for planning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating quality nursing service to customers, utilizing nursing process to assess, develop plan of care, implement, evaluate and document same for assigned patient. - Responding immediately/appropriately to changes in patient’s condition. - Communicating findings to patient, family, attending physician, and other hospital departments involved in treating the patient. - Serving as "role model" while promoting, enforcing, and adhering to organization's policies/procedures and employee guidelines. - Performing responsibilities in a timely, efficient, cost-effective, confidential, professional manner conducive with the overall mission/vision of the hospital. - Extensive contact with inter and intra departmental personnel, physicians, and public. - Must have good communication skills and reflect a positive, caring attitude toward both staff and public. - Recruit, orient, evaluate, schedule, coach, and implement training programs for subordinates in order to foster competent, committed departmental employees.

Physical Demands

A thorough completion of this section is needed for compliance with legal standards such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. - Standing. Constantly - Walking. Constantly - Sitting. Occassionally - Lifting/Carrying. Frequently 50 lbs - Pushing/Pulling. Frequently - Climbing. Occassionally - Balancing. Occassionally - Stooping/Kneeling/Bending. Occassionally - Reaching/Over Head Work. Occassionally - Grasping. Frequently - Speaking. Constantly - Hearing. Constantly - Repetitive Motions. Constantly - Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations. Frequently

Benefits

- Continuing Education - 403B Retirement Plan with Employer Match Contributions - Pet, Identity Theft and Legal Services Insurance - Wellness Programs and Incentives - Referral Bonuses - Employee Assistance Program - Medical Benefits - Dental Benefits - Vision Benefits - License + Certification Reimbursement - Life, Long-Term and Short-Term Disability, Group Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance - Employee Discount Program - Other: - Early Access to Earned Wages - Tuition Assistance - Relocation Assistance - Paid Time Away - Special Employee Rates at NMMC Wellness Centers