Nursing Supervisor - Patient Care Services (Weekend Night Shift)

Job Description

Oversees administrative and patient care services, providing nursing administrative decision-making during weekends, evenings, and night shifts. Coordinates hospital operations, patient care quality, and educational activities, and serves as the hospital spokesperson for external communications.

• Serves as the administrative designee during specified hours; communicates issues to administrators, Patient Care Services leadership, program managers, or other appropriate personnel, as indicated; and responds to inquiries and complaints from parents, patients, staff, and the public.
• Directs the management, communication, and resolution of emergencies and crises utilizing the HEICS model, providing effective leadership; collaborates on decisions, issues, and problems occurring during the designated shift; and responds to code blues, traumas, and other emergencies.
• Captures and coordinates patient throughput (admission, transfer, and discharge) to ensure needs are met promptly.
• Provides guidance and education on clinical decision-making and critical problem-solving; supervises and evaluates clinical nursing practice; makes recommendations for improvement; and supports, monitors, and implements planned changes.
• Provides input into the Patient Care Services administrative budget.

Essential Functions

Serves as the administrative designee during specified hours; communicates issues to administrators, Patient Care Services leadership, program managers, or other appropriate personnel, as indicated; and responds to inquiries and complaints from parents, patients, staff, and the public.

• Directs the management, communication, and resolution of emergencies and crises utilizing the HEICS model, providing effective leadership; collaborates on decisions, issues, and problems occurring during the designated shift; and responds to code blues, traumas, and other emergencies.

Education Requirement

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), required.

Licensure Requirement

Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio, required.

Skills

• Demonstrates critical thinking, decision-making, effective leadership, and teaching abilities.
• Exhibits excellent communication and interpersonal skills, effectively serving as a role model who relates and interacts with patients, families, and the healthcare team.
• Demonstrates the ability to organize and manage multiple demands.

Experience

Two years of nursing experience, required. Previous leadership experience, preferred.

Physical Requirements

• OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Loud Noises, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Squat/kneel
• FREQUENTLY: Computer skills, Decision Making, Standing, Walking
• CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near

Additional Physical Requirements

Must be able to move or reposition patients of any weight or size with the assistance of another person(s) and/or equipment.