Nursing Supervisor - Per Diem

About the role

Site: Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. Provides administrative, operational, and clinical responsibilities for all services in the facility on evenings, nights, weekends, and/or holidays. Serves as the clinical resource person on patient care and services; acts as the patient care representative; collaborates with medical staff, ancillary support, and clinical services in order to ensure optimal patient care services and environmental conditions at all times. Responsible for notifying Administrator-On-Call of serious issues, incidents, and internal and external disasters. This position requires patient care.

Responsibilities

• Supervise patient care through verification of the use of the nursing process according to established nursing practices and patient care standards and provide direction and guidance to facilitate the nursing process.
• Ensure appropriate intervention is demonstrated in all situations, e.g., deterioration of patient condition, disruptive behavior, equipment malfunctions, etc.
• Serve as off-shift patient care representative, listen to patient or patient family members' issues, documents, and complaints, and investigate if required.
• Conduct rounds of all patient care areas and define expectations for accurate reporting with emphasis on high-acuity patients.
• Collaborate throughout off-shift with support services, emergency, admitting, and clinical services to coordinate clinical patient care or environmental needs.
• Follow through to ensure patient's needs, as well as environmental and safety-related issues, are resolved.

Qualifications

Education: Associate's Degree Nursing required; Bachelor's Degree Nursing preferred; Master's Degree Nursing preferred. Experience in lieu of a degree is not accepted.