Registered Nurse, Nursing Supervisor, 24 Hour Nights

Major Responsibilities

• Facilitates implementation of the nursing process by providing support and direction and by acting as the clinical and administrative resource person.
• In emergency situations assumes operational administrative authority.
• Oversees and coordinates the work of nursing personnel in the absence of the responsible nurse manager or clinical director/associate director of nursing.
• Assigns/reassigns nursing personnel including critical care and acute care float personnel according to patient acuity/staffing changes.
• Anticipates patient care needs on the following shifts and takes appropriate action to meet those needs.
• Directs nursing staff to appropriate resource personnel for management of patient care problems.
• Assigns one-on-one Observation Assistants and maintains an up-to-date list of patients requiring one-on-one observation (University Campus).
• Utilizes non-nursing, on call, personnel as appropriate (Memorial Campus).
• Responsible for bed management/admission process in the absence of the admission controller and in conjunction with UMMHC, physicians, Life flight, outlying/affiliated health care systems and the admissions department.
• Identifies intra/interdepartmental problems and works with appropriate managers to resolve them.
• Identifies educational needs of personnel and channels them appropriately.
• Upon request from the Department of Nursing Education, serves as a preceptor for individual professional nursing students.
• May provide input to performance evaluations of shift nursing personnel.
• Offers guidance and support to nursing staff for nursing practice.
• Assesses clinical nursing practice and makes appropriate recommendations and communicates pertinent issues and need for follow up to managers and directors.
• Supports team building concept within the Department of Nursing.
• Supports and facilitates the concept of Professional Nursing.
• Functions as resource support person to individuals/families in crisis with collaboration of social, spiritual, legal and security staff, if necessary.
• Provides support, guidance, and coordination of urgent treatment for hospital personnel related to health risk incidents in the absence of employee health.
• Collaborates with Public Relations to provide accurate/current patient information during shift hours with adherence to blackout, law and Medical Examiner enforcement guidelines.
• Ensures that a safe environment is maintained for all patients and for hospital personnel on duty.
• Directs procurement of equipment/supplies/records or other items necessary for patient care.

Position Qualifications

• Required: BSN Current license to practice nursing in Massachusetts.
• Preferred: MSN
• Minimum of 4 years’ current experience in an acute care/tertiary care facility.
• Minimum of one year of experience in the clinical preceptor and/or resource role.
• Demonstrated Leadership potential.
• Sound knowledge of current general nursing theories and techniques.
• Knowledge of current management principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Physical Demands And Environmental Conditions

• Work is considered sedentary.
• Position requires work indoors in a patient care and normal office environment.

License/Certification/Education: II. Position Qualifications: Required: Minimum of 4 years’ current experience in an acute care/tertiary care facility. Minimum of one year of experience in the clinical preceptor and/or resource role. Demonstrated Leadership potential. Sound knowledge of current general nursing theories and techniques. Knowledge of current management principles. Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements. Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands And Environmental Conditions: Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a patient care and normal office environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.