RN House Supervisor - Hospice Home

Responsibilities

• Facilitates and oversees safe and smooth patient transfers in and out of IPU.
• Manage shift staffing. Assures continuity of care through effective scheduling of staff.
• Serves as a resource for all IPU needs. Assists with facilitating solutions and processes.
• Collaborates with outpatient service line to ensure continuum of care services for patients.
• Articulates needs of patients transferring between levels of care to staff and promotes continuity of care.
• Affirm compliance with regulations and contracts.
• Organize, prioritize, and delegate to meet routine daily needs, and in crisis.
• Utilize acuity and intensity tool to manage nurse staffing levels for patient census.
• Maintain knowledge of current hospice nursing practices.
• Respond to emergencies and conduct patient assessments.
• Assists with training, counseling, and coaching of staff.
• Support best practices with EMR and documentation.
• Practice quality communication skills: verbal, written, and electronic.
• Cookordinate conflict resolution, successful peer interactions, coaching of clinical staff.
• Provide patient/family and community education with effective teaching skills exhibited.
• Participate in conferences, meetings, and in-services.
• Be flexible, organized and work effectively and professionally under stress.
• Anticipates and assists with bedside nursing, rounding, and hands on care delivery.
• Demonstrate compassion, empathy, and patience when interacting with patients, families, co-workers, and members of the public.
• Represent Circle of Life to the community in a positive manner.
• Demonstrate flexibility, versatility, and a positive attitude in integrating additional duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 3 or more years of progressively experience in acute care nursing.
• Demonstrated leadership experience as charge nurse or in other capacity.
• Experience managing staff on a shift basis and recent experience in a skilled facility or as a case manager of hospice patients required.