RN Night Supervisor Labor Delivery

About the role

Baylor Scott and White Health Brenham is a private, non-profit hospital located in Brenham, Texas. It is accredited by the Joint Commission and is a designated Level IV Trauma Center and a support Level III Stroke Facility. The hospital has achieved the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet designation.

Responsibilities

• Supervise assigned nursing and unit-based personnel to provide a safe, caring environment for patients, family, and staff which fosters professional nursing practice, shared decision-making, inter-professional teamwork, and collaboration with positive patient and staff outcomes.
• Oversee day-to-day operations and productivity, assisting the Nursing Manager in planning, developing, implementing, evaluating, and monitoring policies and procedures, budgets, and the allocation of resources, quality/performance improvement initiatives, educational programs, and shared governance councils to achieve departmental and organizational goals and objectives.
• Provide nursing care as needed.

Requirements

• Knowledge of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
• Knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures governing the provision of nursing care applicable to the area of assignment.
• Knowledge of medical terminology; principles and practices of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and management; medications and drugs, common dosages, their physical and physiological effects, and possible adverse reactions.
• Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.
• Ability to communicate thoughts clearly; both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care to all patients through the nursing process and standards of nursing practice with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience and to develop, evaluate, implement, and, as necessary, modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of individual patients.
• Ability to make operational decisions around how work gets done - quality and productivity standards, measurable goals for employees and project teams, etc.
• Ability to use broader objectives to determine how best to use resources to meet schedules and goals.
• Ability to make or approve effective hiring and termination decisions.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend changes to policies, and establish procedures that affect the managed organization.
• General computer skills, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.

Qualifications

• Education: Associate's degree in Nursing (RN).
• Certification/License/Registration: Registered Nurse (RN), Basic Life Support (BLS).