SUPERVISOR, NURSING - NIGHT SHIFT

About the role

Assumes administrative responsibility and authority for hospital services during tour of duty, with access to administrative on-call staff for direction/assistance with complex problems.

Responsible for coordinating and supervising activities of nursing personnel and for ensuring that appropriate staffing levels are maintained.

The Supervisor Nursing guides personnel in the provision of quality patient care for all age groups and provides direct care as the need presents.

Responsibilities

• Align department with strategy maps and continually work to implement drivers in support of Independence Health System’s mission and vision.
• Act promptly to resolve problems and initiate better ways of doing things by acting as a catalyst for change.
• Establish and maintain a safe working environment and assure staff complies with safety, environmental, and infection control guidelines.
• Equitally apply policies and procedures by issuing corrective action in a fair and consistent manner.
• Assess customer’s needs, exceed customer expectations, and consider customers in decision making to improve customer satisfaction.
• Act on most urgent tasks, leverage available resources, review own workload, implement workable systems, and provide clear direction.
• Directs clinical practice activities of nursing staff to ensure that assessment of patients and the care delivered is in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice, and other professional standards of care.
• Holds staff accountable for complying with all aspects of the assessment/reassessment process including, but not limited to, age specific needs and pain management.
• Ensures that the care provided is through an interdisciplinary effort that fosters a continuum of patient care that results in desired patient outcomes by making rounds to proactively assess, identify and resolve patient/staff needs and provide interpretation of and direction for the medical and interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Investigate incidents and patient/staff complaints and take action to resolve.
• Provides support to enable staff to initiate/participate in collaborative discussions that results in optimal patient outcomes.
• Maintains open communications with the medical staff and serves as a liaison to answer questions and resolve/address problems/issues.
• Communicates pertinent information to the oncoming shift and to appropriate managers when follow-up action is required.
• Acts to resolve conflict involving Nursing Department staff and other disciplines.
• Collaborates with physicians and other health care providers to achieve desired patient outcomes and assure continuity of care.
• Serves as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.
• Coordinates the admission process with the nursing units and other departments/disciplines.
• Coordinates preparation for emergency surgical procedures, procurement of needed medication and acquisition of equipment and supplies necessary for continuity of patient care.
• Responsible for the throughput of all patients by providing bed assignments in a timely fashion as well as providing staffing resources and opening overflow units.
• Participates in a Performance Improvement Process designed to enhance the quality of patient care/customer services as well as the probability of achieving desired patient outcomes.
• Ensures that incident reports/SORs are initiated and provide adequate information related to unexpected outcomes.
• Complies with, and oversees nursing unit compliance with, practices that adhere to infection control policies and promote a safe environment of care as identified by the organization, State, JCAHO, OSHA and other regulatory agencies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of policies and regulations and oversees staff compliance.
• Manages and processes information received or collected to ensure the quality of patient care provided and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the documentation process.
• Facilitates access to information, charts and scheduling when other departments are closed to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Ensures that the staff has the resources and ability to access communications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program
• Bachelor’s or Masters Degree in Nursing or Healthcare Related Specialty and two plus (2+) years of nursing experience.
• Zero (0) to Two (2) years supervisory/management experience in nursing.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

Skills

• Strong leadership ability
• Good organizational skills
• Independent and critical thinking skills
• Sound judgment
• Knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience

Benefits

Essential – Absolute Necessity.

Marginal – Minimal Necessity.

Constantly – 5.5 to 8 hours or more or 200 reps/shift.

Frequently – 2.5 to 5.5 hours or more or 32-200 reps/shift.

Occasionally – 0.25 to 2.5 hours or 2-32 reps/shift.

Rarely – Less than 0.25 hours or less than 2 reps/shift.

Physical Condition Essential Marginal Constantly Frequently Occasionally Rarely Never

• Bending (Stooping)
• Sitting
• Walking
• Climbing Stairs
• Climbing Ladders
• Standing
• Kneeling
• Squatting (Crouching)
• Twisting/Turning
• Keyboard/Computer Operation
• Gross Grasp
• Fine Finger Manipulation
• Hand/Arm Coordination
• Pushing/Pulling(lbs. of force)
• Reaching Above Shoulder Level
• Reaching Forward
• Lifting Floor to Knuckle
• Lifting Seat Pan to Knuckle
• Lifting Knuckle to Shoulder
• Lifting Shoulder to Overhead

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Rotates All Shifts

8 Hours Shifts

10-12 Hours Shifts

On-Call

Overtime(+8/hrs/shift; 40/hrs/wk)

Travel Between Sites