Supervisor Patient Care - West 7 - Neuroscience

Job Summary

Responsible for shift supervision of nurses and technicians who provide direct patient care. Acts as an active member of the management team to support care management model, standards of nursing practice, legal regulations, and hospital policies.

Essential Functions

• Supervises patient care activities on assigned shift and assigns the care of patients to staff nurses and nursing assistants.
• Performs human resources responsibilities for staff which includes coaching on performance, completes performance reviews and overall staff morale.
• Recommends hiring, terminations, compensation changes, promotions, corrective action decisions, and terminations.
• Functions as an active member of the unit management team, assisting in making unit decisions. Communicates and explains management decisions to the staff.
• Communicates and escalates significant clinical issues to leadership.
• Participates in unit, hospital, medical or nursing committees.
• Supports staff educational activities on the unit and works with educational services regarding staff development needs.
• Affords assistance and support to staff members in their pursuit of professional goals.
• Communicates with peers to keep self apprised of hospital wide activities.
• Plans for staffing needs of upcoming shifts and changes scheduling if necessary.
• Affords all principle duties and responsibilities of a Pediatric Nurse as workload demands.
• Affords assistance in making patient placement decisions on unit and works with other charge nurses, physicians Patient Care Manager, Patient Care Manager on-call and the Admitting Department to problem solve regarding patient placement issues.
• Affords assurance that patients are correctly classified on the assigned shift. Verifies and changes activity classification as necessary.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree BSN required
• Master's Degree MSN preferred

Experience

• 2+ years technical experience necessary in order to gain knowledge of professional nursing practice and procedures, and proficiency in the care of complex pediatric patients, as well as experience in advance supervision in order to oversee unit staffing and activities of subordinate staff required

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Analytical skills necessary to assess complex patient conditions effectively and to develop comprehensive plans of care.
• Synthesizes multiple sources of information to assist in the resolution of human responses to complex problems.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with interdisciplinary health team members and consumers.

Licenses and Certifications

• BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required
• RN-Registered Nurse (30) - State of Wisconsin required
• PALS-Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required