RN, Registered Nurse House Supervisor - Nursing Administration

RN, Registered Nurse House Supervisor - Nursing Administration at Christus Health summary:

The Registered Nurse House Supervisor oversees clinical and administrative functions across hospital nursing units, ensuring appropriate staffing and patient placement. They act as the hospital's administrative representative during their shift, managing emergencies, addressing complaints, and coordinating with on-call administrators. The role requires an RN license, experience in nursing supervision, and includes both clinical and administrative responsibilities on a full-time 12-hour shift schedule.

Summary:

Assures appropriate staffing is maintained on all Nursing Units; responsible for the clinical and administrative supervision of overall hospital activities in the absence of Administration and Nursing Director/Managers.

Responsibilities:

• Provides supervision and guidance to all areas by visiting units/departments throughout the shift to ascertain status of areas, interpreting policies and regulations to staff patients, and visitors, coordinating placement/transfer of patients, and responding to staffing issues
• Screens incoming patients for appropriateness of admission/transfer and facilitates placement in proper level of care
• Functions at all times as the hospital administrative representative by acting as hospital spokesperson, as appropriate, investigating incidents and events and taking appropriate action, interview to provide assistance in problem-solving, and conveying a positive image of the hospital
• Consults with administrator on-call as appropriate
• Arranges/facilitates emergency operations as needed
• Performs clinical functions as needed
• Intervenes in patient, family associated, and physician complaints and follows up with director/manager and patient advocate as appropriate
• Provides staffing for oncoming shift; assigns staff utilizing appropriate mix of full time, PRN and agency staff to meet each unit’s needs
• Makes changes in KRONOS scheduling to represent the most recent staffing plan
• Monitors and utilizes competency/orientation check lists for temporary reassignment of hospital staff and assignment of agency staff
• Performs PFT reviews on PRN Pool associates
• Provides input to director on staff performance
• Works collaboratively with other house supervisors and staffing personnel within the region to effectively utilize the PRN pool

Requirements:

Education/Skills

• Associate's Degree in Nursing

Experience

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• RN License in state of employment or compact
• BLS

Work Schedule:

6AM - 6PM 12 HR Shift

Work Type:

Full Time

Keywords:

Registered Nurse, Nursing Administration, Hospital Supervisor, Patient Placement, Staffing Coordination, Clinical Supervision, Emergency Operations, RN License, BLS Certification, Healthcare Management