Nursing Supervisor Labor & Delivery nights

Nursing Supervisor - Labor & Delivery - Full-time

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

• Work location:
  
  Texas Health Southwest, 6100 Harris Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76132

• Mother friendly designated, a Texas 10-Step designated, and a Magnet designated facility

• Work hours:
  
  Full Time Nights (6:45PM-7:15AM) for 36 hours/week, with Weekend and holiday coverage as needed (28 hours/week staffing/Charge RN and 8-hours of administrative time)

• Self-Scheduling that helps with work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth

• Mother friendly designated, a Texas 10-Step designated, and a Magnet designated facility

• Expanded Labor & Delivery Unit to a 15-bed LDR and 3 OR suites

• Separate 26-bed Mother/Baby area and a 16-bed Level III NICU

• We average 270 to 300 deliveries a month

• Maternal Level III Designation

• Participating in Team Birth and CHAMPS breastfeeding initiative

• Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program OR Nursing Diploma required

• BSN is strongly preferred

• Two (2) years' experience as a registered nurse with previous experience as a charge nurse or similar leadership role (i.e. Charge nurse, committee chair, preceptor) Required

• Labor & Delivery RN experience needed

• RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required

• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required

• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 days is required

• NRPA-Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program 90 Days Required

• AWHONN - Advanced Fetal Monitoring 6 Months Required Or

• IFM - Intermediate Fetal Monitoring 6 Months Required

• CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually 90 Days Required

A successful Nursing Supervisor will:

• Demonstrate a high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

• maintain a positive, customer-focused attitude toward patients

• possess a strong work ethic and always display a high level of professionalism

• have basic computer skills using medical management application systems

• Ability to supervise and manage staff members

• Collaborates with Leadership, UBC, and appropriate team members to establish, implement, and monitor department policies/procedures, facilitate unit goals, evaluate, and individualize patient care and provide direction to staff to promote quality outcomes

• This role provides bedside leadership on a particular unit or units and shift, coordinating patient flow, patient care and assignments. Responsible for assisting the manager/director with human resource management to include evaluations, coaching, mentoring, recruitment, retention, education and orientation. Works with manager/director to control costs and manage department budget and productivity.

• Facilitates patient/nurse assignments based on volume, acuity and skill mix, and provides coordination of patient care on nursing unit while maintaining productivity standards

• Collaborates with manager and educator or CNS to provide staff orientation, education and on-going competency assessment.

• Gathers staff input during rounding, and completes direct report journaling

• Effectively communicates with patients, families and other healthcare team members by incorporating the 8 caring factors in the Quality Caring Model which include: basic human needs, human respect, encouraging manner, affiliation needs, mutual problem solving, healing environment, attentive reassurance and appreciation of unique meaning.

• Fosters an environment to promote patient and family centered care through purposeful hourly rounding, bedside shift report, updated care boards, and leader rounds.

• Works in coordination with other staff when unit activity dictates, monitoring patient care and providing direction to staff to promote quality outcomes

• Consistently promotes a professional image of nursing in demeanor, appearance, attitude, and behavior. Is flexible with scheduling to meet the needs of the department

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid…