RN House Supervisor

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The Nursing Supervisor coordinates and directs nursing operations of all hospital units during off shifts. Acts as a liaison with physicians, patients, families and staff. Schedules personnel and makes patient care recommendations and ensures effective patient throughput activities.

• Patient Flow and Patient Placement
• Facilitates efficient and effective patient flow throughout the hospital
• Reviews clinical information regarding anticipated admissions, both scheduled and emergent
• Provides bed placement for patients at the right time and to the best possible location
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to determine patient needs for admission and discharge
• Facilitates telehealth consultation for patients in collaboration with the clinical teams on each unit
• Collaborates with the Philadelphia Campus for patient and resource management on a regular basis
• Facilitates transfers out of the hospital to Philadelphia campus or outside facilities
• Supporting and Supervising Staff
• Supporting staff in decision making as needed or in clinical care for new and/or high risk, low volume clinical practices
• Provide feedback to staff on performance in the moment and recognize staff for a job well done
• Guide staff to follow departmental policies, procedures, standards and bundles including but not limited to harm prevention bundles
• Support staff with interpersonal and cross departmental collaboration and resolution of differences in opinions or strategies with a global and open mind
• Provide feedback to unit leaders regarding gaps in clinical care and provide solutions for improvement
• Provide constructive and positive feedback about staff members to unit leaders
• Staffing, Skill Mix, Clinical Productivity and Resource Management
• Oversees staffing, skill mix and clinical productivity of all units within the hospital
• Assists with resource sharing as needed to support variations in volume and acuity across the hospital
• Clinical Care
• Supports and serves as a clinical resource to staff in order to provide excellent and efficient clinical care
• Serves as a resource for vascular access throughout the hospital
• Responds to all emergencies (medical, behavioral, etc) within the hospital to assure that the appropriate resources and support are available
• Attends all IMTs, fire drills and/or any other emergency or out of the norm event
• Leads through clinical practice changes and adapts to patient care needs
• Quality and Patient Safety
• Expertise in managing quality of care and patient safety scenarios
• Submit and review KAPS, identify and elevate safety concerns, provide solutions and actively engage with teams on improvement efforts
• Responds to situations using principles of a fair and just culture
• Knowledgeable about quality and safety bundles, identifies gaps in bundles, provides resources to support execution of bundles and standards of care
• Patient and Family Experience
• Role models the ICARE values with patients and families
• Resolves patient and family concerns in collaboration with unit staff, patients and families
• Actively rounds with families to assure the ideal patient experience is being met
• Financial Stewardship
• Supports local leadership teams to optimize clinical productivity, appropriate resource utilization and supply utilization and assures…