Clinical Supervisor - Inpatient Services

Inpatient Services – PRN Night Shift 7pm – 730am

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607‑bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer. Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Provides clinical leadership and operational oversight throughout shift; assigns supplemental staff to units based on unit needs and proactively manages requests for admissions, transfers and discharges facilitating throughput of patients throughout the hospital, thereby ensuring timely turnaround of beds. Provides leadership, support and guidance to all staff and presents a positive image and attitude. Collaborates with other healthcare team members and uses a systematic critical‑thinking approach in data gathering, assessment, nursing judgment, intervention and evaluation of human responses to actual and potential health problems.

All responsibilities are carried out in accordance with the mission, vision, strategic imperatives and standards of the organization, American Nurses Association Standards and in accordance with the provisions/statutes set forth by the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act.

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Minimum Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  5 Years of acute care nursing experience
• Substitutable
  
  Education & Experience:
  
  Consideration will be given to ADN or Diploma RN who are currently enrolled in BS in nursing or RN‑MSN program with the expectation that BS in nursing degree or completion of BS in nursing coursework is met within 12 months of hire/promotion

• Current RN license to practice in SC;
  National Nursing Certification preferred at time of hire/promotion, required within 6 months of hire/promotion
• ACLS & ASLS at time of hire or within 3 months of hire or promotion

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• Establishes positive rapport with patient and family.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals; provides education to patient, and family in a manner they can understand their condition, medications, and self‑care skills, etc. and provides them ample opportunity to ask questions.
• Serves as patient/family advocate.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Uses a systematic critical‑thinking approach to guide data gathering, assessment, nursing judgement, intervention and evaluation of human responses to actual and potential health problems.
• Identifies, synthesizes and interprets sources of data using reasonable clinical judgement to respond to dynamic situations in a timely and effective manner.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Uses ethical decision making processes and advocates for acceptable patient outcomes.
• Assigns supplemental staff to units based on unit needs.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of the bed board. Appropriately manages requests for admissions, transfers, and discharges facilitating throughput of patients ensuring timely turnaround of beds.

• Assists with resolution of patient and visitor concerns and…