Supervisor Registered Nurse - Nursing Leadership

Supervisor Registered Nurse - Nursing Leadership at Christus Health summary:

The Supervisor Registered Nurse oversees nursing staff and ensures the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective patient care while supporting operational, financial, and clinical improvements. This role includes managing resources, staff development, compliance with healthcare regulations, and fostering a positive work environment. The supervisor collaborates across departments to achieve quality, safety, and patient satisfaction goals within a healthcare setting.

Summary:

The RN Supervisor is accountable for supervising the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care to patients. Responsible in assisting the Director for analyzing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and communicating processes and programs which enhance, strengthen and integrate the services comprising the nursing department. Responsible for participation in the development and implementation of the service line strategic business plans; and for creating an environment, which continuously supports improvement of operational, financial, and clinical components.
Assumes primary responsibility for effective supervision of nursing activities of assigned area(s). Assists management of financial and human resources to ensure services meet established quality and productivity standards. Provides feedback and assistance concerning customer satisfaction, staff development, and associate performance and satisfaction.
The Supervisor is responsible for the daily operations of a Nursing department on a 24-hour basis. The Supervisor collaborates with other clinical and ancillary departments to meet organizational and department-specific Quality and Safety Measures, Community Values, Business Literacy, and Service Excellence goals.

Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS
  
  Competencies:
  
  Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Implementing and monitoring programs and practices for the delivery of safe and efficient quality nursing care for patients and their families.
• Ensuring consistent application of nursing services policies and standards throughout the organization.
• Monitoring patient outcomes and quality and effectiveness of nursing care.
• Overseeing the performance of teams; identifying and addressing staff training and development needs.

Standard I. Human Resources Management

• Evaluates and specifies the critical resources required to accomplish the team's objectives.
• Initiates requests for required resources based on staff competency with patient acuity.
• Allocates team resources responsibly and equitably within the scope of labor laws.
• Discovers opportunities to improve resource utilization.
• Implements changes in role consistent with scope of practice.
• Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow.
• Resolves conflicts in a wide variety of situations, such as workload or resource allocation, patient and family concerns, patient through-put and capacity needs, associate engagement challenges, etc.
• Adjusts management and personal style to fit the needs of different people and different situations.
• Explores motivational factors and tailor's motivational efforts to individual needs and situations for the department.
• Conducts evaluations on personnel performance at the workplace and recommends improvement plans.
• Coaches others on operating personnel management systems and their processes.
• Manages day-to-day labor needs by maintaining optimum staffing levels.

Standard II. Relationship Management and Influencing Behaviors

• Applies principles of crisis management to identify issues that require immediate attention, handle situations as necessary, and manage conflict.
• Mentors and coach's staff.
• Encourages participation in professional organization.
• Embraces principles of self-awareness.
• Fosters a healthy work environment and encourages stress management.
• Promotes Diversity and team dynamics and understands the components of cultural competence as they apply to the workforce.
• Capitalizes on differences and maintains an environment of fairness to foster highly effective work groups.

Standard III. Performance…