RN Clinical Supervisor or Charge Nurse - Nights

CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

Management - Yes

Department - Nursing

FLSA Status - Non-Exempt

Reports to - CNO

JOB SUMMARY

The Clinical Supervisor is responsible for the clinical supervision and hospital operations during

assigned shift. Assesses, plans, coordinates, and evaluates the clinical and operational functions

of the unit to ensure quality, cost effective health care is provided by an educated and

competent staff. Serves as a patient advocate and an administrative resource during the shift to

ensure care meets hospital and professional standards.

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

● Provide care for the Adult or Geriatric patient, ages 18 years and over.

● Demonstrates and understands the importance of and respect for the rights, dignity and

individuality of each patient in all interactions.

● Coordinates the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.

● Oversees admissions, transfers and discharges during shift.

● Ensures that unit operations and employees are in compliance with the Nursing Practice

Act, standard of care, regulatory agency standards, and policies and procedures.

● Organizes and coordinates all nursing unit functions to provide for a smooth, cost

effective operation. Communicates pertinent information to on-coming shift supervisor,

CNO and AOC.

● Adjusts daily schedule for illness, emergency, census changes. Documents all sick calls,

tardiness, absenteeism, and other instances where policy is not followed.

● Evaluates nursing care and patient needs by regular rounding.

● Delegates effectively and holds staff accountable for quality and clinical outcomes.

Accepts responsibility and accountability for clinical care.

● Serves as a role model in all aspects of job performance and human relations skills.

● Demonstrates competence in the application of principles of management.

● Assumes responsibility in the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel.

● Responsible for conducting annual evaluations of the assigned staff.

● Responsible for ensuring staff performance issues are addressed.

● Allocates resources to meet unit needs.

● Promotes staff development through education, performance evaluation, and

identification of mutual goals that enhance continued professional growth.

● Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers

medications as necessary.

● Demonstrates and promotes evidence based practice.

● Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient and family education.

● Participates with performance improvement activities to improve quality of nursing care,

promote patient outcomes and provide a cost effective environment for patient care.

● Facilitates staff nurse participation in quality improvement, committee and governance

activities.

● Collects, analyzes and utilizes data for improved clinical outcomes.

● Assists in development of policies, procedures and standards reflective of current

practice/literature.

● Participates in the orientation of new personnel and mentorship for all nurses.

STANDARD JOB DUTIES

● Adheres to all components of the Hospital Compliance Plan in performing job duties and

reports any violations or suspected violations of the Plan to the Compliance Officer.

● Demonstrates professional conduct and complies with hospital and departmental

policies and procedures.

● Adheres to hospital attendance policy.

● Complies with measures for preventing exposure to blood borne pathogens.

● Participates in the Hazardous Material Program; hazards include exposure to blood and

body fluids, possible communicable diseases, sharp objects and instruments, assorted

chemicals and gasses as listed in the Hazardous Materials Program Manual.

● Complies with established Safety and Patient Safety Program practices.

● Performs other incidental and related duties, as required and/or assigned.

● Develops an understanding of responsibilities for recognizing patient abuse and follows

policy for making appropriate referrals/interventions.

● Develops an understanding of responsibilities for participation in Performance

Improvement activities and participates in such activities.

● Limits access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably

necessary to do the job, and shares such information only on a need-to-know basis for

work purposes.

(Access to verbal, written and electronic PHI for this job has been determined based on

job level and job responsibility within the organization. Computerized access to

PHI for this job has been determined as described above and is controlled via user ID

and password.)

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty

satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability

required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with

disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

Unrestricted RN license to practice in state of employment. Bachelor of Science Degree in

Nursing is preferred. 5-7 years clinical nursing experience preferably ICU. Current ACLS and BLS.

Language Ability:

Ability to read, write and speak English.

Math Ability:

Ability to perform basic math skills such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or

diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized

situations.

Computer Skills:

Knowledge of basic computer skills and word processing.

Certificates and Licenses:

Current RN license to practice in state of employment. Maintains current ACLS and BLS

certification.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Nursing and Ancillary staff

Work Environment

The work environment is representative of that which an employee encounters while

performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is

usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands of this job are representative of those that must be met by an employee

to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodation may

be made to a qualified individual with a disability who can perform the essential functions of

this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with or without assistive

devices. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision,

peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus while performing the duties of

this job. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel;

reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear.

Acknowledgement of Receipt and Acceptance of Job Description

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work required in

this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and

skills required. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal

responsibilities from time to time and as needed.