House Supervisor-Nursing Throughput Part Time Nights

House Supervisor-Nursing Throughput Part Time NightsThe House Supervisor reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization's Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.The Nursing House Supervisor performs the primary function of a professional nurse role model in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care in the area of her specialization, taking into consideration the special needs and behaviors of the specific age of the unit population. The Nursing House Supervisor practice can be divided into four major role components: education, clinical practice, consultation, and research. The Nursing House Supervisor is an expert clinical practitioner in his/her area of expertise with expanded authority and autonomy, whose efforts are directed toward the improvement of patient care and nursing practice. The purpose of this position is to supervise and coordinate the activities of the organization and nursing personnel on the evening, night and weekend shifts to maintain the continuity of nursing care in collaboration with all of nursing leadership. This highly visible position should serve as a role model for patient care and service excellence utilizing the mission, vision, and core values of Palos Community Hospital. Participates in quality improvement initiatives through role modeling and creation of a supportive environment. Responsibilities of this position include collaborating with nursing staff and nursing leadership, managing staffing based on acuity, facilitating patient throughput, and demonstrating comprehensive and effective verbal and written communication to all personnel and all departments. The responsibilities are accomplished following the standard of nursing practice, utilizing hospital policy and procedure and involvement of hospital leadership as appropriate.Responsibilities:Consults and receives report on individual units as to the status of patient and/or employee needs.Collaborates with Charge Nurse regarding any problems with nursing care and/or staff.Assumes an active role in handling and communicating patient/family complaints.Delivers clear and effective messages verbally and in writing.Evaluates Occurrence Reports generated on their shift.Defines and analyzes problems; generates recommendations and solution. Actively participates in Nursing Department meetingsAssists in developing policies and proceduresGenerates new ideas and creative solutions to support a healthy work environment.Serves as a resource person to nursing personnelActively communicates information to nursing personal during shiftDemonstrates a commitment to exceed the expectations of patients, families, and internal customers.Defines and analyzes problems, generating recommendations and solutionsNotifies the necessary staff for emergency proceduresAuthorizes patient transportation as necessaryAssists in problem resolution occurring in other departmentsParticipates in cost control activities through monitoring utilization of resourcesMeasures and improves individual and departmental performanceAssigns staff according to patient needsAccepts and appropriately logs employee call-insAdjusts or provides for additional staffing to accommodate call-insReviews licensure of Private Duty/Agency staffReceives report from previous shift, discusses patient-staff unit problemsLogs important information in Nursing OfficePrepares report for nursing management of all patients, staff, physician, and visitor related occurrencesAssesses high risk patient populations to ensure appropriate resources are availableProvides feedback to the appropriate manager regarding individual staff performance and/or education deficienciesFoster mutually beneficial relationships within the department of nursing and across departmentsEncourages, supports, and recognizes employee successes.Sets performance expectation, provides feedback, and coaches employees to perform to the best of their ability.Provides administrative oversight of the Hospital Operations Resource Center including leading bed meetings every shift to assess and plan to manage patient flow throughout the hospital.Effectively communicate and collaborate with other hospital departments.Responsible to ensure all hospital key performance indicators (KPI) are met on a 24/7 basis.Allocates hospital resources to meet KPIs.Anticipate and rapidly act on throughput issues to prevent delays and reduce inpatient average length of stay.Functions competently in all aspects of transfer and patient placement.QualificationsRequired:Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)Registered Nurse license in the State of IllinoisClinical experience in area of specializationCPR – Basic Life SupportPreferred:Prior management experienceCPT – Advanced Cardiac Life SupportMaster of Science in Nursing (MSN)Additional InformationNorthwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.Background CheckNorthwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.Artificial Intelligence DisclosureArtificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.BenefitsWe offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events.Click on or copy and paste URL to your browser to view detailed benefits information refer to the Benefits Eligibility by Employment Classification to determine benefits eligibility for job postings.If sign-on bonus is included in a job posting eligibility is as followed: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign-on bonus. 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