Registered Nurse Supervisor

Department: RN Residency Program Full Time Shift: Days Work under the general nursing process while using independent judgment to assign nurses, technicians and nursing care to assigned patients. Designate shift and schedule assignments, call in staff, send staff home and monitor attendance. Provide clinical leadership for nursing and technician staff. Supervise staff and patient care delivery on designated shift, and serve as a clinical resource for staff. Serve as a role model to promote a positive work environment and quality patient care. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups. STRATEGIC INITIATIVE - Active participation in nursing strategic initiatives such as quality improvement and monitoring, TJC compliance, Magnet Recognition, recruitment and retention of staff and patient and employee satisfaction * INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT - Using independent judgment assign nursing personnel and staff to specific patients * ASSIGNMENT - Designate shift and schedule assignments; assign duties in accordance with the plan of care, patient needs, and within the scope of staff qualifications and licensure/certification/registry * ACCOUNTABILITY - Supervise and direct staff providing patient care; accountable for care provided to patients on assigned shift * LIAISON - Act as liaison as necessary between physicians, staff, patients, families, and other departments to promote and facilitate communication, problem solving, decision-making, crisis intervention, resource utilization, and conflict management * SUPERVISION - Develop efficient organizational structure. DELEGATION - Delegate and monitor completion of duties according to departmental and Hospitals policies * PATIENT CARE - Deliver safe direct care to an assigned group of patients as required * POLICIES - Work within Hospitals, Nursing division and departmental policies * CARE PLAN - Work in collaboration with the healthcare team, implement and document individualized care plans incorporating age specific considerations, including discharge planning and patient/family teaching * upon successful completion of preceptor training assume precepting and evaluation responsibilities of new personnel * EMERGENCY MEASURES - Assist with or institute emergency measures for sudden, adverse developments in patients * MEDICAL RECORDS - Ensure that patient medical records contain necessary information * INQUIRIES - Answer telephones and triage calls as per departmental policy * document and communicate clinical findings * PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols * PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes * PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk * PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner * PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right" * participate in hospital-wide activities and committees within the scope of position or as directed * SUPERVISION - Supervise and provide guidance for the infrastructure for the nurse residency program; activities may include but are not limited to supervision of new graduate nurses in various specialty track positions, example of which include peds, inpatient, ambulatory, critical care and OR; identifying appropriate placement, assessing for progression and competency in nursing and completion of evaluations; provide informal leadership and mentorship to all nurse residents in the program, monthly rounding on nurse residents and assisting the nurse educator with education and implementation of the nurse residency program and program curriculum; recruiting, screening applications, interviewing and matching new graduates to their desired unit, onboarding and tracking nurses through their first year of practice; responsible for evaluations, disciplines and employee file management; evaluating and responding to data that is specific to the nurse residency program including reviewing trends and implementing PDSA’s as appropriate in conjunction with the various leaders of different areas to help new graduates stay successful and optimize patient care outcomes * EDUCATION & TRAINING - Supervisor will plan and attend seminars and new graduate nurse orientation utilizing evidence based practice for nurse residency or transition to practice program objectives and education curriculum; coordinate with RN supervisors and Educators on designated units for feedback on employees; identify educational needs, practice gaps and issues of staff by collecting data and related information; analyze issues, trends, and supporting evidence to determine needs of nurse residents for all clinical areas; take into account quality indicators and policies, procedures, guidelines; EDUCATION & TRAINING - Implement or coordinate the implementation of the educational curricula utilizing adult learning principles to employ the most appropriate methodology(ies) to meet goals and objectives; teach relevant content; act as a change agent by identifying solutions to problems, addressing barriers, and supporting implementation of new ideas based on evidence; demonstrate inclusion of up-to-date evidence in educational activity development; promote scientific inquiry; Program Graduate Bachelor's Degree Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate Nursing Bilingual English/Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days * RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE * Subject to an annual contract and performance appraisal * Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required Sign-On Bonus Available Relocation Assistance Available Registered Nurse