Supervisor House Registered Nurse

divh2Nursing Supervisor/h2pResponsible for the administration and management of services and personnel in all assigned nursing units, in collaboration with or in the absence of Administration and Nurse Managers. Demonstrates a leadership role in the coordination of patient care through the appropriate utilization of all resources: staff, equipment, supplies, etc. Oversee the placement of patients using expert planning and critical thinking skills as a clinical resource to both the nursing staff and physicians./ph3Essential Functions and Responsibilities:/h3ulliResponsible for supervising the nursing care of the medical center. Handles basic administrative responsibilities and ensures the appropriate nurse manager or Medical Center administrator is informed of unusual events or activities and seeks advice./liliOversee the staffing, assignments and staffing adjustments within the Medical Center using grids developed for individual units, to ensure proper levels of staffing are evident to meet patient care needs./liliEvaluates the needs for nursing personnel to care for patients throughout the hospital to establish needs for overtime and agency staff. Monitors staffing on a shift-by-shift basis to ensure that needs for nursing personnel have been met and develop an emergent staffing plan if they have not./liliParticipate in quality assessment and continuous quality improvement activities, through identification of quality improvement opportunities, goal setting, collection and evaluation of data, implementation of action plans or related application./liliAssists in planning and implementation of departmental policies./liliVisits nursing units to oversee nursing care, assess operations and validate bed status./liliAdvises and assists nursing staff in orientation with new and unusual medications or treatments during emergency situations./liliMakes appropriate judgments related to the placement of patients determining the order/number of inter-unit transfers based on ED/OR needs. Assigns patients to units based on the nature of the illness, clinical necessity and staffing efficiency./liliMonitors key indicators of patient throughput efficiency and contributes to the planning and implementation of improvement strategies. Leads performance improvement activities related to throughput./liliLeads performance improvement activities related to patient throughput./liliAssists in evaluating employees./liliAssists the Employee Health Department by evaluating an employees Fitness for Duty and evaluating employees who have had exposure to blood and body secretions, when that department is unavailable. Completes the appropriate records for exposures./liliMaintains and promotes confidentiality of all patients, employees, and physician information./liliPerforms related duties as required or requested./li/ulh3Qualifications:/h3pRequired:/pulliAssociates degree in nursing/liliLicensed as a Registered Nurse to practice nursing in Michigan/liliA minimum of 2 years nursing-related experience/liliBLS Certification/li/ulpPreferred:/pulliBachelors degree in nursing or related health care field/liliACLS Certification/li/ulpAdditional Information/pulliSchedule: Per Diem/liliDaily Work Times: 7:00am- 7:30pm/liliHours Per Pay Period: 12/liliOn Call: No/liliWeekends: Yes/li/ul/div