House Supervisor

Job Title : House Supervisor (Registered Nurse)

Shift : On-Call / Pool, Days / Nights

Summary : The House Supervisor independently manages crisis situations, interprets policies, makes decisions impacting patient care, ensures effective departmental communication and collaboration, and has operational responsibility throughout the hospital. They act as an administrative liaison to patients, families, health system employees, and external customers.

Responsibilities :

• Expedite issues to senior administrators and escalate problems as necessary.
• Provide nursing staff with advice and guidance.
• Supervise nursing staff in their day-to-day duties.
• Serve as an arbitrator for staffing decisions as needed and investigate all untoward events / incidents.
• Serve as a clinical resource for complex patient care.
• Maintain clinical expertise in handling cardiac arrests and other emergencies in non-patient areas and patient care areas, resolving problems through appropriate interventions / strategies.
• Enforce policies, protocols, and standards.
• Coordinate and facilitate patient admissions / transfers, e.g., ICU placements, ER admissions, and Transfer Center, interfacing with various departments / hospitals as needed.
• Provide resources for ethical issues and obtain necessary medications.
• Address staff and customer complaints.
• Communicate through the chain of command.
• Participate in and facilitate in-service education programs.
• Demonstrate behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Expertise).

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Holtz Women and Children’s Hospital :

Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Medical Center is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the southeast United States, where UHealth - University of Miami Health System physicians treat children from throughout Florida and the Caribbean. Holtz Children’s is known worldwide for its care of critically ill newborns in its neonatal intensive care unit, which is one of the largest in the United States and boasts some of the best medical outcomes. In collaboration with the Miami Transplant Institute, Holtz Children’s is one of only three centers in the country that specializes in pediatric multi-organ transplants. It is home to one of only three state-accredited comprehensive children’s kidney failure centers and one of the largest pediatric kidney transplant programs in the world. The Children’s Heart Center at Holtz Children’s is the only comprehensive children’s heart program in South Florida. In partnership with the University of Miami, Holtz Children’s also trains the most pediatric physicians of any medical center in the southeastern United States.