Nursing Supervisor, 2nd FL Med/Surg, Per Diem 16-Hours a month, with one major holiday and one minor holiday each year.

Overview

You Matter Here! Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter!  

 

Hours:  Per Diem 16-Hours a month, with one major holiday and one minor holiday each year. 

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Conducts interactions with everyone in a friendly, courteous and respectful manner.
• Goes out of his/her way to offer assistance to others. If he/she cannot offer assistance, then finds someone who can.
• Advocates to ensure privacy and confidentiality while helping others to maintain awareness.
• Maintains a clean and safe hospital.
• Responds appropriately and immediately in emergency situations.
• Maintains a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors, and/or staff to provide the highest level of physical comfort, and minimize risk and injury.
• Ensures compliance with regulations to maintain accreditation and licensure.
• Complies with the Hospital Attendance and Tardiness Policy.
• Completed all Hospital and Department Specific Mandatory requirements in the prior calendar year.
• Reports Incidents in a timely and effective manner.
• All employees with direct patient contact are responsible for actively engaging in the practice of, monitoring and enforcing compliance to hand hygiene.
• Responds immediately to critical events.
• Provides leadership and follow – up during critical events such as code blue, code red and code 100.
• Provides appropriate follow – up (i.e. staff education, documentation, family / staff support, etc.)
• Adjusts staffing levels to ensure the highest level of patient care.
• Evaluates staffing needs continuously and adjusts as necessary to meet the needs of the patient for the current and next shifts.
• Functions as a clinical and administrative resource for the nursing staff.
• Functions as a clinical and administrative resource for the nursing staff.
• Provides clinical consultation, advice and education.
• Assists staff with problems.
• Completes all employee performance evaluations by evaluation due dates.
• Assists staff with conflict resolution (i.e. staff / physician, patient / physician, staff / staff).
• Mediates conflict.
• Reports and communicates situation appropriately.
• Advocates for patients, families, and staff.
• Intervenes on patient / staff behalf.
• Supports patients’ rights.
• Supports other departments to meet patient needs.
• Maintains operations of other departments during non-operating hours.
• Functions as an administrative resource for other departments during non-operative hours.

  Statement of Other DutiesThis document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.  Functional Demands Physical Requirements:Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands).  Organizational Expectations Behavioral Attributes:The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation, concern for order, flexibility, initiative, self-confidence, customer service oriented, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork, analytical thinking and information seeking.

Qualifications

Job Requirements Minimum Education

• Graduate of accredited school of Nursing.
• Associates degree in Nursing required.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred

Minimum Work Experience

• Minimum of three years acute care experience required. 
• Critical care or Emergency care experience preferred. 
• Charge nurse experience required. 
• Supervisor experience preferred

Required Licenses

• Current MA RN licensure
• Current AHA ACLS required