What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing House Supervisor position at Kaiser?
Job Summary :
Acts as the on-site administrative designee for the entire facility for off-shifts and weekends. Manages all the patient care departments, ensuring appropriate quality of care and compliance with regulations.
Essential Responsibilities :
- Manages the off-hours and weekend patient care activities. Ensures staff provides the highest quality of care and are in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.
- Coordinates and monitors staffing for all shifts and maintains appropriate staffing levels and skill mix.
- Participates in developing, reviewing, and updating departmental policies and procedures.
- Identifies and implements best practices to provide improved quality care and services.
- Assess and monitors clinical nursing practice for optimal patient care.
- Acts as patient advocate.
- Designs and evaluates processes to improve systems and patient care results across the continuum.
- Follows-up on all clinical issues.
- Monitors quality of care delivered, ensuring it meets age-related and developmental needs of patients.
- Supervises staff, assesses their needs and identifies educational opportunities.
- Manages and resolves human resource, employee and department safety, and risk management issues.
- Collaborates with all departments throughout the medical center.
- Assists in developing, monitoring and maintaining the budget. Identifies and recommends opportunities to reduce costs.
- Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.
Secondary Functions :
Basic Qualifications :
Experience
Education
License, Certification, Registration
Additional Requirements :
Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, & budgeting.
Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission & other federal, state, & local regulatory requirements.
Strong interpersonal communication skills.
Must be able to work in a Labor / Management Partnership environment
Preferred Qualifications :
Bachelors degree in nursing preferred.
PrimaryLocation : California,Richmond,Richmond Hospital
HoursPerWeek : 36
Shift : Evening
Workdays : Wk1 : Sun, Wed, Thu; Wk2 : Mon, Tue, Sat
WorkingHoursStart : 11 : 00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 11 : 30 PM
Job Schedule : Part-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group / Union Affiliation : NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level : Team Leader / Supervisor
Job Category : Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners
Department : Richmond Hospital - Hosp Admin-Bed Control - 0201
Travel : No
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
