RN House Supervisor FT

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Job Summary

The Supervisor, House - RN provides critical leadership during assigned shifts to oversee hospital operations and ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. This role acts as the administrative point of contact during non-business hours, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. The Supervisor coordinates patient flow, manages staffing, addresses emergencies, and ensures compliance with hospital policies and regulatory standards, serving as a resource for clinical and non-clinical staff.

Essential Functions

• Oversees hospital operations during assigned shifts, ensuring appropriate staffing levels across departments to meet patient care needs.
• Monitors hospital census, coordinates admissions, discharges, and transfers, and ensures optimal bed utilization.
• Acts as the administrative point of contact for staff, patients, and families during non-business hours, addressing inquiries, resolving conflicts, and providing support.
• Responds to emergencies, crises, and critical patient care issues, coordinating resources and personnel to ensure safety and quality care.
• Serves as the incident commander in disaster situations until relieved by a senior leader, ensuring effective communication and resource allocation.
• Supervises nursing staff, providing clinical guidance, oversight, and support to ensure proper delegation and care delivery.
• Promotes efficient use of organizational resources to deliver cost-effective and safe patient care services.
• Ensures compliance with hospital policies, procedures, and regulatory standards, identifying and addressing deviations.
• Handles patient and family complaints and inquiries with professionalism, empathy, and appropriate resolution strategies.
• Completes and validates the midnight census, ensuring accurate patient counts and bed status are reported.
• Conducts hospital rounds to assess staff and patient needs, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and quality standards.
• Facilitates communication between staff, physicians, and administration to resolve issues and maintain operational efficiency.
• Provides administrative decision-making support in the absence of department managers or senior administrators, escalating critical issues to the Administrator on Call (AOC) as needed.
• Identifies opportunities for performance improvement and assists in implementing initiatives to enhance care delivery and patient satisfaction.
• Monitors and maintains an adequate supply of resources, ensuring staff have the tools necessary to provide quality care.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
  
  

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing required
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Nursing preferred
• 2-4 years of clinical nursing experience in the acute care environment required
• 0-2 years of prior leadership or supervisory experience preferred
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Strong clinical knowledge and the ability to manage complex patient care situations.
• Effective leadership and decision-making skills in high-pressure and emergency situations.
• Proficient in managing hospital operations, including staffing, patient flow, and resource allocation.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to foster collaboration among staff, physicians, and administration.
• Knowledge of hospital policies, regulatory standards, and best practices in patient care.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to address operational and patient care challenges.
• Ability to handle sensitive patient and family concerns with professionalism and empathy.
  
  

Licenses and Certifications

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support required and
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support required
  
  

Equal Employment Opportunity

This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.