Nursing Supervisor -FT Nights

Improving Lives Together

Magruder Hospital offers competitive wages with a comprehensive benefit package available to both full-time and part-time employees. We provide a full health plan and generous time off that includes Holidays, Vacation, Sick, Personal, and even your Birthday! Earn 2 weeks of vacation your first year and up to 3 weeks your third! Our culture and family friendly work environment truly set us apart- apply today for an opportunity to join our team and help serve this great community!

The Nursing Supervisor is responsible for promoting and maintaining quality patient care through effective management and supervision of patient care areas during one’s assigned shift in the absence of Senior Leadership and Department Directors. One acts as the on-site administrator in the Institute after normal business hours and has the authority and responsibility for administrative decisions and appropriate notification of the Vice President of Nursing. The Nursing Supervisor is also responsible for the evaluation and management of departmental resources; staffing; handling of patient/family/visitor complaints while on duty; responding to Code Blue and Rapid Response and all other Emergency Codes. During a disaster, functions as the Incident Commander until Senior Leadership arrives.

• Adheres to all regulatory requirements and Registered Nurse professional standards of practice.
• Assesses available staffing resources for each operational area, taking into consideration census, levels of acuity, unscheduled absences and the skill level of assigned staff.
• Based on evaluation of resources, redeploys or reassigns staff as necessary to meet patient care needs.
• Visits all patient care units as often as necessary to ascertain condition of patients, evaluate staffing needs and provide on-site support to caregivers, including relieves the RN for meals, breaks.
• Assists with Moderate Sedation at the bedside as the second RN as needed.
• Responsible for reporting all deaths to Life Connections in a timely manner.
• Serves as a resource to nursing and medical staff on hospital policies, procedures and standards. Effectively leads team to maintain high quality care and positive patient outcomes.
• Provides a meaningful report to oncoming Clinical Nursing Supervisor or designee, highlighting areas of concern, potential problems or unusual situations. Provides a 24 hour daily written Administrative report to VP Nursing in addition to midnight census report.
• Participates in the identification of staff learning needs and communicates those assessments and recommendations appropriately.
• Keeps the Vice President Nursing and/or appropriate SLT informed of any situations or circumstances that may be unusual or have serious impact on hospital operations.
• Provides administrative coverage for Services/Departments in the absence of SLT and Department Leader. Collaborates and communicates with other departments about operational issues which affect care delivery
• Activates Incident Command and serves as the Incident Commander in the event of an internal/external disaster until SLT member arrives.
• Participate in Performance Improvement Activities and Committees.
• Attends, Nursing Leadership meetings, LDI and all other mandatory meetings. Reviews Leadership Forum minutes
• Evaluates patient, employee, and all other incidents as they occur. Sees that adequate medical care is given as necessary, and that event reports are completed accurately and timely.
• Oversees the admission of all elective and emergency patients. Works in collaboration with the Coordinator of Utilization Management, physicians, and Patient Services in planning for appropriate level of care for patients.
• Fills the pharmacy needs of nursing staff in the absence of the pharmacist by issuing drugs from the Pharmacy and/or Night Cabinet. Researches drug information when questions or problems arise.
• Contacts physicians, anesthesiologists, and on-call surgery personnel when emergency surgery is scheduled.
• Knows location of and how to operate all patient care equipment and how to arrange for emergency repair of malfunctioning equipment as necessary, or procurement of needed equipment
• Plans for adequate staffing for all patient units on the particular shift worked by transferring nursing personnel from one unit to another, and/or by calling in off-duty personnel. Understands overstaffing policies and ratios of nursing man-hour per shift, including ICCU personnel usage.
• Issues supplies from Central Supply, Purchasing, Dietary, Physical Therapy, and other areas as necessary.
• Evaluates patient, employee, and all other incidents as they occur. Sees that adequate medical care is given as necessary, and that incident reports are completed accurately and timely.
• Evidences knowledge and ability to assess and interpret data about patient growth and development in order to identify each patients’ needs and provide appropriate care, including age-related care, where appropriate:
• Infant
• Pediatric
• Adolescence
• Adult
• Geriatric
• Leads the staff and department consistent with approved budgetary goals and guidelines.

• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions; ensures compliance with Joint Commission and other external and internal regulatory agencies.
• Maintains the integrity of confidential patient information in accordance with HIPAA and hospital policy, including accessing, using and disclosing patient information relevant to the individual employee’s job duties. Also maintains confidentiality of other customer and hospital business affairs.
• Adheres to the standards of Magruder Hospital’s corporate compliance policies and seeks guidance and training when necessary to resolve questions about the policies. Reports violations in accordance with corporate compliance and organizational standards
• Attendance is an essential function of this position. Reports to work on time and as scheduled; Shows respect for co-workers by following established break times; Keeps personal conversations and telephone calls to a minimum.
• Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
• Recruits, orients, trains, evaluates and monitors on-the-job performance for all staff within the department; assures timely completion of performance reviews; plans and implements staff development activities; motivates staff and maintains a high level of morale among department personnel by fostering a sense of teamwork and motivating staff to perform assigned functions and achieve objectives.
• Guides management and employee actions by researching, developing, writing, and updating policies, procedures, methods, and guidelines; communicates and enforces hospital culture, values and standards of performance in a consistent and thorough fashion.
• Prepares a timely annual budget and manages the staff and department consistent with approved budgetary goals and guidelines.
• Establishes, maintains and administers policies and procedures for departmental functions that are consistent with and reflect the objectives of the broader hospital policies and procedures; develops, revises and eliminates departmental forms as needed.
• Maintains an organized department and filing system; directs and coordinates all activities within the department by preparing work schedules, making job assignments, overseeing maintenance of equipment, ordering supplies, etc.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in conferences and educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

• Other duties as requested or assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school of nursing.
• Ability to work in stressful situations.
• Ability to multitask and set priorities.

• Ability to make crucial, independent decisions when necessary.

• Strong Interpersonal skills.
• Computer skills: typing, Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Knowledge of Cerner EMR and ability to document in patient record of care.

• Knowledge and proficiency of Interqual application to determine appropriateness of patient admission status.

• 3-5 years experience in Critical Care Nursing strongly considered (ICU and/or ED).

Preferred:

• Demonstrates strong leadership and organizational abilities.

• Minimum 1 year Supervisory experience.

Required:

• Current RN license by the State of Ohio
• Current BLS/ACLS/PALS* certifications

• BLS certification is required upon hire. ACLS & PALS certifications are required to be achieved as soon as possible but not later than six (6) months after hire date. All certifications required in this job description must be maintained by the employee throughout their employment.

Magruder Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class under the law.

Magruder Hospital is a Tobacco and Drug Free Workplace. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment drug screening, including screening for the presence of nicotine, satisfactory completion of background verification, and the results of a post-offer medical and physical examination.