Description
Summary:

Assures appropriate staffing is maintained on all Nursing Units; responsible for the clinical and administrative supervision of overall hospital activities in the absence of Administration and Nursing Director/Managers.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills (CSRH-WH) is a 150-bed hospital serving the fastest growing area of San Antonio. Specialized care includes orthopedic and surgical services, ICU, women’s services, a newborn nursery, comprehensive cardiovascular care from diagnostics to open heart surgery, vascular lab, sleep center, emergency services, the CHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute, wound care, rehabilitation, and more. The campus also boasts an Outpatient Imaging Center and three medical plazas, one of which houses our CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Health Center.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Provides supervision and guidance to all areas by visiting units/departments throughout the shift to ascertain status of areas, interpreting policies and regulations to staff patients, and visitors, coordinating placement/transfer of patients, and responding to staffing issues
• Screens incoming patients for appropriateness of admission/transfer and facilitates placement in proper level of care
• Functions at all times as the hospital administrative representative by acting as hospital spokesperson, as appropriate, investigating incidents and events and taking appropriate action, interview to provide assistance in problem-solving, and conveying a positive image of the hospital
• Consults with administrator on-call as appropriate
• Arranges/facilitates emergency operations as needed
• Performs clinical functions as needed
• Intervenes in patient, family associated, and physician complaints and follows up with director/manager and patient advocate as appropriate
• Provides staffing for oncoming shift; assigns staff utilizing appropriate mix of full time, PRN and agency staff to meet each unit’s needs
• Makes changes in KRONOS scheduling to represent the most recent staffing plan
• Monitors and utilizes competency/orientation check lists for temporary reassignment of hospital staff and assignment of agency staff
• Performs PFT reviews on PRN Pool associates
• Provides input to director on staff performance
• Works collaboratively with other house supervisors and staffing personnel within the region to effectively utilize the PRN pool

Requirements:

A. Education/Skills

Graduate of a Registered Nursing program, Bachelor’s degree preferred or actively pursuing with completion within 2 years
Minimum of 1-3 years of clinical patient care experience in a relevant setting
Incumbents grandfathered based on experience

B. Experience

Minimum of 1-3 years of clinical patient care experience in a relevant setting

C. Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

RN License in state of employment or compact
BLS

Work Schedule:

PRN

Work Type:

Per Diem As Needed

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