RN, Registered Nurse - House Supervisor
CHRISTUS Health • Tyler, TX, US
14 hours ago
Job type
- Full-time
Job description
Job Description
Description\n
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Summary:
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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.
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Responsibilities:
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- 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 \n
- Screens incoming patients for appropriateness of admission/transfer and facilitates placement in proper level of care \n
- 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 \n
- Consults with administrator on-call as appropriate \n
Arranges/facilitates
emergency operations as needed \n - Performs clinical functions as needed \n
- Intervenes in patient, family associated, and physician complaints and follows up with director/manager and patient advocate as appropriate \n
- Provides staffing for oncoming shift; assigns staff utilizing appropriate mix of full time, PRN and agency staff to meet each unit's needs \n
- Makes changes in KRONOS scheduling to represent the most recent staffing plan \n
- Monitors and utilizes
competency/orientation
check lists for temporary reassignment of hospital staff and assignment of agency staff \n - Performs PFT reviews on PRN Pool associates \n
- Provides input to director on staff performance \n
- Works collaboratively with other house supervisors and staffing personnel within the region to effectively utilize the PRN pool \n
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Requirements:
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- Associate's Degree in Nursing \n
- RN License in state of employment or compact \n
- BLS \n
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Work Schedule:
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3 Days - 12 Hours
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Work Type:
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Full Time
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