RN Supervisor - Registered Nurse - Medical ICU - Days and Nights Available
Job Description
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Location : University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Shifts Available : Full-Time (36 hours / week) Days (7a-7p) or Nights (7p-7a)
General Description :
Under limited administrative direction, supervises nursing staff and provides expert nursing care to patients with health problems ranging from complex to multi-complex.
Essential Responsibilities :
- Supervises nursing staff on a shift and ensures safe and effective nursing care is provided to assigned patients.
- Ensures the oncoming shift has adequate nursing personnel to meet identified patient care needs; arranges for staff to work overtime shifts for personnel shortages based on minimum staffing requirements;
assists in the development of monthly personnel schedules.
- Assists in determining work assignments based on nursing resources and identified patient care needs.
- Assists with revision of policies and procedures.
- Evaluates, documents and counsels staff on a designated shift regarding job requirements and work performance; assists with employee evaluations and recommends appropriate personnel actions.
- Conducts meetings with staff on a designated shift to discuss patient care and unit concerns.
- Ensures educational offerings and experiences are available to staff.
- Develops quality assurance indicators.
- If pertinent to the area, will be responsible for updating operating room procedure cards for specialty areas.
- Ensures orientation of new employees to a unit.
- Monitors productivity targets established by the department.
General Responsibilities :
Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications :
Education : Associate's Degree in Nursing required.
Experience : 1.5 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting which includes at least 6 months charge experience.
License(s) / Certification(s) / Registration(s) Required : Current RN License issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing, or a current multistate compact RN License (eNLC).
Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (American Heart Association) required within 6 months of hire.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :
- Knowledge of nursing theory, practices, techniques, procedures and standards plus the principles of supervision.
- Skill in planning and organizing nursing care
- Ability to apply advanced nursing clinical skills
- Ability to maintain records and charts
- Ability to prepare written reports
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Must be a strategic thinker, self-motivated and have excellent problem solving and project management skills
- Proven ability to effectively manage multiple high priority deliverables