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Washington County Hospital and Clinic

House Supervisor RN

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A Nurse Supervisor manages a team of registered nurses at a hospital, nursing home, or other healthcare facility. Handles scheduling and hiring, ensures all codes are met, and assigns nurses to take care of patients. Also often maintains a role overseeing patients.

$72,122 / year median in Iowa

+11% projected growth

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Job Description

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
(include but are not limited to the following)
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE/PATIENT CARE
  • Assists when needed to coordinate staffing for current and on-coming shift. Completion of assignments to provide patients with safe and efficient care, while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
  • Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across the multi-disciplinary team settings and serves as a resource person to staff clinically and administratively.
  • Able to act as an EPIC resource for the Inpatient and ER nursing patient care areas.
  • Perform data mining and analysis of patient charts as assigned by management.
  • Coordinates and/or participates in huddles for acute nursing staff.
  • Act as a Primary RN in the ER and Inpatient Departments when required.
  • Openness to innovative approaches, methods or technology in the ever-changing healthcare setting and helps promote this to all collaborators.
  • Assesses the needs of patients and families, providing appropriate teaching and making the necessary referrals to provide continuity of care.
  • Provide a positive customer experience by involvement and resolution of customer concerns.
  • Assumes leadership role in case of security events (i.e., weather, fire, threats, etc.) and will follow incident command procedure if needed.
  • Effectively apply technical knowledge to problem solve and function as a role model and resource person for other staff members.
  • Assists with the development and updating of policies and procedures.
  • Participate in staff education planning and teaching.
  • Assists orientation of new employees.
  • Conducts house-wide rounds.
  • Display and promote company values
  • Other duties as assigned
PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND PATIENT SAFETY
  • Completes and/or assists staff with the completion of occurrence reports (CRM) at the time of the occurrence in the Hospital Portal
  • Completes the end of shift report at the conclusion of each shift and conducts face-to-face hand off with the on-coming staff.
  • Provides service recovery, as necessary.
  • Will be assigned specific performance improvement indicators, chart audits and other components for the Quality Improvement program.
HOUSE SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP
  • Participates in EMTALA chart audits and EMTALA education for staff.
  • Assists with the development and provision of education for staff.
  • Leads/ensures completion of competency verification for all nursing staff based on recommendations of nursing leadership.
The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job.