DescriptionSummary:
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.
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:
- Associate's Degree in Nursing
- RN License in state of employment or compact
- BLS
Work Type:
Full Time
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