Job Description

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.

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 Schedule:

3 Days - 12 Hours

Work Type:

Full Time

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Relief, Shift work

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