Nursing Clinical Supervisor

Regional One Health

Memphis (TN)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 105,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Regional One Health in Memphis, TN, is seeking a Nursing Supervisor/Manager to oversee patient care during night shifts, coordinate staffing, and provide leadership for the evening, night and weekend hours.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in nursing, TN RN licensure, CPR certification, and at least 3 years of clinical nursing experience with leadership exposure. You will ensure unit staffing, mentor staff, and maintain compliance with patient care standards.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
RN licensure in TN or eligible for licensure.
CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

Supervise nursing personnel and patient care during assigned shift.
Ensure multi-disciplinary team communication and compliance with patient care standards.
Perform rounds and provide managerial presence to ensure care meets policies and regulatory requirements.
Respond to emergencies and coordinate with health team members.
Provide staff orientation and training as needed.
Mentor staff and handle disciplinary actions in consultation with leadership.
Coordinate admissions, discharges and transfers and bed assignment according to clinical needs.
Prepare reports and monitor performance improvement activities.

Skills

Leadership

Staff coordination

Communication

Clinical oversight

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Tools

CPR Certification

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Med-Surg - Memphis, TN 38103Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year DegreeTravel Percentage: NoneJob Shift: NightJob Category: Nursing ServicesFunctions as the administrative liaison to provide supervision, leadership, direction and clinical support during evening, night and weekend hours ("off shifts"). Assists in monitoring activities of the patient units to provide staffing levels required to meet patient needs. May be assigned to work day shift as required.

What you will do

Apprises Manager, Central Staffing of all activities, pertinent changes in Internal/ external market, threats and opportunities in a timely and anticipatory manner and presents action plans for immediate implementation/approval.
Coordinate and supervise nursing personnel and patient care during assigned shift and ensures multi-disciplinary team communication. Maintains compliance with patient care standards as it relates to the care provided to patients ranging from neonates to geriatrics.
Makes rounds and provides managerial presence to ensure planned or required care is being provided to patients in compliance with established hospital policies and procedures, standards of care and regulatory requirements.
Responds to emergency situations coordinating with other health team members.
Provides patient assessments and make recommendations on the care of the patient.
Exercises independent judgment and initiative to make decisions pertaining to the management of patient care.
Provides “on the spot” in orientation and training of staff as needed.
Takes disciplinary action as needed at the time of infraction in consultation with the Nurse Manager or Director as necessary.
Provides feedback, documentation and recommendation to department managers regarding unit operation, patient care activities, and educational needs of staff.
Acts as a resource person for staff and physicians regarding patient care standards and administrative policies and protocols.
Functions as staff support, acting as staff relief and providing direct patient care as necessary.
Provides and maintains adequate staffing to meet patient care needs by:
- Procuring necessary staff by utilizing the PRN pool and agencies to maintain appropriate staffing levels for each nursing unit based on patient classification recommendations and central staffing operational guidelines.
- Cost containment by reducing staff when feasible, especially agency staff.
- Performing agency licensure verification.
- Procuring supplies when needed in absence of distribution staff and assuring appropriate security.
Coordinates and expedites the admission, discharge and transfer procedures by:
- Participating in daily bed huddle assessing placement needs and identifying barriers to patient flow.
- Making bed assignment/placement as necessary based on clinical assessment of patient.
- Ensures admission and discharge functions are completed with patients updated into the system in a timely fashion.
- Coordinates the in-house hospital transfers and transfers from one facility to another.
- Coordinates emergency transfers of patients to another acute care facility.
Administratively coordinate all problem situations which arise during shift.
- Identify problem, documenting resolution and communicating to appropriate departments.
- In the case of situations which demand it, notifies the Administrator on call for resolution.
- Takes appropriate action in the event of any patient, employee or visitor injury.
- Handles family and/or patient complaints and problems.
- Interprets administrative and personnel policies as needed.
Functions on the behalf of all ancillary departments when they are closed.
- Procures pharmaceuticals in a timely fashion.
- Procures patient care supplies as needed from distribution and central sterile departments.
- Assess the need for and coordinating calls to maintenance.
- Coordinates the calls to Respiratory, Lab and Radiology during the "off" hours when necessary.
- Obtains inpatient and outpatient medical records and other information requested by physicians.
Coordinates bereavement activities for families and significant others of hospital patients.
- Completes appropriate paperwork on death charts to ensure compliance with state, federal, and county regulations.
- Submits death certificates for all patients sent directly from hospital to Shelby County for burial and files with Department of Health within department’s timeframe.
- Notifies funeral home, medical examiners office and/or Pathologist of patient’s death and the need for arrangements to transport deceased.
- Communicates with Organ and Tissue donation representatives to adequately provide their services to the deceased patients’ family members.
- Provides direct support to medical staff in the provision of information and the obtaining of consent for post-mortems.
- Monitors staff member’s compliance with policy and procedures pertaining to tissue tracing and medical records.
- Contacts and coordinates activities with other services and support operations within or outside hospital.
Demonstrates knowledge and technical, interpersonal and critical thinking skills to provide care, maintain clinical competency, and meet age-specific patient needs within the unit, consistent with nursing division policies and procedures, and with consideration given to risk management, infection control practices, and patient safety practices.
Facilitates interdisciplinary team process. Consults and/or works collaboratively with other disciplines, ensuring the integration of patient care activities.
- Coordinates activities with other departments/areas such as Nursing and Medical Staff, Medical Records and MEDCOM emergency communications.
- Collaborates with law enforcement officials and forensic team to maintain a safe and secure environment at all times during the care of patient’s in custody.
- Participates in Performance Improvement Programs to effect change, enhance delivery of services and problem solve within the organization.
- Participates in risk management activities.
Prepares and maintains required reports, records and files for administrative and operational purposes.
- Utilizes computer and information systems to enter format data and generate reports.
- Reports trends in data which reflect system issues, establishes priorities and recommends improvement activities to Manager and/or other responsible parties.
Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements to maintain knowledge of best practices, current trends and developments in nursing and patient care services. Responds to problems/opportunities to improve work environment and participates in unit-based performance improvement activities.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in nursing required Required
Required andBachelor's Degree Applicants hired prior to 1/1/2025 Preferred
RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Current license to work in state of TN Upon Hire Required and
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Upon Hire Required
Minimum 3 years experience clinical nursing experience with one (1) year in a leadership role Required

Physical Demands