Nursing House Supervisor

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuing education opportunities

Supportive health care environment

Job summary

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in Saint Paul, MN, seeks a Level III RN to provide family-centered nursing care for patients with disabilities. The role demands strong leadership, patient education, and a commitment to healthcare excellence.

Qualified candidates will hold a current RN license and a Bachelor's degree in Nursing, along with CPR-BLS certification. Preference is given to candidates with 3+ years of experience and a Master's degree in Nursing.

Qualifications

• Current RN license through MN Board of Nursing.
• Completion of a professional nursing program.
• Current nursing specialty certification (to be obtained within 12 months).

Responsibilities

• Administer family-centered nursing care to patients.
• Educate patients and families on illness management.
• Supervise nursing care and health education tailored to needs.

Skills

Leadership experience

Customer service

Nursing care

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field

Current Registered Nurse (RN) license

Current CPR-BLS certification

Tools

Electronic health record systems

Medical technology

Job description

Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare provides specialized health care for people who have short‑term or long‑term disabilities that began during childhood. We help children, adults and their families improve their health, achieve greater well‑being and enjoy life.

Job Description

This position administers family‑centered nursing care to patients, advises on health maintenance and disease prevention, and provides skilled assistance in navigating the health care system as appropriate to the developmental, cultural, emotional, and medical needs of the patient and their families. The Level III RN oversees and directs patient care activities and unit personnel, providing leadership through multidisciplinary teamwork.

• Remain current with evidence and knowledge, accessing, assessing, and applying necessary information to practice.
• Integrate all contributions to patient care, acting as a strategist and manager of the patient’s journey, including interdisciplinary hand‑offs.
• Record medical histories and symptoms, assist with diagnostic tests and analysis, operate medical or information technology, administer treatments and medications, and facilitate follow‑up and rehabilitation.
• Educate patients and families on illness management, warning signs, home care needs, diet, nutrition, mobility, exercise, self‑medication, and emergency care.

Expected Competencies

Commitment

Demonstrate a commitment to Gillette’s Mission, Vision, and Principles of Care. Understand how your work aligns with company and department objectives and take ownership of success.

Accountability

Hold self and others accountable for actions, commitments, results, and resource management. Maintain the care of the work environment.

Respect

Foster a welcoming environment with high acceptance, cooperation, and mutual respect of individual differences. Build professional relationships with patients, families, coworkers, and others.

Excellence

Adopt practices that deliver superior clinical and non‑clinical outcomes, enhance processes, and ensure excellence. Embrace change and seek continuous learning.

Service

Show passion for caring for patients, families, coworkers, and others by anticipating and meeting needs.

Core Competencies

Patient Care

• Conduct thorough assessments.
• Develop individualized, evidence‑based care plans.
• Implement interventions.
• Prioritize based on immediate condition or anticipated needs.
• Evaluate outcomes.
• Communicate real‑time patient data to enhance decision making by patients, families, colleagues, and other providers.
• Ensure accurate documentation of care.
• Assist interdisciplinary team in adjusting interactions and care delivery.
• Use systems thinking to influence care models for episodes of care via integration, problem solving, and coordination.
• Supervise and lead nursing care and health education tailored to patient, family, cultural, and community needs.
• Identify learning needs of the population served; assess cultural, social, and behavioral factors in care delivery.
• Implement effective teaching plans.
• Employ strategies to promote health in a safe environment.
• Evaluate effectiveness of health education as culturally and developmentally appropriate.

Autonomous Practice

• Exercise independent judgment that influences care and demonstrates understanding of potential clinical implications.
• Supervise, delegate, and provide care based on staff abilities and patient acuity.
• Generate, share, and accept new ideas, incorporating them into daily work.
• Seek information and create solutions through interactive problem solving.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data; present information contextually to clarify significance.
• Assume a clinical expert leadership role, influencing and monitoring patient care standards.
• Integrate ethical standards and core values into daily activities.
• Utilize leadership, team building, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills to build partnerships.

Procedures and Policies

• Interpret and monitor implementation of organizational policies and procedures according to regulations, professional, and community standards.
• Protect confidentiality of personal health information.

Active Engagement

• Represent department in committees, task forces, unit activities, or other work groups; disseminate information and decisions to colleagues.
• Attend minimum 75% of department staff meetings.
• Lead or co‑chair at least one engagement activity.
• Provide accountability through dashboards; promote transparency by reporting near misses and medical errors.
• Lead or facilitate participation in department staff meetings.
• Contribute meaningfully to professional environment productivity and the Nursing Collaborative Governance model.
• Understand dynamic forces contributing to cultural diversity and their impact on the professional healthcare environment.
• Collaborate with manager to ensure resource allocation, development and implementation of strategies reflect unit operation needs.
• Demonstrate Engaged Professional Practice model integration, guiding staff through decision making.

Qualifications

Required

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license through the MN Board of Nursing.
• Documentation of completion of a professional nursing program (RN program).
• Current nursing specialty certification (or obtain within 12 months) and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or other health‑care related field.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
• Current CPR‑BLS certification for Health Care Providers by the American Heart Association (exception: Telehealth RNs).
• Current PALS certification required for RN’s working in PICU, RN’s cross‑trained in PICU, and peri‑anesthesia nurses providing direct patient care.
• Interest in working with people with short‑term or long‑term disabilities beginning in childhood.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Physically able to work required hours and transport patients.

Strongly Preferred

• Minimum of 3 years nursing experience.
• Master’s degree in Nursing or other health‑care related field.

EEO Statement

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.