Nursing Supervisor - Nurse Admin (Days)

tannercareers; Villa Rica (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nursing Supervisor at Tanner Health System oversees nursing duties and management decisions during an 8-12 hour period. This role requires leadership, prioritization, and accountability for patient care across hospital units.

Requires a Georgia RN license (or multi-state) and CPR. Two years of related experience and BLS within 30 days. Reports to the Nurse Manager and works to maintain high standards of care and staff development.

Qualifications

• Two years of related nursing experience.
• Must be able to convey clear concise instructions to patient, family, and staff.
• BLS required within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Supervise nursing staff and manage shifts to ensure adequate coverage.
• Prescribe, delegate and coordinate nursing care using the nursing process.
• Maintain high standards of patient care throughout the hospital.
• Coordinate with hospital departments and provide a resource for nursing practice.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Decision making

Job description

The Nursing Supervisor performs nursing duties and makes management decisions in accordance with hospital policy procedure and supervises other nursing personnel who are responsible for patient care during an 8-12 hour period. The Nursing Supervisor is a proficient nurse who has chosen the management tract. This nurse has general knowledge of nursing practice and takes responsibility for the development and nurturing of self. This individual serves as a resource person for nursing and other hospital departments and must be able to set priorities. This position will include accountability for maintaining high standards of patient care throughout the hospital. The Nursing Supervisor is responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating and coordinating the nursing care provided in the hospital utilizing the nursing process.

Required Knowledge & Skills

Education: See License/Certification Requirements

Experience: Two years of related experience. Requires working knowledge of specialized practices, equipment, and procedures.

Licenses and Certifications

• GEORGIA REGISTERED NURSE LICENSE OR MULTISTATE NURSING LICENSE
• HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)

Qualifications

• Proficient in written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to convey clear concise understandable instructions to patient, family, and staff. Must be able to understand information in order to make appropriate and timely decisions.
• BLS required within 30 days of hire.

Statement Of Employment Philosophy

Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.

Functions

Area of Responsibilities

• SUPERVISION OF STAFF: Responsible for assessing staffing requirements for the current and on-coming shifts and assures adequate staffing on all nursing units. Staffs commensurate with patient need and nursing staff education and abilities. Facilitate use of scheduled staff in a manner which facilitates patient flow and efficient use of resources. Provides Leadership in absence of managers or Director of Nursing. Collaborates with Nurse Manager and Director regarding staffing and nursing personnel issues. Assures quality nursing care through rounds and ongoing unit supervision. Role models an interdisciplinary collaborative approach to patient care through interactions with other departments. Coordinates implementation of Disaster Plans. Effectively handles situations in a calm, objective manner and coordinates needed change. Adaptable, flexible, and consistently effective in staffing and managing problems. Challenges and adapts systems to maximize the benefits for patient care. Collaborates with physicians and other disciplines to implement interventions to meet emerging problems. Addresses subtle changes in the patient and assists staff to address through ongoing assessment, prioritization, and interventions.
• QUALITY, PI, STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE: Knowledgeable regarding hospital policy and procedures, regulatory standards, evidence based practice guidelines (EMTALA, TJC, CMS, Georgia Board of Nursing, quality metrics, etc.) Knowledgeable in the review of data within the electronic record. Assists director and managers in the identification, coordination and Implementation and Monitoring of Unit specific process improvement opportunities which minimize errors, improve patient safety and satisfaction, maximize resource utilization and provide a safe work environment.
• EDUCATION AND MENTORING: Assists in provision of education for department staff to include orientation of new employees and ongoing in-service to develop and ensure competency and compliance with standards related to best practice, specialized departmental equipment, procedures, ages specific competencies, medication management and age specific core competencies and staff compliance with annually required education.
• AGE APPROPRIATE CARE: Demonstrates the behavior, skills and knowledge to provide age appropriate care for all ages and populations served to include the: ability to communicate, assess developmental level, physiologic norms, signs and symptoms of neglect, immunization status, and emotional response to stress.
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Committed to finding solutions to problems rather than blaming others. Demonstrates knowledge of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, standards of nursing practice. Participates in required annual hospital wide and nursing continuing education. Accurately evaluates self and establishes goals in self directed manner. Actively seeks out opportunities for knowledge/skill enhancement within and beyond the practice setting.
• COORDINATION OF EDUCATION: Lifelong learner who strives to maintain current knowledge related to practice and performance. assists in provision of education for department staff to include orientation of new employees and ongoing in-service to develop and ensure competency and compliance with standards related to best practice, specialized departmental equipment, procedures, ages specific competencies, medication management and age specific core competencies and staff compliance with annually required education.

Compliance Statement

Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.

Required Knowledge & Skills

Education: See License/Certification Requirements

Experience: Two years of related experience. Requires working knowledge of specialized practices, equipment, and procedures.

Licenses and Certifications

• GEORGIA REGISTERED NURSE LICENSE OR MULTISTATE NURSING LICENSE
• HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)

Supervision

• Reports to Director of Nursing

Qualifications

• Proficient in written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to convey clear concise understandable instructions to patient, family, and staff. Must be able to understand information in order to make appropriate and timely decisions.
• BLS required within 30 days of hire.

Definitions

The Nursing Supervisor performs nursing duties and makes management decisions in accordance with hospital policy procedure and supervises other nursing personnel who are responsible for patient care during an 8-12 hour period. The Nursing Supervisor is a proficient nurse who has chosen the management tract. This nurse has general knowledge of nursing practice and takes responsibility for the development and nurturing of self. This individual serves as a resource person for nursing and other hospital departments and must be able to set priorities. This position will include accountability for maintaining high standards of patient care throughout the hospital. The Nursing Supervisor is responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating and coordinating the nursing care provided in the hospital utilizing the nursing process.

Position Responsibilities

Contact with Others: Frequent contacts of a significant nature involving difficult negotiations and technical matters requiring thorough knowledge of organization policies or treatment, plus an ability to understand, communicate with, and to lead, and influence others to obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action. Requires a high degree of diplomacy.

Effect of Error

Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.

People Management Responsibilities

Supervisory Responsibility: Has limited supervision over a large section of employees (15 up), i.e. assigns and directs their work; instructs new employees and corrects results, may discuss with supervisor, but has no authority over job content or personnel. Team governance where the Members evaluate, interview, and recommend personnel actions.

Work Environment/Physical Effort

Mental Demands: Work involves a variety of complex problems to be solved under general organization policies. Ingenuity and judgment are required to review facts, plan work, estimate costs, and deal with factors not easily evaluated, interpret results, draw conclusions, and take or recommend action. Solutions to problems often require coordination with other departments.

Working Conditions

Working Conditions: Considerable - (About 75% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.

Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations

Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes

Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: Yes

Physical Aspects

Bending: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Typing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Hearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Reaching -- above shoulder: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Reaching -- below shoulder: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Visual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Color Vision: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Speaking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Standing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Balancing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Walking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Crawling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Running - in response to an emergency: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Lifting over 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Carrying: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Climbing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Kneeling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Squatting: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Tasting: Not required

Smelling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Driving -- Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required

Driving -- Class C vehicles: Not required

Driving -- CDL class vehicles: Not required

N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Pushing/Pulling -- up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Pushing/Pulling -- 25 to 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs. : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time