RN House Supervisor

WhidbeyHealth Medical Center; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Prescription Drug Coverage

Dental Options

Vision Benefits

Life & AD&D Insurance

Long-Term Disability Coverage

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Job summary

WhidbeyHealth Medical Center seeks a House Supervisor (RN) to coordinate across hospital departments and perform essential administrative tasks during shifts.

You will liaise with patients, families, and clinicians to ensure high-quality patient care, serving as the primary nursing contact when managers are unavailable and overseeing patient flow across units including Emergency, ICU, and Surgical Services.

Qualifications

• BSN required and RN licensed in Washington State.
• Minimum 3 years of full-time post-licensure clinical experience in an acute setting.
• NIMS training completion required.
• Proficiency with clinical documentation systems.
• Knowledge of healthcare best practices and organizational policies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with departments and senior management to ensure quality care.
• Ensure nursing staff have adequate rest and meal breaks.
• Provide clinical instruction and guidance to nursing staff as needed.
• Assign staff per scope of practice to maximize patient outcomes.
• Oversee overnight and weekend patient flow and act as primary contact when managers are unavailable.
• Lead process improvement initiatives and participate in committees as assigned.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Team coordination

Clinical instruction

Emergency response

Education

BSN

Registered Nurse License - WA

ACLS verification

BLS HCP verification

PALS/NRP/TNCC

Job description

A House Supervisor is a registered nurse within the WSNA bargaining unit who coordinates among departments at WhidbeyHealth to perform administrative tasks; report any issues that may arise during shifts to managers and administrators-on call; and liaise with patients, patients’ families, medical professionals, and other WhidbeyHealth staff to ensure quality patient care.

A House Supervisor should have extensive experience coordinating and supporting nursing staff throughout a hospital environment and be able to lead a team performing high-level patient care across hospital departments. They are responsible for ensuring nursing staff has adequate rest and meal breaks and, in the absence of a manager or supervisor, serve as the primary point of contact for WhidbeyHealth’s nursing staff and oversee overnight and weekend patient flow in both clinical and non-clinical departments, including: Emergency Department, Patient Access, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging, Surgical Services, Whidbey Family Birthplace, Medical/Surgical Unit, Intensive Care Unit and Respiratory Therapy. A House Supervisor also registers and discharges patients and provides patient care and clinical support within departments as needed.

PRINCIPLE FUNCTIONS includes the following, other duties may be assigned:

• Liaising with patients and family members and coordinating with senior management, and healthcare professionals to ensure quality care.
• Ensuring nursing staff has adequate support to take rest and meal breaks.
• Providing nursing staff with clinical instruction, advice, or guidance, when required.
• Implement safe action plans, assigns appropriate staff according to licensed scope of practice to maximize patient and / or stewardship outcomes.
• Responds to administration calls and situations in the absence of Manager I Department Leader in a timely manner.
• o Expediting issues of concern to senior administrators on call.

• Updating records and communicating information to relevant departments.
• Performing quality audits, documenting and reporting findings.
• Coordinating the flow of patients through acute care settings nights and weekends.
• Leading and serving on Task Forces, Process Improvement Teams and Committees as assigned.
• Having knowledge of organizational policies and procedures.
• Acting confidently during emergent threats to the organization (i.e., fire, infant abduction, earthquake, power outage, water outage, etc.)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree (BSN).

Training and Experience

• Minimum of three (3) years Full-time post-licensure clinical experience in an acute setting.
  • One (1) year prior experience at the unit based charge nurse level or department level for non- nursing managers preferred.
  • Completion of National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) training program.
  • Proficiency in clinical documentation systems.
  • In-depth knowledge of best practices in healthcare.
  • Having knowledge of organizational policies and procedures.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Registered Nurse in the State of Washington.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) verification.
• Current Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) verification.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Program and Trauma Nursing Core Course required.

We offer a thoughtful, comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family at every stage of life:

• Medical Coverage– HDHP w/HSA / PPO
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Dental Options– PPO / Managed-Care Plan
• Vision Benefits– VSP
• Life & AD&D Insurance– Employer paid coverage
• Long-Term Disability Coverage– Employer paid income Protection
• Health Savings Account (HSA)– If enrolled in HDHP
• Employee & Provider Assistance Programs– Free, confidential support
• Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance– Additional employee paid buy up option
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability Coverage– Additional employee paid buy up option

Benefit Information and Wage Transparancy:

WhidbeyHealth Employees who work a 0.6 FTE or higher are categorized as, “benefit eligible”.