RN House Supervisor - PRN

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans, LA is seeking an RN House Supervisor to lead hospital operations during assigned night shifts. You will oversee clinical and administrative activities, support frontline staff, and serve as the on-site administrative leader in the absence of senior leadership.

The role demands a seasoned nurse leader capable of quick decision-making, crisis management, and cross-department coordination to ensure safe, quality patient care across the system.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience as a charge nurse, clinical supervisor, or nurse manager.
• Valid RN license in Louisiana and BLS-HCP certification.
• Demonstrates leadership, communication, and crisis management skills.

Responsibilities

• Carries out hospital/nursing policies, infection control, safety, and environmental policies.
• Visits patient care units to assess patient condition and staffing needs; provides support to caregivers.
• Coordinates and evaluates services across departments during the shift.
• Maintains leadership updates on circumstances impacting operations.
• Provides administrative leadership in absence of senior leadership; manages staffing distribution.
• Ensures staffing according to unit needs and staff expertise.
• Participates in planning and delivering in-service education and nursing committees.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing leadership

Communication

Education

RN license Louisiana

Job description

Your job is more than a job. Lead with confidence. Make a hospital-wide impact. The RN House Supervisor plays a vital leadership role in hospital operations, providing clinical and administrative oversight during assigned shifts. This position offers the opportunity to influence patient care across the entire organization, support frontline staff, and serve as the administrative leader when senior leadership is not on site. If you’re a seasoned nurse leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys decision-making autonomy, this role offers both challenge and reward.

GENERAL DUTIES

Ensures smooth day to day operation of hospital on assigned shift:

• Carries out hospital/nursing policies, infection control/safety/environmental policies, procedures and standards.
• Visits all patient care units to ascertain condition of patients, evaluate staffing needs and provide support to caregivers.
• Coordinates and evaluates services rendered by and to all departments during the respective shift on an ongoing basis.
• Keeps the leadership informed regarding circumstances or situations which have or may have serious impact.
• Assesses physiologic, psychosocial educational and developmental needs of patients and families and intervenes as needed at all times of stress and crisis.
• Serves as a main resource person on all nursing units for the hospital.
• Provides administrative leadership of the hospital in the absence of administrative personnel:
• Administers the distribution and utilization of personnel employed during the respective shift.
• Informs personnel on ensuring shifts regarding condition of patients, follow up actions required and any special conditions.
• Evaluates and documents performance of employees as indicated and communicates this information to the appropriate department managers.
• Evaluates accuracy of the acuity systems.
• Ensures the professional development of self and staff:
• Participates and assists in the planning and providing of in-service education programs within the hospital or other meetings, seminars, or institutes conducted outside the hospital.
• Participates in nursing meetings and in-service education functions.
• Establishes and maintains communication between other nursing and ancillary departments for the purpose of problem solving:
• Participates on as assigned hospital and/or nursing committees.
• Ensures appropriate staffing:
• Staff's patient care units according to staffing matrix, unit-specific needs and employee experience/expertise.

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

3 years of experience as a charge nurse, clinical supervisor or nurse manager.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Valid license or temporary permit to practice professional nursing in Louisiana. American Heart Association BLS-HCP.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Demonstrates leadership, managerial ability, good written/verbal communication skills. Application of good interpersonal relationships, principles of supervision and administration. Problem solving and crisis management skills.

WORK SHIFT

Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary. Lakeview Hospital , the center of LCMC Health’s extraordinary community of care on the Northshore, provides the only Level II trauma center in St. Tammany Parish. Along with our signature healthcare and wellness services, we continuously adopt the latest treatments, technologies, and medical innovations to better serve our patients. Learn more about Lakeview Hospital and our nationally recognized standards of excellence for heart, stroke, orthopedic, and women’s care.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do. You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

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