RN, Registered Nurse - House Supervisor

CHRISTUS Health; New Braunfels (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CHRISTUS Health seeks a Nursing Supervisor to assure proper staffing on all Nursing Units and to oversee the clinical and administrative supervision of hospital activities in the absence of Administration and Nursing Directors/Managers.

The role involves coordinating staffing, guiding staff, and ensuring policy adherence while maintaining a positive patient and staff experience across shifts. ADN, RN license, and BLS are required.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Nursing is required.
• RN License in state of employment or compact is required.
• BLS certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and guides all areas by visiting units to assess status and ensure staffing needs are met.
• Screens incoming patients for admission/transfer and directs level-of-care placement.
• Acts as hospital administrative representative and communicates with staff and stakeholders.
• Consults with administrator on-call as appropriate.
• Arranges emergency operations and performs clinical functions as needed.
• Addresses patient, family, and physician concerns and follows up with leadership.
• Allocates staffing for shifts and manages cross-training and agency staff.
• Updates KRONOS scheduling to reflect current staffing plan.
• Monitors competency/orientation for temporary staff and agency reassignment.
• Performs PFT reviews for PRN pool associates.
• Provides input to director on staff performance.
• Works with regional staffing teams to optimize PRN pool usage.

Skills

Staff supervision

Staff scheduling

Interpersonal communication

Policy interpretation

Problem solving

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

RN License in state of employment or compact

BLS Certification

Job description

Summary

Assures appropriate staffing is maintained on all Nursing Units; responsible for the clinical and administrative supervision of overall hospital activities in the absence of Administration and Nursing Director/Managers.

Description

Assures appropriate staffing is maintained on all Nursing Units; responsible for the clinical and administrative supervision of overall hospital activities in the absence of Administration and Nursing Director/Managers.

Responsibilities

• Provides supervision and guidance to all areas by visiting units/departments throughout the shift to ascertain status of areas, interpreting policies and regulations to staff patients, and visitors, coordinating placement/transfer of patients, and responding to staffing issues
• Screens incoming patients for appropriateness of admission/transfer and facilitates placement in proper level of care
• Functions at all times as the hospital administrative representative by acting as hospital spokesperson, as appropriate, investigating incidents and events and taking appropriate action, interview to provide assistance in problem-solving, and conveying a positive image of the hospital
• Consults with administrator on-call as appropriate
• Arranges/facilitates emergency operations as neededPerforms clinical functions as needed
• Intervenes in patient, family associated, and physician complaints and follows up with director/manager and patient advocate as appropriate
• Provides staffing for oncoming shift; assigns staff utilizing appropriate mix of full time, PRN and agency staff to meet each unit’s needs
• Makes changes in KRONOS scheduling to represent the most recent staffing plan
• Monitors and utilizes competency/orientation check lists for temporary reassignment of hospital staff and assignment of agency staff
• Performs PFT reviews on PRN Pool associates
• Provides input to director on staff performance
• Works collaboratively with other house supervisors and staffing personnel within the region to effectively utilize the PRN pool

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing
• RN License in state of employment or compact
• BLS

Work Schedule

3 Days - 12 Hours

Work Type

Full Time