Supervisor, Clinical RN - Operating Room - Full Time

Guthrie; Sayre (Bradford County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $25,000

Weekend shift coverage

Job summary

Guthrie's Robert Packer Hospital seeks a House Supervisor to provide leadership in the absence of managers, guiding safe patient care, throughput, and staffing. The role supports Mission, Vision, and Values while coordinating crisis management and emergency response.

Requires RN with five years' experience, BSN preferred, Pennsylvania RN license, BLS, ACLS preferred. The supervisor leads staffing and communication across units and ensures regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Five years RN experience required.
• Demonstrated leadership and effective communication required.
• Experience in high acuity settings with strong clinical judgement.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to promote safe, effective, and efficient care.
• Act as the point of contact for hospital staff and external parties.
• Oversee patient placement and staffing in the absence of management.
• Lead staffing for inpatient units and coordinate bed assignments.

Skills

RN experience

Leadership

Crisis management

High acuity care

Education

BSN preferred

Job description

This position's shift is to cover weekends.

This position is eligible for up to a $25,000 sign on bonus.

Summary

The House Supervisor at Robert Packer Hospital provides oversight for the hospital in the absence of department managers. They represent the Hospital Administration and leadership supporting the Mission, Vision, and Values of the organization. The House Supervisor provides the leadership for the safe care of the patients, visitors, and staff. This includes patient throughput and placement, crisis management, staffing/scheduling, and emergency situational management. The House Supervisor reports to the Manager of the Staffing and Scheduling Operations.

Experience

• A minimum of five years RN experience required
• Previously demonstrated leadership and effective communication required
• Experience in a high acuity setting with strong clinical judgement, critical thinking skills and attention to detail

Education

BSN - Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing preferred.

Licenses

• RN-PA - State of Pennsylvania Registered Nursing License
• BLS - Basic Life Support required. ACLS - Advanced Life Support preferred.

Certification preferred.

Essential Functions

• Provide leadership to promote safe, effective, and efficient care according to best practice.
• Act as the established contact and resource for hospital employees or other external persons. Act as a consultant regarding clinical, administrative, emergency, or legal aspects of patient care. Confer with the administrative person /s on call when necessary.
• Assume administrative responsibilities in the absence of Hospital administration and leadership members.
• Participate in risk management and crisis intervention by acting as a liaison to patients and / or families in times of crisis. Respond and assume appropriate role in emergency codes.
• Oversee and assist with the placement of patients using the right patient, right unit methodology
• Enforce regulatory compliance using hospital, state, and federal guidelines
• Provide support and be a resource especially for emergency and confrontational situations
• Foster professional nurse empowered decision-making, accountability, and autonomy in nursing practices
• Represent the organization in a professional, courteous manner to patients, families, co-workers, and other health care team members. Be sensitive to how verbal and non-verbal communication is perceived. Always maintain confidentiality in compliance with HIPPA.
• Demonstrate effective communication, written and verbal
• Always demonstrate professionalism and respect
• Provide detailed handoff to oncoming House Supervisor
• Deliver updates to Administration, leaders and managers on situations or events to ensure appropriate follow-up
• Escalate situations to the appropriate leader for direction, support and backup as needed
• Provide conflict management techniques in emotionally charged situations to de-escalate, prevent increased escalation and potential harm
• Complete all required documentation needed for validation, improvement, and data collection
• Ensure completion of the death certificate process for patients expiring at RPH.
• Promote patient satisfactionServe as an advocate for the patient in difficult situations and in the clinical management of their care
• Prioritize and expedite all communications in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Perform service recovery as needed
• Be visible to the patients and their families
• Initiate and lead staffing for the inpatient unitsContinually review and compare census / acuity levels on patient units to staffing. Ensure staffing level is appropriate. Adjust to patient needs and budgetary constraints as necessary.
• Review staffing for the next shift: following guidelines, create a staffing plan for the inpatient units in the hospitalDays - lead the staffing huddle and with the assistance of the managers, create a staffing plan for the next couple of shifts, especially if there is low/high staffing
• Nights - utilizing guidelines and the staffing plan created at the huddle, make changes as needed for a safe, balanced plan
• Ensure the staffing plan is the safest plan possible, even if there is conflict with your decisions
• Be a financial steward for the hospitalIdentify areas of waste and notify the appropriate leader
• Follow the algorithm when calling people off or letting them go home early for low census
• Guide patient placement for right patient, right unitCollaborate with the Pulse Center for proper placement of patients.
• Prioritize the data and information collected based on the patient's immediate condition or anticipated needs. Work through potential risks or barriers to getting the patient here in a safe and timely manner.
• Working with the Pulse Center, coordinate and arrange emergent and non-emergent patient transfer to and from Robert Packer Hospital.
• Assist with the efficient and appropriate patient bed assignments while monitoring on-going bed availability. Coordinate patient flow throughout Robert Packer Hospital while collabo