Registered Nurse RN House Supervisor, Nights

Alice Peck Day Health Systems
US - New Hampshire - Lebanon
December 8, 2024

POSITION STANDARDS
- Experience (Minimum Needed):
  - 2 years previous charge nurse/management or nursing supervision/Critical Care Education Education (Minimum Needed)
  - BSN preferred or matriculated in BSN program within the first one to two years of employment.
  - CLS- required
  - BLS- required
  - PALS, TNCC, ENPC and NRP within first year of employment
  - Current New Hampshire RN license
POSITION PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Anything listed here requires a pre-employment physical by Employee Health to determine if the employee is capable of meeting the requirements.
  - Physical Activity:
    - - Frequent standing and walking.
  - Upper Extremity:
    - - Occasional lifting
      - Must be able to transfer up to 160 pounds
      - Must be able to do occasional pushing/pulling of 30-60 pounds.
  - Push/Pull/Lift/Carry:
    - - Frequent upper extremity use.
PART TWO: FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Position Objective
  - Reporting to the Medical/Surgical Inpatient Director, the House Supervisor provides direct nursing and administrative support for all clinical units to ensure continuity of patient care. In partnership with clinical leadership, providers and unit staff, the House Supervisor assures that the standards of nursing practice and the standards of performance are achieved. Utilizes knowledge of growth and development over the life span and demonstrates skill in application of this knowledge to the nursing care process.
- Performance Expectation
  - - Promotes and maintains the mission, vision, values, philosophy and strategic goals of the organization
    - Collaborates with providers, nurses and other members of the health care team to ensure effective delivery of patient care services with a focus on critical clinical events
    - Continuously evaluates the needs of clinical care areas and assists nursing staff to meet patient care needs during acute volume fluctuations
    - Evaluates staffing levels, patient volumes and coordinates allocation of staffing resources
    - Functions as the primary point of contact in determining bed availability and appropriate placement of patients
    - Facilitates patient flow, including direct patient care as needed & may include evaluating and coordinating of bed/nursing assignments, transporting patients that require ongoing cardiac monitoring and/or nursing assessment, initiating admission assessment, problem identification, care planning and documentation, completing time sensitive patient care orders, communicating all pertinent information to the assigned nurse Escalating communication, as necessary to the department leader and/or Administrator on Call (AOC).
    - Acts as a resource for staff and other professionals for a variety of situations that have administrative and clinical components, i.e., medical examiner cases, disaster plan implementation, and inter-facility transfers
    - Assists staff with service recovery as needed
    - Acts as a member of code, assistance and rapid response teams Participates in incident command (IC) and may be first IC in an emergency management event
    - Participates in quality improvement activities
    - Functions within the boundaries of and ensure compliance with organizational policy as well as standards and the scope of Nursing Practice as defined by the New Hampshire Nurse Practice Act.
    - Serves as a member of the nursing leadership team.
    - Demonstrates professional communication with department leaders as well as the AOC, as necessary.
    - Participates in department staff meetings as well as organization-wide leadership meetings.
    - Leads educational/training efforts on evenings, nights and weekends.
    - Conducts medical record (peer) reviews with real-time feedback to employees and trend reports to nurse managers. May be required to perform other duties of lesser, equal or greater levels of responsibility
    - Other duties as assigned.

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