Registered Nurse House Supervisor (PRN, Nights/Weekends)- HSC Pediatric Center, DC
Children's National HospitalAbout the role
Description
The Nursing Supervisor is a professional Registered Nurse who is responsible for the supervision, direction, and delivery of nursing care on a specific shift. Provides clinical and management advice to all staff members. Communicates and collaborates with support services, physicians, and staff members to enhance quality patient care. All efforts are directed toward continuous quality improvement, family-centered care, and good customer relations. Serves as the facility manager during non- traditional hours. In additions, this position must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served by the department of nursing. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess and analyze data reflective of the patient population and reflective of the age-specific needs to facilitate nursing care by staff.Qualifications
Minimum Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Required)
Additional credits towards a Master’s Degree (Preferred)
Minimum Work Experience
Five (5) years of experience with at least three (3) of those years in Pediatrics. At least one (1) year of experience as a Charge Nurse, Supervisor, or management position. Assumes responsibility for continued education and maintain skills. Demonstrates excellence in Pediatric Nursing. Demonstrates leadership ability and ability to implement administrative and organizational principles. Demonstrates ability to implement good interpersonal relations with all members of the hospital staff. Demonstrate knowledge of behavioral and scientific principles. (Required)
Required Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse in District of Columbia (Required) Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Upon Hire (Required)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Upon Hire or within 30 days of hire Upon Hire (Required)
Certification in Pediatric Nursing, Rehab Nursing, and/or Nursing Administration (Preferred)
Job Functions
Essential job duties
- Supports and promotes HSC’s mission and values in quality care and customer satisfaction by mentoring, participating in customer service/quality of care initiatives, etc.
- Ensure units comply with regulatory and professional standards. Monitor patients assessment and conducts chart review per JCAHO standards and implements follow up actions as identified. Analyze written reports on patients to determine conformity to physicians order and adherence to nursing standards of practice care.
- Ensures patients are assigned appropriate level of care based on patient care needs.
- Oversees and ensures that admits, transfers and discharges are facilitated in a timely manner, to maintain patient flow.
- Ensures assignments are based on patient acuity and competency or staff, considering staff ratio.
- Participates in departmental policy, procedure and performance improvement development as appropriate.
- Evaluates the quality of patient care by conducting unit, interdisciplinary and informal rounds, through direct staff observation and review of nursing documentation.
- Collaborates with Director regarding discipline of employees and responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring employee work improvement plan.
- Understands, coordinates, and carries out Emergency Plan to meet crises as they occur (snow emergency, Code Blue, fire, etc.). Acts as team leader for appropriate codes .
- Attends nursing leadership meetings and staff meetings as appropriate per departmental requi
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