RN / Night Shift Nursing Supervisor - Resource Team at UW Medical Center-Northwest

Job Description

UW Medical Center-Northwest - Acute Care Resource Team has an outstanding opportunity for a Night Shift Nursing Supervisor (job profile: Registered Nurse 3).

WORK SCHEDULE

• 3x12 shift schedule

• Night shifts (6:00pm-6:30am)

• Must be available to work rotating weekend shifts

• This position will work a mix of onsite floor shifts and administrative time - additional details will be provided in the interview

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

Our Resource Team provides short term and long term staffing coverage on our inpatient acute care units, which include our telemetry, medical-surgical, rehabilitation, and surgical services floors. Resource Team RNs are also cross-trained to work on our specialty units, including the Emergency Department, ICU, Childbirth Center, and our inpatient behavioral health floors. This is a great opportunity to supervise a team where no two shifts are alike.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts as a shift supervisor, responsible for clinical functions, staffing assignments, and care coordination

• Acts as the main onsite leadership when the Nurse Manager is not present

• Fosters a supportive working relationship with staff and nursing care teams

• Oversees patient placement and throughput

• Escalates operational or care issues, including notifications and liaison with the Administrator On-Call

• Provides patient relations assistance after hours

• Handles patient, staff, and provider escalation for issues related to care or personnel issues

• Fosters clinical excellence and incorporates clinical standards into daily practice

• Provides performance feedback to the Nursing Director during annual performance evaluations

• Participates in organizational committees, taskforces, and workgroups

• Provides “just in time” feedback to staff regarding clinical performance, interpersonal team interactions, and patient communications

• Responds appropriately to emergency situations and drills

• Promotes practices and decisions that reduce human error and promote patient safety

REQUIREMENTS

• 4 years of inpatient hospital nursing experience

• Previous charge, lead, or supervisory nursing experience

• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State

• BLS

ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST

UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion.

Teamwork. Community. Opportunity.

ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community. 

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