House Supervisor (42444)

Under the general supervision of the Chief Nurse Executive (CNE), the House Supervisor provides oversight of nursing and nursing support staff for multiple departments in the hospital in the absence of the unit nurse manager. Ensures quality patient care, adequate staffing for shifts and provide clinical support to the nursing team. Collaborates with the unit Nurse Managers and Medical Staff on clinical issues regarding patient flow, services and management. Upholds the principles of WIHCC’s Vision, Mission, and Value Statements. Maintains confidentiality of all privileged information at all times.

This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all-inclusive.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.
• Improves staff effectiveness by motivating, coaching, counseling, training and recommending disciplinary action for employees; planning, delegating, monitoring appraising job tasks and results in a timely manner
• Provides nursing duties in the care of general medical-surgical, urgent, trauma, obstetrical, pediatric and behavioral patients as needed.
• Provides direction, supervision, and coordination of patient care activities and functions of the hospital
• Addresses patient care, staffing and any other issues that may arise
• Monitors daily operations by integrating data from electronic systems, personal communication and physical unit rounds to ensure patient care effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction
• Ensures the safety and quality of patient care by allocating and redirecting resources, considering care demands related to acuity, patient and unit requirements and staff skill set
• Coordinates the routine flow of scheduled, direct and emergency patient admissions to efficiently place patients in the appropriate care locations and maximize capacity
• Assures staffing and medical equipment meet work demands, safety requirements, and accreditation standards.
• Acts as a liaison between staff, family, and physicians and other patient care team members.
• Participates in all nursing meetings and WIHCC programs as well and active on the Nursing Administration team.
• Develops, implements, evaluates and revises clinic specific objectives, priorities, policies, procedures, QI activities and standards of care and practice which are consistent with those for the overall clinical nursing and WIHCC programs in collaboration with multi-departments.
• Functions as the Acting Nurse Executive, Ambulatory Clinic Nurse manager and Emergency Department Nurse manager during their absence
• Participates in clinical and peer review to evaluate, modify, and improve current practice.
• Participates in the overall risk management activities for the Division of Nursing in collaboration with CNE, Nurse Executive (NE) and Nurse Educator to assure timely follow up and action plan; with reports sent to Risk Management and Safety Officer.
• Provides orientation to new staff members and students as well as providing guidance, direction and training.
• Maintains professional knowledge and proficiency in nursing through continuing education, staff meetings, workshops, internal training program