SWHR Nurse Supervisor

DEPARTMENT: SOUTHWELL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION F ACILITY: Southwell Medical WORK TYPE: Full Time S HIFT: Daytime SUMMARY: As a SWHR Nurse Supervisor, you will assume responsibility for the overall assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of resident care on the unit. You will carry out the system, and nursing service mission, vision, and values as well as the overall strategic planning, clinical management, resident care, and quality management of the unit.

You will promote the health system service standards and create a resident focused caring environment while addressing and meeting the individual needs of the resident. You will also foster an environment of collaboration and respect with physician colleagues, nurses, and other healthcare team members.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures that the staff are trained and evaluated on their knowledge of and adherence to compliance policies and procedures specific to their jobs. * Utilizes creativity in developing quality/performance improvement programs, instructing staff and implementing new and improved standards. * Communicates with the collaborative care team to establish nursing care standards and evaluate staff compliance.

• Maintains a safe, supportive environment for residents that promotes positive health education, ongoing wellness, and meets resident and family expectations of care. * Develops and implements methods to assess and ensure the effectiveness of the care environment and resident and family satisfaction. * Recognizes the need for resident care to be delivered in a culturally sensitive manner and role models sensitivity to staff.

• Responds to resident, family, and provider concerns or complaints with sensitivity and compassion in a timely manner. * Educates staff to new and existing department procedures and systems (e.g. information systems, fiscal responsibility, etc.) * Creates and maintains a supportive working environment for all staff and students.

• Demonstrates self-development and keeps current on a variety of clinical management and health care topics. * Responds in a timely manner to staff concerns and functions proactively to retain staff. * Participates as member of the healthcare team and various interdisciplinary committees to improve resident care and meet resident needs.

• Supports and guides change initiatives to encourage team ownership, improve service delivery, and ensure alignment with overall organizational goals. * Ensures that departmental policies, decisions, and actions demonstrate regard for the rights, dignity, respect and confidentiality of all residents, family members, visitors, and employees.

• Leads and directs registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, C.N.A’s, and ancillary personnel in accordance with their scope of practice and policies. * Develops annual departmental goals which support the SWHR’s mission and strategic plan. * Monitors and evaluates nursing care by observing and engaging in the nursing process within the department to ensure quality and consistency of care.

• Protects residents’ rights by judiciously protecting information of a confidential nature and follows policies related to information release, confidentiality, resident right, chart access and advance directives. * Completes incident and occurrence reports in accordance with regulatory and legal requirements, documenting and escalating any events or situations that fall outside normal operations or standards of care.

• Accepts responsibility to establish and maintain conditions conductive to high quality nursing care. * Coordinates departmental orientation for all newly appointed employees, to ensure a clear understanding of unit policies and procedures, fire and safety regulations, and other departmental specific requirements or guidelines.

• Provides for and distributes departmental staffing schedules within established time frames, ensuring sufficient number of qualified and competent staff to provide care/service and to ensure equitable distribution of employees’ time off work and overtime assignment, and holiday coverage. * Delegates tasks by clearly communicating expectations to team members.

• Keeps abreast of pertinent federal, and state regulations and laws and Tift Regional Health System, Inc. (“TRHS”) policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified. * Understands and adheres to: TRHS’ compliance standards as they appear in TRHS’s Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy; and HIPAA and TRHS policies regarding privacy and security of protected health information.

• Demonstrates the ability to perform tasks that meet the age-specific requirements of the persons, patients, vendors, and staff that the employee is charged to interact with as required by the position. * Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs. * Attends all mandatory education programs.

• Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes. * Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements. * Cross-trains in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in the department.

• Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects. * Manages resources effectively. * Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment and removes malfunctioning equipment out of service with timely reporting to the appropriate personnel. * Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.

EDUCATION

• Associate's Degree in Nursing CREDENTIALS: * REGISTERED NURSE OTHER INFORMATION: * Three (3) years nursing experience, including previous supervisory experience required. * Bachelor's in Nursing preferred. Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.