Administrative House Supervisor (Registered Nurse)

Johnson Memorial Hospital•Franklin, IN

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Administrative House Supervisor (Registered Nurse) is responsible for overseeing patient care areas, evaluating staffing needs, and providing support to caregivers. This role collaborates with department charge nurses to manage personnel distribution and utilization during shifts, addressing staffing needs, high census alerts, and floating. The supervisor may provide direct patient care during high volume or emergency situations. As part of the hospital chain of command, they coordinate and evaluate services across all departments, document pertinent information, and serve as a mediator and mentor for staff and customers. They keep supervisors and administrative staff informed of critical situations and patient conditions, ensuring adherence to policies and HIPAA guidelines. The role also involves providing after-hours case management, social service information, coordinating surgery teams, and potentially vascular access services. The supervisor acts as the on-site administrator during emergency operations, completes required in-service education and competencies, and follows protocols for obtaining drugs and equipment when departments are closed. They also coordinate activities related to the body holding area, coroner activities, and organ donation. The position requires responding to all safety codes and emergency situations, participating in quality improvement activities, and promoting positive employee relations by upholding the hospital's mission and values. All activities must comply with applicable laws, regulations, standards, and hospital policies, including Blood and Body Substance Precautions.

Requirements

Current Indiana Registered Nurse License required
Current certification in ACLS or ALS, BLS or CPR for Healthcare Providers and PALS required
BSN required
Must complete Incident Command module and PALS within six months of starting the job.

Nice To Haves

NRP preferred
Minimum of 5 years of RN experience in a hospital patient care area preferred

Responsibilities

Rounds in all patient care areas to ascertain condition of patients, evaluate staffing needs and provide support to caregivers.
Determines the distribution and utilization of personnel during current or upcoming shifts related to staffing needs, high census alerts, floating and/or use of Economic Time Off (ETO).
May provide direct patient care during periods of high volume/low staffing or emergency situations.
Coordinates and evaluates services rendered by and to all departments and customers during assigned shift and on an ongoing basis.
Documents pertinent information or involvement in customer care in the patient record.
Serves as mediator and mentor for staff and customers as needed.
Keeps immediate supervisor, and when necessary the Chief Executive Officer and/or the designee informed regarding circumstances or situations which have or may have serious impact.
Keeps administrative staff and department directors/managers informed regarding condition of patients, follow-up actions required, and any special conditions via daily administrative report.
Ensures adherence to established JMH and nursing policies while ensuring all plans of action and decisions are made for the benefit of the patient and JMH following HIPPA guidelines.
Provides case management and social service information after hours as needed.
Coordinates surgery team after hours.
May perform and/or coordinate vascular access services after hours as needed.
Serves as the administrator on site if emergency operations need to be initiated or continued.
Completes in-service education and all required competencies.
Follows protocols for obtaining or mixing drugs when pharmacist is unavailable.
Follows protocols for obtaining necessary equipment when departments are closed or staff is unavailable.
Works with laboratory personnel to coordinate activities of the body holding area, coroner activities, organ donation, paperwork and release of bodies.
Responds appropriately to all safety codes and emergency situations, including but not limited to rapid response calls, code blue, code stemi and code neonate.
Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned.
Promotes positive employee relations by using professional communication, fulfilling JMH’s mission and values and demonstrating a commitment to customer service.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Clearly communicates and continuously supports the Mission and Values of Johnson Memorial Health (JMH).
Conducts all activities in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, standards, and JMH policies and procedures including Blood and Body Substance Precautions.