Clinical Nurse Supervisor- Staffing Resource Pool, nights

Nemours • Wilmington, DE

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About The Position

Nemours is seeking a Clinical Nurse Supervisor (nights) to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, DE. This is a registered nurse with clinical and shift management responsibilities for hospital operations.

Requirements

• BSN required
• American Heart Association BLS required
• Active Delaware (or compact state) Registered Nurse Licensure Required
• 3-5 years experience as a staff nurse
• Management experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Shares clinical expertise with staff and provides direction for staff in exercising clinical skills.
• Demonstrates management skills effectively and universally when dealing with staff on a shift.
• Guides clinical practice by adhering to the Nurse Practice Act.
• Initiates cost-effective and appropriate quality care by reviewing and adjusting unit assignment of staff in collaboration with Nurse Managers/Charge Nurses.
• Identifies problems on a shift and initiates actions to correct the problem.
• Communicates problem areas to Chief Nurse Executive/designee.
• Enters all staffing changes in the automated staffing and scheduling system.
• Interprets and role models Hospital and Department philosophies, policies, and objectives.
• Provides Clinical management coverage for all patient care units.
• Informs and reports any unusual occurrences to the Chief Nurse Executive /designee and Administrator on-Call.
• Functions in the role of the Incident Commander during a Code Delta until relieved by the Administrator-on-Call.
• Manages and resolves all patient care issues in the absence of the Chief Nurse Executive/designee.
• Identifies problems, gathers sufficient data, analyzes data, and determines strategies to utilize for problem resolution.
• Contributes appropriately to quality improvement activities.
• Evaluates outcome of problem resolution to determine effectiveness.
• Supports development of staff by encouraging participation in educational programs.
• Identifies individual and unit educational needs for a specific shift on weekends and communicates to Nurse Managers/designee on Nursing Staff Development.
• Communicates staff deficiencies to the unit Nurse Manager.
• Provides periodic evaluation of staff to the unit Nurse Manager.
• Provides constructive guidance to staff for development of clinical expertise.
• Counsels employees in the absence of the Nurse Manager.
• Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively with ancillary departmental staff.
• Establishes a positive work environment to achieve optimal patient care.
• Demonstrates effective and professional written and oral communication skills.
• Conveys unit information regarding patients, unit activity, staffing, and personnel problems to the Nurse Manager/designee daily.
• Provides recommendation to improve nursing work flows and efficiency.
• Performs all other related tasks as indicated by the Chief Nurse Executive/designee.
• Responsible for participation in departmental and hospital programs for Quality Assessment and Improvement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree