House Supervisor - Clinical Support

Owensboro Health•Owensboro, KY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides nursing and operational leadership while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care in coordination with multidisciplinary teams and leadership. Functions as liaison between all staff, patients, and administration. As a Supervisor at Owensboro Health, you provide frontline leadership and direct support to team members during daily operations. You champion our Safety Culture and foster continuous improvement. You ensure safe, efficient, and compassionate care delivery by monitoring performance, reinforcing expectations, and promoting a just culture. You are a key driver of Owensboro Health’s Target Zero safety commitment, empowering staff to speak up, report concerns, and prioritize patient well-being.

Requirements

A minimum of 2 years' relevant experience as determined by the organization
Bachelor's degree or higher in Nursing required upon hire
RN - Licensed as a Registered Nurse. Eligible to practice nursing in the State of Kentucky required upon hire
BLS - Certified as a Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider required within 45 days of employment in this position
AVADE Workplace Violence Prevention Level III Provider required within 180 days of employment in this position
Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership, orientation, training, coaching, and mentoring to staff.
Responds to requests for assistance with patient care.
Ensures staff compliance with department and organizational policies, procedures, and protocols.
Evaluates the effectiveness of patient care and identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes.
Responds to complaints and addresses through established channels.
Coordinates organizational resources to facilitate patient flow using defined surge activation and management processes when necessary.
Provides administrative direction during disaster and coordinates departmental response according to hospital policy including opening command center when necessary.
Creates and executes daily staffing plan for all in-patient nursing units by evaluating need for low census, reallocation of staff, and procurement of additional resources.
Responds to and oversees management of all requests for Patient Emergency Response Teams (MRT, Code Blue, Code 250, Trauma 911) in accordance with hospital policy.
Responds to and oversees management of all requests for Patient/Family/Visitor behavioral requests (Code Green and TRT)
Verifies accuracy of Provisional Reports of death and acts as Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics for OHRH
Provides nightly after-hours coverage for the following departments: HIM, Materials Management, Dietary, Diabetes Educator (and weekends),Wound Care, Case Management, Marketing, Patient Experience (and weekends), and Vascular Access Team (only when unavailable).
Facilitates provider notification in coordination with the Call Center and Medical Staff Office.
Assists with Employee Relations investigations including staff UDS and BAT collections when necessary.
Acts as UDS and BAT collector on behalf of OH Occupational Medicine at OHRH.
Acts as expert resource for policy identification and interpretation.
Interprets pain pumps and makes adjustments with provider order in accordance with hospital policy.
Provides notary services related to hospital business (paternity affidavit, EMS DNR, Transfers to psychiatric facility, and advanced directives).
Performs job duties in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
Supervises the daily activities of technical, operations, business support or team members and is accountable for performance.
Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion; coordinates worked activities to optimize productivity.
Identifies and solves problems guided by policies and procedures; delivers guidance with oversight from manager.
Effectively assigning tasks and responsibilities to team members based on their strengths. May perform duties of subordinates but at an advanced level and typically less than 80% of their time.
Will approve timecards, participate in hiring, training new hires, provide input into corrective action & development plans, assist with process improvement conduct performance reviews, assist with budgeting and operations, etc.
Identifies and addresses conflicts within the team, facilitating constructive dialogue, and finding solutions to disagreements.
Leads and adapts to organizational changes, communicating effectively during transitions, and engages the team in the process.
Actively engages in the Leadership Development Program by enrolling in the program within the first 6 months of employment and completing the program within the first 2 years of employment.
Prioritizes the physical and psychological safety of the workforce as a foundational element of high-reliability care. Ensure goals are established with effective monitoring and reporting to improve workforce safety and wellbeing. Promotes safe staffing, supports resilience, and ensures that every team member has the tools, training, and environment needed to perform at their best.