House Supervisor PRN Nights

Wellstar Health System•Roswell, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN House Supervisor is a registered professional nurse providing hospital-wide leadership to all departments and divisions. This role utilizes advanced competencies in communication, job knowledge, professionalism, and business skills to foster a center of excellence for staff recruitment, retention, and improved clinical and business outcomes. As a member of the leadership team, the House Supervisor oversees hospital activities in the absence of the hospital president, administrators, and department directors, managing clinical, financial, human, and material resources. The position reports directly to nursing resources leadership and indirectly to the administrator on call (AOC), partnering with hospital leaders and medical staff to achieve the hospital's mission, vision, and goals. The RN House Supervisor also provides leadership and mentorship to department supervisors, assistant nurse managers, and charge nurses when traditional leaders are unavailable. This role is responsible for upholding standards, ensuring safe and quality care through effective communication, observation, and collaborative servant leadership. The supervisor applies performance improvement methodologies, Lean Six Sigma principles, and evidence-based practice, acting as a change agent. Additionally, the RN House Supervisor serves as a safety officer, ensuring regulatory and quality standards are met, mitigating risks, and promoting a culture of safety. The role fosters communication and collaboration across all departments, serves as a sponsor for performance improvement, and models effective teamwork. All nurse leaders are expected to be licensed, knowledgeable, and adhere to the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association's Scope of Practice, and Code of Ethics Standards, while upholding patient advocacy and service excellence goals.

Requirements

Bachelors Nursing
RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
Minimum 2 years clinical experience
Additional two years of nursing leadership or supervisory role
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building
Knowledge of the health care environment
Leadership that includes successfully implementing and managing a change process
Ability to use systems thinking and inspire, coach others to be successful
Model the way for professional practice
Professionalism and teamwork/collaboration for self/department/medical staff
Possess necessary business skills to manage human and material resources
Able to apply principles of managerial and leadership theory
Proficient in clinical technology (e.g. Epic)
Proficient in computers skills such as; scheduling and other office software (e.g. SmartSquare, MS Word)
Continuous learner who understands health care financing, strategy, and operations for running a business unit(s)
Effectively employ data and technology to support work processes and make decisions
Supports shared governance or shared decision making
Manage the design and delivery of care that is based on evidence and focused on quality and safety
Knowledge of risk management and various accreditation/regulations/licensing requirements assuring that these are upheld while advancing industry standards through the achievement of goals by effective management and measurement of outcomes

Nice To Haves

RN Supervisor or Nurse Leadership experience
Masters Nursing
Masters Business Administration/Management
Masters Health Administration
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ARC-ALS - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor

Responsibilities

Promotes the hospital image and maintains a helpful attitude towards employees, physician, visitors, and the community to enhance the hospitals reputation as a healthcare provider.
Presents self in a positive manner reflected by personal attire and etiquette.
Maintains confidentiality of hospital/departmental Information.
Strives for operational excellence within Nursing Services to ensure the delivery of quality nursing services in accordance with applicable policies and procedures and professional standards.
Responds to day to day operational situations within the hospital in an appropriate manner, communicates with staff, visitors and physicians as necessary to promote a positive outcome.
Maintains effective and appropriate staffing as evidenced by ongoing budgetary analysis in interdisciplinary collaboration with departmental leaders.
Conducts effective coaching that is consistent with Human Resources Policies.
Maintains contact with Managers to inform about coaching events.
Effectively supervises, coordinates, and directs hospital operational functions (e.g. Incident Command and initiating emergency procedures).
Promotes and monitors services and programs as reviewed by the Chief Nursing Officer and Nursing Services (e.g. Nursing driven protocols and hourly rounding).
Serves as a role model for all employees by adherence to and reflected in a positive attitude towards hospital policies, programs and activities.
Assist material management department with provision of patient care equipment as needed.
Facilitate activities that contribute to patient throughput from Emergency, admission to units through discharge (e.g. direct admissions, EMS).
Researching and securing necessary resources to support patient care and site safety.
Responsible for communication that ensures information is shared for effective operations.
Seeks out, understands, listens and conveys clear information as needed in written and verbal forms.
Provides accurate and timely information for shift report.
Demonstrates ability to implement problem-solving mechanisms in both routine and emergency situations.
Investigates and responds appropriately to all complaints and takes effective service recovery corrective action when necessary in accordance with policies and procedures.
Demonstrates ability to identify and resolve interpersonal or professional conflicts when dealing with members of the organization.
Consistently demonstrates tact, courtesy and positive attitude in communications and interactions with other employees, visitors, physicians and the public. At all times presents the department and the hospital in a positive manner.
Demonstrates willingness and ability to initiate and implement change.
Communicates problems to appropriate managers, department director and/or as needed or as they occur.
On Site Command Center leader including establish the command center or facilitating emergency response.
Implement of surge plan as needed.
Recognize patient volume and safety concerns and escalate to appropriate leadership if diversion needs to be considered.
Partner with other facilities System wide to address operational capacity concerns across WellStar facilities.
Manage flow and release of deceased patients.
Efficient utilization of product, supplies, and equipment to ensure timely and safe patient care.
Respond to hospital-wide Code calls and facilitate adherence to established protocols (at some sites-may be involved in Rapid Response calls).
Performs other duties as assigned.
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.