House Supervisor

Texas Children's Hospital•Houston, TX

4h•Onsite

About The Position

We’re searching for a night-shift House Supervisor, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position you will be responsible for ensuring seamless patient care and campus operations that fosters family centered care. Available 24 hours a day, seven day a week basis. Responsible for facilitation of patient flow, appropriate placement of patient bed assignments, requests for patient transfers, internal and external nursing unit staffing. Think you’ve got what it takes?

Requirements

Required bachelor's degree of Science in Nursing
Required RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact and BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support by the American Heart Association
Required 2 years of nursing experience
For staff in the role prior to 07/03/2016, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, associate degree in nursing, or Diploma is acceptable

Responsibilities

Ensures cost-effective and appropriate use of employee resources.
Determine hospital wide patient flow and staffing needs as evidenced by actual staffing in collaboration with local leadership.
Determines placement of float pool staff based on patient classification, census data and employee competencies as measured by appropriate distribution of the float pool each shift.
In collaboration with unit Patient Care Manager (PCM) decisions to utilize and/or cancel agency, overtime and additional staff are made to ensure the delivery of high quality in a cost-effective manner as measured by patient classification system data.
Works with charge nurses to determine unit staffing needs with feedback from the leadership teams in each unit.
Ensures appropriate and timely placement of internal and external transfers for all patients requiring admission.
Demonstrates strong effective interpersonal communication skills with patients, families, and staff.
Acts as a clinical resource for nursing staff and ancillary personnel.
Serves as the Clinical leader/resource to address hospital wide issues and events.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.