House Supervisor FT Days

Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital•Tacoma, WA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Wellfound is hiring a full-time Day House Supervisor for Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital, a 120-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital in Tacoma, Washington. The hospital provides acute psychiatric care to voluntary and involuntary patients and is accredited by the Department of Health and The Joint Commission. This position is 0.9 FTE, working three 12-hour shifts per week. The House Supervisor provides operational, clinical, and administrative leadership for the hospital and serves as the designated nursing leadership resource during assigned shifts. The role oversees patient care delivery, staffing, patient flow, regulatory compliance, safety operations, and emergency response. The House Supervisor works with nursing leadership and interdisciplinary teams to support safe, high-quality, patient-centered care and compliance with organizational policies, accreditation standards, and regulatory requirements. For the day shift, the House Supervisor serves as the primary operational nursing leader during business hours. The role coordinates daily operations across departments, participates in leadership and improvement activities, conducts leadership rounding and chart reviews, supports regulatory readiness, and assists with patient flow and capacity management. The position also supports employee development, addresses concerns requiring leadership intervention, and facilitates communication and issue resolution across nursing, operational, and executive leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or an equivalent combination of education, training, and progressive nursing leadership experience.
Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State or a current Compact License.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
At least two years of experience as a Registered Nurse in a psychiatric facility.
At least one year in a supervisory, management, or other healthcare leadership capacity demonstrating the required job knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Responsibilities

Provide operational, clinical, and administrative leadership for the hospital during assigned shifts.
Oversee patient care delivery, staffing, patient flow, regulatory compliance, safety operations, and emergency response activities.
Serve as the primary operational nursing leader during business hours.
Collaborate with Nurse Managers, department leaders, Human Resources, Staffing, Facilities, Pharmacy, Dietary, and ancillary departments to coordinate daily operations.
Participate in leadership huddles, interdisciplinary meetings, committees, performance improvement initiatives, and organizational projects.
Conduct leadership rounding to assess patient care delivery, staffing effectiveness, environmental safety, and compliance with organizational standards.
Conduct or support concurrent chart audits and documentation reviews for compliance with regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and organizational expectations.
Identify documentation deficiencies, compliance concerns, and practice variations, and communicate findings to nursing leadership for education, follow-up, and quality improvement.
Support regulatory readiness through patient care observations, documentation monitoring, and compliance activities.
Review length of stay (LOS) and 1:1 utilization throughout the shift to assess clinical appropriateness and resource utilization and to support timely reassessment by the treatment team when indicated.
Assist with admissions, discharges, transfers, patient throughput, and capacity management.
Provide leadership support for employee coaching, onboarding, education, and competency development.
Investigate and escalate patient, family, physician, staff, and operational concerns requiring leadership intervention.
Liaise between nursing leadership, operational departments, and executive leadership to facilitate communication and issue resolution.