RMH prn House Supervisor
WVU Medicine
•Onsite
About The Position
The House Supervisor facilitates the flow of patients 24/7 by monitoring and coordinating bed assignments and managing staff to ensure efficient operations. The role makes administrative decisions affecting hospital operations, coordinates patient placement and transfers, supports staff in resolving patient-care issues, and responds to emergencies. The position is based at RMH Reynolds Memorial Hospital in Glen Dale, West Virginia. The posting lists scheduled weekly hours as 0 and identifies the position as non-exempt.
Requirements
- Current license to practice Registered Professional Nursing in West Virginia.
- Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and self-motivation.
Nice To Haves
- Specialty certification in nursing administration or a specialty.
- Five years of nursing experience, preferably in a hospital setting.
Responsibilities
- Make administrative decisions using available data about complex, predictable, and unpredictable situations affecting the hospital, including public relations, patient care, medical-legal matters, financial issues, and bed coordination; validate decisions with the House Supervisor when necessary.
- Initiate appropriate actions during emergencies such as power failures, disasters, and fires, and keep the House Supervisor informed.
- Manage public relations matters involving media inquiries about patients and unusual events.
- Help nursing and other department staff resolve problems affecting patient care; collaborate with department directors as needed and keep management informed about situations and outcomes.
- Provide current bed status information for all units and patients to the Emergency Department physician, Med-Com, and MARS to support timely patient transfers.
- Assess bed availability and direct admissions to determine transfer status, and coordinate transfers from outside facilities and the Emergency Department using clinical expertise for patient placement.
- Assess unit activity during rounds and confer with Charge Nurses about unusual patient-care situations or other concerns.
- Help Charge Nurses resolve complex issues involving staff performance, inappropriate behavior, and problems involving patients, visitors, or staff.
- Receive reports about unit activities that may affect hospital-wide staffing needs and make preliminary staffing plans as appropriate.
- Assign Resource Pool and Per Diem staff to meet staffing needs.
- Help the Manager or designee arrange staffing, including calling in additional unit staff or enforcing Staffing Adjustment Guidelines; assess the need for staff reassignment and make reassignments.
- Collaborate with operational support departments, including housekeeping and transport, to maximize patient throughput.
- Assist with clinical nursing issues and consult other professionals as needed.
- Negotiate decisions professionally with physicians, visitors, staff, and others.
- Conduct patient rounds and facilitate timely service recovery.
- Respond to emergency pages, assess the need for additional assistance, coordinate patient-transfer plans when necessary, and ensure family support.
- Work with the House Supervisor to complete fitness-for-duty requirements.
- Participate in Performance Improvement/Quality Improvement activities as appropriate.
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