House Supervisor (RN)

Prime Healthcare•Encino, CA

About The Position

The House Supervisor is a Registered Nurse who assumes administrative responsibility for managing all department service functions during the assigned shift. The role involves making frequent rounds throughout the facility to monitor care delivery, oversee service quality, and direct patient care activities as needed. The House Supervisor directly supervises, supports, and communicates with staff throughout the hospital. In the absence of Hospital Administrative staff, the role’s administrative scope and responsibility extend to all hospital services. The position helps ensure efficient hospital operations and patient flow, and provides direct patient care only as needed within the nurse’s scope of practice and competence. The House Supervisor also ensures temporary agency personnel are deployed and oriented in accordance with hospital policy, assists medical staff with scheduling after-hours procedures and calling in stand-by call staff, and enhances the patient and family experience through supportive interactions and explanations of hospital policies as needed.

Requirements

Current and valid Registered Nurse license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.
ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
Minimum of three years of acute care nursing experience.

Nice To Haves

One year of prior experience as a Supervisor preferred.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Assume administrative responsibility for the management of all department service functions during the assigned shift.
Make frequent rounds throughout the facility to monitor care delivery, oversee service quality, and direct patient care activities as needed.
Directly supervise, support, and communicate with staff throughout the hospital.
Assume administrative responsibility for all hospital services when Hospital Administrative staff are absent.
Help ensure efficient hospital operations and patient flow.
Provide direct patient care as needed, within the scope of practice and competence.
Ensure temporary agency personnel are deployed and oriented in compliance with hospital policy.
Assist medical staff with scheduling after-hours procedures and calling in stand-by call staff members.
Enhance the patient and family experience through supportive interactions and explanations of hospital policies as needed.