House Supervisor- 12 hours/week (Saturdays)

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

About The Position

Provides first-line administrative and clinical operations support for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Assists in preventing, reducing, and controlling risk exposures. Provides proactive patient/parent/legal guardian representation and advocacy. Children’s is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. No matter the role, every member of our team is an essential part of our mission to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. We’re committed to putting you first, and that commitment is at the heart of our company culture: People first. Children always. Find your next career opportunity and make a difference doing what you love at Children’s.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment
Demonstrated ability in integrating pathophysiology, psychology, and sociology into the pediatric clinical setting
Leadership ability such as coaching of individuals, decision making, problem-solving, and conflict resolution
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, diplomatically and with good judgment
Must be able to successfully pass the Basic Windows Skill Assessment at 80% or higher rating within 30 days of employment

Nice To Haves

Experience in pediatric nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Responsibilities

Administrative Resource
Provides support, problem-solving, coaching, and policy/procedure interpretation and compliance.
Demonstrates effective communication skills and makes sure that members understand key messages and strategy, being sensitive to how messages may be received and adjusting message accordingly.
Has knowledge of hospital policies and procedures and seeks out appropriate resources for policy interpretation as needed.
Solves problems with minimal assistance.
Emergency Management
Attends codes and significant events and lends support to ensure proper procedures are followed.
Provides feedback to appropriate administrative team member.
Provides assistance in a code setting, maintains crowd control, and can provide assistance to others when codes occur.
Demonstrates working knowledge of other types of code situations, e.g., code pink, code red, code white, and code green.
Functions as administrator on call in event of a disaster until designated administrator on call arrives.
Fiscal Responsibility
Assists in maintaining departmental budget within established fiscal guidelines.
Participates in cost containment measures.
Maintains equipment and supplies, utilization of staff on a shift-to-shift basis, and time management.
Patient Representative
Functions as patient representative when Patient Representative is not available and documents and communicates actions and needed follow-up.
Responds to parent concerns, compiles complaint information, and leaves follow-up for Patient Representative.
Patient Throughput
Serves as administrative resource in collaboration with Transfer Center to facilitate patient throughput.
Facilitates census meetings with emphasis on interdisciplinary discharge planning, rounds frequently at least three times per shift, and updates bed status on bed board.
Demonstrates up-to-date knowledge of bed status readily.
Manages patient flow effectively in hospitals with accountability for achieving patient flow outcomes across the continuum of care.
Collaborates with physicians, interdisciplinary team, hospital leadership, and staff to facilitate efficient, effective, and safe patient flow, removing or escalating barriers to appropriate leader.
Coordinates hospital staffing needs and facilitates decision making with clinical leadership at all levels to ensure maximum capacity and patient safety.
Professional Development
Demonstrates involvement in and support of learning to enhance professional growth and clinical expertise.
Completes mandatory education, department-specific competencies, and required in-services by due date and documents attendance on education record.
Maintains certifications and licensures.
Quality
Supports and participates in continuous assessment and improvement of quality of care and service provided.
Participates in and reports opportunities for quality improvement activities.
Demonstrates ability to answer most questions that occur and seeks out resources as needed.
Manage the day to day operations of the staff, including but not limited to: work assignments, task management, time tracking/management, and on-the-job training.
Take an active role in coaching and mentoring the team to ensure continued employee growth and success both on the team and at the broader CHOA organization.
Assist manager with employee performance evaluations and hiring decisions.