Nurse Supervisor (RN)

Hartford Healthcare•Torrington, CT

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Care Administrative Nurse Supervisor is an experienced Registered Nurse responsible for supervising and monitoring the Nursing department(s) on an assigned shift. This role provides leadership for multiple hospital departments in the absence of the unit manager, director, or administration, ensuring the appropriate delivery of direct and indirect patient care. The position drives continuous improvement in quality and safety, aligning with strategic goals and implementing evidence-based strategies to transform care delivery and achieve optimal outcomes. The Nurse Supervisor collaborates with the Clinical Logistics Center to manage patient flow, bed capacity, and timely sample processing, while also overseeing patient observation resources and communicating potential patient status changes. Hartford HealthCare offers a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance and opportunities for career development and growth within Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required
3 years of acute care charge or supervisory experience required
Active Registered Nurse license from the State of Connecticut required
Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) provider credentialed form the American Heart Association (AHA)
Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) provider credentialed form the American Heart Association (AHA)

Nice To Haves

Critical care or emergency department nursing experience may be required in acute care environments
Progressive leadership experience

Responsibilities

Supervising and monitoring the Nursing department(s) on an assigned shift in accordance with nursing standards and practices as well as current Federal, State and local standards, guidelines and regulations.
Providing leadership for multiple hospital departments in the absence of the unit manager, director, or administration.
Ensuring the appropriate delivery of direct and indirect patient care via the utilization of the Nursing Process and creating a positive environment for the professional practice of nursing.
Providing leadership to ensure continuous improvement within quality, safety and in alignment with Balanced Scorecard, key priorities and strategic plan.
Directing and implementing evidenced based strategies to transform care delivery and attain optimal outcomes.
Implementing, facilitating, measuring, and evaluating clinical quality initiatives including both process and outcome measures.
Analyzing data and partnering to compose actionable process improvement, status reports and data driven presentations to share with both leaders and staff.
Collaborating with the Clinical Logistics Center to open isolation beds, to expedite and prioritize rooms, ensuring there are limited blocked beds, working with units to ensure samples are collected and resulted in a timely manner to maximize capacity, manage 1:1 patient observation resources and communicate potential downgrades in the ICUs and goals of care changes.