Registered Nurse RN - House Supervisor

Trinity Health•Brighton, MI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Located at Trinity Health Livingston in Brighton, Michigan, this role functions as a House Administrator on a 12-hour night shift. The opening description states 12 hours per week, with an opportunity to also work an additional 24 hours per week as a bedside RN in an inpatient unit. A later section describes the position as full-time, benefited, and scheduled for 36 hours per week, with weekend and holiday rotation. The House Administrator coordinates personnel and other resources to meet patient-care needs in a cost-effective manner. The role provides crisis management, interprets policies and procedures, and supports timely communication and collaboration among individuals and departments. On the designated shift, the House Administrator represents organizational leadership and collaborates in decisions and actions on behalf of the leadership team. The role assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for a group of patients; guides and supervises nursing personnel; collaborates with health care professionals; coordinates ancillary staff; and supports professional growth and development. The House Administrator serves as an organizational resource and teacher, mentors and supports newer staff, facilitates communication, and assists with nursing and organizational initiatives. The position assumes delegated accountability for operations and staffing from Nurse Managers and models evidence-based nursing practice, ANA standards of care, and Relationship Based Care.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
Michigan RN license.
BLS certification.
At least three years of progressively responsible related work experience, including direct patient care, staff education, staff supervision, and problem-solving of unit or organizational issues.
At least one year of related critical-care practice experience.

Responsibilities

Coordinate personnel and other resources to meet patient-care functions in a cost-effective manner.
Provide crisis management, interpret policies and procedures, and support timely communication and collaboration between individuals and departments.
Represent organizational leadership across venues on the designated shift and collaborate on decisions and actions on behalf of the leadership team.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for a group of patients.
Guide and supervise assigned nursing personnel, collaborate with health care professionals, and coordinate ancillary staff.
Serve as an organizational resource and teacher; mentor and support newer staff; facilitate communication; and assist with nursing and organizational initiatives.
Assume delegated accountability for operations and staffing from Nurse Managers.
Model expert, contemporary, evidence-based nursing practice, ANA standards of care, and Relationship Based Care.
Maintain visibility and accessibility to staff and ensure timely availability of resources for outpatient care, emergency, inpatient, and operative services.
Respond to codes, patient falls, emergencies, and workplace violence events throughout the hospital, ensuring appropriate support and protocols are followed.
Monitor hospital operations using electronic systems and personal communications; round on units to identify needs and implement shared decisions for safe, effective, efficient, and satisfactory care.
Allocate and redirect resources based on care demands, acuity, patient and unit requirements, and staff skill mix.
Lead and serve as a resource for patient flow and throughput; collaborate with the patient resource manager and physician leadership on flow priorities; assist with bed placement; and coordinate scheduled, direct, and emergency department admissions.
Establish effective communication with care management, medical staff, and the interdisciplinary team, and initiate a high-occupancy response plan as needed.
Coordinate the organizational response during high census with administrators and relevant clinical departments and units to execute capacity management plans.
Act as the in-house THAA Administration representative to patients and families and support patient relations in addressing complaints from patients, families, staff, and physicians.