RN-House Supervisor Registered Nurse

Trinity Health•Dubuque, IA

About The Position

At MercyOne, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well. MercyOne Dubuque is the leading hospital in the tri-states, offering the only comprehensive cardiology center and Level II regional neonatal intensive care unit in the area as well as the newly constructed MercyOne Dubuque Cancer Center. Other services include a trauma center, a CARF-accredited inpatient rehabilitation unit, orthopedics, retail pharmacies, palliative care and a wide range of outpatient and community services. MercyOne operates two hospital-based skilled nursing units and a 40-bed nursing home. In recognition of the strength of its nursing service and the overall quality of patient care, MercyOne Dubuque has been designated a Magnet hospital four consecutive times – the nation’s most prestigious award for nursing excellence. Join our MercyOne Dubuque as a House Supervisor! Schedule: 72 hours per pay period, 2 day shifts and 1 night shift per week ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and MercyOne Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions. Our Trinity Health Culture: Knows, understands, incorporates and demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions and Promise in behaviors, practices and decisions. Professional Nursing Practice: Acts independently and appropriately within license, scope of knowledge and experience in practice area. Supports safety by adhering to standards and acting as a champion role model. Accountable for personal learning and development by participating in knowledge, skill and competency enhancing activities. Professional Nursing Process: Knows, understands, incorporates and demonstrates (document, teach, coordinate, advocate) standard elements of professional practice: Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification / Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate (ANA); Participates in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial and supported by current and relevant evidence-based practices, science, trends and data (clinical and administrative) and patient care (AONL). Professional Leadership Practice: Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values and Vision; Cultivates excellence by supporting growth and development of team; Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring and succession planning; Engages and fosters transpersonal teaching and learning in the context of the caring relationship; Embraces and encourages humanistic-altruistic values and behaviors; Advances nurses and others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered and relationship-based healthcare; Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet); Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications; Embraces ideas and cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities; Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue and inclusion. Professional Leadership Process: Provides leadership and retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions and outcomes; Collaborates with key stakeholders and contributes to quality and improvement practices; Empowers staff to creatively problem-solve through the caring process (Caritas); Enhances an environment that prioritizes patient and colleague safety utilizing established and evidence-based practices, tools, methodologies; Drives effective patient, process, performance and stewardship / financial outcomes as measured by established metrics and trended data; Exhibits agility and willingness to take on new and additional responsibilities. Environment of Care: Facilitates a healing environment, reverentially encouraging and supporting basic needs as sacred acts, sustaining human dignity; Practices in an environmentally safe, professional manner; Values and advocates for the patient’s cultural beliefs and faith; Monitors and initiates corrections or evidence-based practices; Promotes optimum physical and psychological behaviors; Influences effective, judicious and financially responsible use of resources (people, equipment, supplies, materials). Colleague Experience and Well-being: Fosters a continuous learning and development environment; stimulates and adopts innovative practices; Cultivates caring by encouraging a work environment that is respectful of colleague well-being; Understands and embraces change through the active encouragement of innovation and provisioning teams with tools and resources necessary for successful transformation; Leads others through change process. Compassion and Communication: Incorporates colleague well-being dimensions throughout the colleague experience as an essential component of leading nursing practices; Actively participates in building community by fostering trusting relationships; Visible and accessible to the team; Facilitates development of interpersonal relationships and use of effective and respectful written, verbal and nonverbal communications; Demonstrates authentic listening by forgiving and accepting positive and negative feelings; Encourages and models communication that respects diversity and divergent opinions; Employs communication strategies that shows the value of patient and family participation in care. Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal, state and local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior and safe work practices. Other duties as needed and assigned by the manager. Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other Trinity Health and MercyOne policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior. LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES As a MercyOne Trinity Health Leader, the incumbent is expected to demonstrate leadership traits which support our Mission Statement and Core Values as identified below: Mission Statement: We, MercyOne Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. Core Values: Reverence: We honor the sacredness and dignity of every person. Commitment to Those who are Poor: We stand with and serve those who are poor, especially those most vulnerable. Safety: We embrace a culture that prevents harm and nurtures a healing, safe environment for all. Justice: We foster right relationships to promote the common good, including sustainability of Earth. Stewardship: We honor our heritage and hold ourselves accountable for the human, financial and natural resources entrusted to our care. Integrity: We are faithful to those we say we are.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing is required.
Bachelor’s degree is required within five (5) years of hire, with continuous enrollment in a relevant graduate program documented.
Current Iowa RN license
At least two (2) years of relevant clinical experience is required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.
Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter for both Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training is required within six (6) months of hire.
Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health and MercyOne.

Nice To Haves

Specialty practice certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and MercyOne Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
Acts independently and appropriately within license, scope of knowledge and experience in practice area.
Supports safety by adhering to standards and acting as a champion role model.
Accountable for personal learning and development by participating in knowledge, skill and competency enhancing activities.
Knows, understands, incorporates and demonstrates (document, teach, coordinate, advocate) standard elements of professional practice: Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification / Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate (ANA)
Participates in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial and supported by current and relevant evidence-based practices, science, trends and data (clinical and administrative) and patient care (AONL).
Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values and Vision
Cultivates excellence by supporting growth and development of team
Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring and succession planning
Engages and fosters transpersonal teaching and learning in the context of the caring relationship
Embraces and encourages humanistic-altruistic values and behaviors
Advances nurses and others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered and relationship-based healthcare
Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet)
Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications
Embraces ideas and cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities
Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue and inclusion.
Provides leadership and retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions and outcomes
Collaborates with key stakeholders and contributes to quality and improvement practices
Empowers staff to creatively problem-solve through the caring process (Caritas)
Enhances an environment that prioritizes patient and colleague safety utilizing established and evidence-based practices, tools, methodologies
Drives effective patient, process, performance and stewardship / financial outcomes as measured by established metrics and trended data
Exhibits agility and willingness to take on new and additional responsibilities.
Facilitates a healing environment, reverentially encouraging and supporting basic needs as sacred acts, sustaining human dignity
Practices in an environmentally safe, professional manner
Values and advocates for the patient’s cultural beliefs and faith
Monitors and initiates corrections or evidence-based practices
Promotes optimum physical and psychological behaviors
Influences effective, judicious and financially responsible use of resources (people, equipment, supplies, materials).
Fosters a continuous learning and development environment; stimulates and adopts innovative practices
Cultivates caring by encouraging a work environment that is respectful of colleague well-being
Understands and embraces change through the active encouragement of innovation and provisioning teams with tools and resources necessary for successful transformation
Leads others through change process.
Incorporates colleague well-being dimensions throughout the colleague experience as an essential component of leading nursing practices
Actively participates in building community by fostering trusting relationships
Visible and accessible to the team
Facilitates development of interpersonal relationships and use of effective and respectful written, verbal and nonverbal communications
Demonstrates authentic listening by forgiving and accepting positive and negative feelings
Encourages and models communication that respects diversity and divergent opinions
Employs communication strategies that shows the value of patient and family participation in care.
Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal, state and local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior and safe work practices.
Other duties as needed and assigned by the manager.
Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other Trinity Health and MercyOne policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.