RN - Surgery Supervisor: OBGYN Service Line

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

10d

About The Position

The RN - Surgery Supervisor for the OBGYN Service Line supervises the assigned service area and its patients in collaboration with additional leadership, health system departments, medical staff, and patients and families. The supervisor oversees and assists with nursing staff scheduling, considering past utilization trends. The position implements the nursing process across the continuum of care, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and documentation. It collaborates with interprofessional colleagues, including providers, to plan, implement, and evaluate care, and coordinates patient care, assessment, education, triage, and other nursing interventions. The nurse practices within applicable nursing standards, the Nurse Practice Act, and state administrative rules, and provides care through prevention, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. The supervisor provides leadership and role modeling to employees, supports vision and change projects, assists with hiring and retention, gives performance feedback, and helps coach, mentor, discipline, and train staff. The role helps ensure regulatory compliance, supports quality management and data-driven improvement, and ensures supplies and equipment are available for safe care. It maintains current specialty certifications and continuing education, serves on or chairs committees and task forces as needed, and may support other organizational projects. Duties may include liaison work with accrediting or governing agencies.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing required, subject to the stated Rural Health Network exception and approval provisions.
Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where nursing practice occurs, or multistate licensure if practicing in a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
Obtains and maintains required department-specific competencies and certifications.
Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 60 days of employment.
Thorough knowledge of the nursing practice act and standards of nursing care.
Working knowledge of administrative and management techniques.

Nice To Haves

Graduate of a nationally accredited nursing program, including CCNE, ACEN, or NLN CNEA accreditation.
Three years of clinical nursing experience.
Specialty- or service-area certification, when required.

Responsibilities

Supervise the assigned service area and provide oversight of patient care in collaboration with leadership, departments, medical staff, and patients and families.
Oversee and assist with scheduling nursing staff to shifts, taking past utilization trends into account.
Implement the nursing process across the continuum of care, including assessment, diagnosis, care planning, intervention, evaluation, and documentation.
Collaborate with interprofessional colleagues, including providers, to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
Coordinate care, patient assessment, patient education, triage, and other nursing interventions.
Provide leadership and act as a role model for employees; encourage vision and change projects.
Assist with hiring, selection, retention, and talent development; provide employee performance feedback and assist with coaching, mentoring, and disciplinary situations.
Assist in training new staff and developing existing staff.
Help ensure the department meets regulatory requirements.
Assist with quality data monitoring, reporting, and improvement, and help ensure supplies and equipment are available to support safe patient care.
Maintain current specialty certifications and continue education as needed.
Serve on or chair departmental or organizational committees and task forces as needed, and assist with other projects or work assignments as requested.
May serve as a liaison for accrediting or governing agencies.