RN - Surgery Supervisor: OBGYN Service Line
About The Position
The RN - Surgery Supervisor oversees the assigned service area and provides nursing care in collaboration with other leaders, health system departments, medical staff, patients, and families. The role includes supervising and assisting with nursing staff scheduling across shifts while considering utilization trends. The position implements the nursing process across the continuum of care, including assessment, diagnosis, care planning, intervention, evaluation, and documentation. It coordinates patient care, education, triage, and other nursing interventions, and collaborates with interprofessional colleagues, including providers. The nurse practices within applicable nursing standards, licensure requirements, and the scope of expertise for the assigned clinical setting. The supervisor provides leadership and serves as a role model, supports change initiatives, and assists with hiring, retention, performance feedback, coaching, mentoring, discipline, and staff training and development. The role also helps ensure regulatory compliance and quality goals, monitors data and reports, supports improvement efforts, and ensures supplies and equipment are available for specialized areas and procedures. The supervisor maintains specialty certifications and continuing education, serves on committees or task forces as needed, and may assist with other projects or assignments.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in nursing required, subject to the stated Rural Health Network exceptions and approval process.
- Currently hold an unencumbered RN license in the state where nursing is practiced, or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
- Obtain and maintain required department-specific competencies and certifications.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification 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-accredited programs.
- Three years of clinical nursing experience.
- Specialty or service-area certification, where applicable.
Responsibilities
- Supervise the assigned service area and coordinate with health system departments, medical staff, patients, families, and other leaders.
- Oversee and assist with scheduling nursing staff to shifts, considering past utilization trends.
- Implement the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, care planning, intervention, evaluation, and documentation.
- Collaborate with interprofessional colleagues, including providers, to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
- Coordinate patient care, assessment, education, triage, and other nursing interventions across the continuum of care.
- Demonstrate leadership, act as a role model, and encourage vision and change projects.
- Assist with hiring, selection, retaining, and leveraging talent across the unit.
- Collaborate on and provide feedback for employee performance measurement; assist with coaching, mentoring, and disciplinary situations.
- Assist with training new staff and developing existing staff.
- Help ensure the department meets regulatory requirements and supports organizational quality goals.
- Assist with data monitoring, reporting, and improvement efforts.
- Ensure supplies and equipment are readily available for specialized areas and procedures 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.
- Assist with other projects or work assignments as requested by the organization, department, or leadership.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
