Supervisor Nursing - Daytime Surgery (Full Time)

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center • Lafayette, LA

67d

About The Position

At Our Lady of Lourdes we offer you much more than just a job in the healthcare industry. We offer career opportunities for people who have a calling to share their gifts and talents as part of our healing ministry. As a Catholic hospital, we are here to create a spirit of healing - and we invite you to join our team today if you would like to be part of that spirit. In addition to competitive salaries and generous benefits, we offer you something special - the chance to do God's work by helping to serve people in need throughout our community, every day.

Requirements

• Progressive experience in clinical and patient care.
• Eighteen months and previous charge supervisory experience required.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Proficient in English, verbal and written communication skills, computer skills.
• Current Louisiana RN license and current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and coordinates activities of nursing personnel in patient care units.
• Participates in planning work of assigned units and coordinates activities with other patient care units and related departments.
• Ensures that patients' needs are met and evaluates unit nursing care and performance.
• Assists in the effective hiring and training process for department staff.
• Assigns and monitors staff work and work schedules according to department policy.
• Maintains appropriate data on employee attendance for payroll/ATM.
• Maintains appropriate data on employee performance for counseling and performance review.
• Addresses employee behavioral issues timely and effectively.
• Demonstrates ability to coach and mentor staff.
• Participates in or completes performance review process in a timely and effective manner.
• Facilitates patient throughput in the admission/discharge/transfer process.
• Serves as a clinical resource to staff.
• Coordinates and communicates critical information related to risk issues, guest service issues or other need to know information with administration, risk management, medical management, medical staff, and patient advocates.
• Performs psychosocial/physiologic assessments that integrate changing data.
• Formulates a plan of care based on trends of similar patients, including patient education and discharge planning.
• Responds to changes in patient's needs and provides holistic care using independent clinical judgement.
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family.
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care: determines immediate priorities and offers solutions for problems.
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict.
• Identifies variances from expected outcomes.
• Evaluates patient outcomes and makes revisions in the plan of care.
• Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards.
• Consistently communicates/collaborates with the health care team members, patients and families.
• Appropriately delegates patient care activities to other health care team members.
• Maintains knowledge regarding unit initiatives, and incorporates the outcomes of the team/committees work into practice.
• Participates on unit teams, work groups and/or committees.
• Demonstrates knowledge of unit based quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensures quality improvement initiatives are followed by utilizing standards, guidelines, and pathways for care delivery.
• Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members.
• Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals.
• Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice.
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor.
• Consistently performs 12 organizational Service Standards focused on Values, Service and Quality.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees