Supervisor RN Telemetry

CommonSpirit Health•Burien, WA

About The Position

The Supervisor oversees and coordinates clinical operations, programs, and resources in the assigned clinical area or facility to support the safe and appropriate delivery of patient care. The role helps ensure activities on the assigned shift are timely, cost-effective, and compliant with organizational values, professional standards, internal policies, and applicable regulations. The Supervisor participates in developing and implementing clinical systems and programs, documents work-unit activities and quality indicators, collaborates across departments, and communicates significant matters to department leadership. The position plans, manages, and evaluates clinical and administrative staff. It ensures employees are qualified and trained, holds regular staff meetings, contributes to employment and performance decisions, and coaches and develops staff while addressing performance concerns. The Supervisor continually assesses services, patient outcomes, quality control, patient and family satisfaction, staffing needs, and operational effectiveness. It monitors changes in regulations, clinical standards, customer demographics, industry practices, and organizational initiatives, and recommends or implements appropriate responses. The Supervisor identifies opportunities for quality and performance improvement, implements new processes, and supports staff training related to improvement initiatives. The role determines staffing needs, monitors schedules and staffing levels against budgetary and operational objectives, controls overtime and premium pay, and informs leadership of potential budget impacts. As a member of the management team, the Supervisor contributes to strategies and initiatives involving new services, standardization, resource optimization, cost-effectiveness, and patient outcomes and satisfaction.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Two years of experience and clinical knowledge in the same or a similar clinical specialty.
One year of charge nurse or equivalent experience.
Registered Nurse: Washington (WA), upon hire.
Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, upon hire.

Responsibilities

Assist in managing and evaluating clinical operations, programs, and resources to ensure safe and appropriate patient care.
Ensure assigned-shift activities are timely, cost-effective, and compliant with organizational values, professional standards, policies, and regulatory requirements.
Participate in developing and implement clinical systems and programs to enhance services and standards of care.
Ensure work-unit activities, productivity, and quality indicators are documented according to FHS guidelines.
Collaborate with other departments to resolve problems, share information, and improve effectiveness and productivity.
Communicate significant information to the department Manager or Director and others in a timely and appropriate manner.
Plan, manage, and evaluate the work of clinical and administrative staff in accordance with applicable regulations and standards.
Ensure employees are qualified and trained; hold regular staff meetings and keep staff informed of matters relevant to job performance.
Make employment decisions, provide input on performance standards, and evaluate employee performance.
Educate, guide, counsel, and develop staff, and address performance-management concerns and technical issues escalated by subordinates.
Continuously assess services, patient outcomes, quality control, patient and family satisfaction, staffing needs, and operational effectiveness.
Monitor changes in regulatory requirements, professional standards, customer demographics, industry practices, and organizational initiatives; assess their impact and determine responses.
Ensure internal controls support accurate, complete, and compliant programs and processes.
Identify needs for changes to standards, programs, and services, and make recommendations to the Manager or Director.
Work with the management team to support consistent operational and clinical practices.
Identify strengths, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities in the assigned shift clinical area or facility, and recommend quality or performance initiatives.
Implement new processes and ensure performance-improvement activities are timely and effective.
Ensure staff receives on-site training and consultation related to quality and performance-improvement initiatives.
Identify staffing levels needed for appropriate coverage and monitor schedules and staffing to meet budgetary requirements and control overtime or premium pay.
Inform the Manager or Director of issues with potential budgetary impact.
Contribute to management strategies and initiatives addressing new services, procedural standardization, resource optimization, cost-effectiveness, and patient outcomes and satisfaction.