Supv Nurse Procedural RN

Baylor Scott & White Health•Temple, TX

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisor, Nursing Procedural Registered Nurse (RN), supervises assigned nursing and unit-based personnel. This ensures a safe, caring environment for patients, family, and staff. The role fosters professional nursing practice, mutual decision-making, and inter-professional synergy. It also promotes partnership with positive patient and staff outcomes. The Supervisor oversees daily operations and productivity. They assist the Nursing Manager in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures. They also monitor budgets, resource allocation, quality improvement initiatives, educational programs, and governance councils. This helps achieve departmental and organizational goals. Provides nursing care as needed. This role is used only in specific procedural departments as resolved by the Office of the CNO.

Requirements

Knowledge and expertise of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
Knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures for nursing care in the assigned area.
Know medical terms, health promotion methods, risk reduction, and disease prevention. Understand medications, common dosages, effects, and possible adverse reactions.
Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.
Must be able to communicate thoughts clearly; both verbally and in writing.
Provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care through the nursing process and standards. Respect the diversity of human experience. Develop, evaluate, implement, and modify patient care plans as needed.
Make tactical conclusions about work allocation and direction for supervised employees using established guidelines, policies, or procedures.
Ability to make effective hiring and termination recommendations.
Ability to train and evaluate performance of supervised staff.
General computer skills include Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.
Associate's Degree
(2) two years of experience
Registered Nurse (RN)
Basic Life Support (BLS): within (30) thirty days of hire or transfer.

Responsibilities

Clinical Judgment: Creates and maintains a healthy work environment for evidence-based practice and research. Coordinates patient care with inter-professional team members in planning, implementing, and evaluating care plans. Identifies potential problems or resources for patients and families. Supervises personnel to provide safe, cost-effective, efficient care based on patient needs. Ensures staff maintain proficiency based on practice standards for the patient population. Provides nursing care as needed.
Clinical Inquiry: Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including nursing indicators. Facilitates practice changes among staff through quality improvement and evidence-based practices. Identifies, proposes, and conducts clinical research.
Caring Practices: Creates and maintains a humane, helpful, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and staff. Assists in coordinating patient care conferences and inter-professional rounds to address patient/family needs, discharge planning, and best caring practices and outcomes.
Response to Diversity: Identifies issues from personal differences and raises awareness in nursing, medical staff, and other health care providers. Role models, teaches, and provides age-specific, developmentally appropriate patient care following guidelines and scope of duty for patients in the department. Identifies and resolves conflicts affecting performance or the work environment.
Advocates for nursing staff to represent concerns of patients, families, and staff. Fosters an ethical practice environment for professional practice and patient care. Uses optimum communication, synergy, and coordination of care. Addresses ethical issues through a systematic process using the institutional ethics committee as needed. Promotes health care at local, state, and national levels.
Facilitation of Learning: Monitors learning needs of staff and patients/families. Assists in designing, implementing, and evaluating educational activities to enhance knowledge and skills. Fosters an environment supportive of staff's professional and personal growth. Facilitates development of clinical and leadership expertise in staff through role modeling, teaching, and coaching/mentoring. Identifies staff professional growth opportunities and assists in developing the department's succession plan. Provides and evaluates a comprehensive onboarding/orientation program for newly hired staff. Functions as a resource within the clinical specialty program.
Partnership: Role models, teaches, and mentors leadership and accountability for nursing within the health care team. Partners with medical, allied health, and administrative staff to ensure safe, quality, attentive care. Participates in programs, committees, and projects to achieve desired outcomes.
Systems Thinking: Recognizes, responds, and follows up on issues for patients and staff. Provides timely follow-up to critical incidents and sentinel events. Offers input into system redesign to promote safety and reduce risk. Allocates resources and coordinates services to optimize patient care and efficiency. Assists in educating nursing staff on planning and evaluating staffing. Helps the nursing manager with hiring, coaching, and terminating employees. Assists in developing and monitoring budgets, resolving variances, and improving efficiency. Aids in setting department goals and targets. Guides nursing staff on BSWH policies and procedures. Takes responsibility for daily operations at the department or shift level. Acts as Nursing Manager when needed. Completes special projects and other duties as assigned.
Professionalism improves nursing practice and the work environment. It promotes mutual governance and decision-making processes. It identifies personal and professional development goals. It fulfills lifelong learning for self and staff. This maintains current knowledge in nursing and leadership practices. Learning activities include continuing education, networking, and professional reading. Membership in nursing organizations and seeking advanced degrees are also important. It contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues. It plans and revises the department's recognition program. This ensures meaningful recognition of others' contributions. It demonstrates commitment to community service. Achieve national board certification in specialty within two years of promotion as Nursing Supervisor.