Nursing Supervisor Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN).
• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Three years of nursing leadership experience.
• Clinical competence in nursing practice.
• Ability to provide care across the lifespan, considering aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns.
• Management and interpersonal skills to lead employees, maintain internal and external contacts, and interact effectively with patients, families, physicians, and other departments.
• Analytical and critical-thinking skills to identify and resolve operational problems.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities.
• Ability to work effectively under stressful conditions and adapt to a changing environment.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to collect, track, and trend data to identify performance-improvement opportunities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with nurses, physicians, and administrative colleagues.
• Ability to navigate complex electronic clinical and administrative information systems and applications.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Nursing (MSN).
• Five years of nursing leadership experience.
• Nursing specialty certification.

Responsibilities

• Model clinical excellence and promote professional practice; remain visible and available to answer questions and assist with treatments and procedures.
• Assist with clinical problem-solving and the development of critical-thinking skills.
• Help ensure implementation of the nursing process and established nursing standards.
• Promote standards compliance through staff documentation in the medical record.
• Promote positive relations and collaboration among unit staff and others in the hospital.
• Use available resources in a cost-effective manner.
• Support unit performance improvement.
• Help develop and retain employees through coaching and performance feedback.
• Coordinate aspects of performance management, including setting expectations, continuing education, credentialing, appraisals, auditing, concurrent monitoring, utilization review, risk management, and problem identification.
• Complete timely performance appraisals for unit staff using hospital job descriptions and unit-based performance standards.
• Identify, plan, and implement educational programs based on staff needs, and participate in direct staff learning activities.
• Participate in the professional development of self and department- or unit-specific team members.
• Conduct supervisory rounds, monitoring staff documentation, patient and customer satisfaction, patient education, nursing care and unit services, protocols, and the work environment.
• Help identify unit and organizational needs and participate in strategic planning and the organization, execution, control, and evaluation of systems, processes, practice, patient care, and information processing.
• Participate in hospital shared governance councils.
• Monitor nursing staff compliance in daily care delivery.
• Mentor staff in evidence-based practice and clinical care.
• Encourage professional growth through in-services, councils, clinical ladder opportunities, certification, and advanced schooling.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs using performance improvement.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards package supporting health, financial security, and career growth.