Nursing Shift Supervisor - $10K Sign On Bonus

Job Description
Position Summary:

The Nursing Shift Supervisor is a Nursing Leader who serves as a resource for problem solving, provides clinical expertise, facilitates staff mentoring and coaching, facilitates patient flow during the off shifts (typically, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays)

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides on site management of the hospital or long term care during the off shift, normally when hospital or long term care management is not on site

• Manages the delivery of patient care and manages any issues that arise

• Manages occurrences during the shift ensuring appropriate documentation

• Facilitates professional collaboration with all staff and providers

• Assists staff in clinical problem solving

• Rounds on patients and families with concerns or complaints

• Rounds on admitted patients in the Emergency Department

• Mentors and coaches staff in clinical and behavioral events

• Facilitates patient flow by assisting staff in decision making

• Collaborates with staff to provide considerate care that respects patient's personal values, beliefs, taking spiritual and cultural needs into account

• Supports patients and families participation in making informed decisions

• Reinforces Patients Rights, Collaborates with staff to assess patient's physical, psychological, and social status needs

• Reinforces policies and procedures

• Prioritizes multiple emergent situations

• Responds to codes

• Facilitates quality care through knowledge of and reinforcement with the staff, pertinent to regulatory issues

• Role models excellent communication by keeping Managers and Directors informed

• Seeks assistance appropriately from Directors of Nursing and/or Administrator on Call

• Interfaces with all departments during the off shifts and communicates with the appropriate leader in a timely collegial manner

• Functions as an inter and intra departmental liaison to enhance optimal patient care

• Maintains a safe environment for patients, visitors, staff, physicians

• Collaborates with staff to identify safety risks and takes appropriate action

• Acts as patient and staff advocate in Infection Control

• Allocates and reallocates human resources appropriately

• Maintains staffing patterns

• Ensures safe staffing with appropriate skill mix for all units for the current and on-coming shift; implements actions to address staffing needs for those shifts

• Provides guidance to unit staff in all matters related to resource availability, staffing, flexing, and floating staff

• Assigns coverage of Close Observation Technicians/Shift Based Floats

• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility

• Maintains all mandatory educational requirements

• Attends Off Shift Director meetings regularly attends Leadership Development Institutes

• Participates in professional organizations and/or health related activities in the community

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree preferred; Associate's Degree in Nursing required.

Required Licensure/Certification Skills:

• Current New York State Registered Nurse License

• Effective 1/1/2014, BLS required for all new candidates prior to hire

• BLS required for all internal team members by 12/31/2014

*Candidate must be open to working varied shifts to accommodate hospital needs*

Rochester Regional Health System is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.

Rochester Regional Health System is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran
EDUCATION BS: Nursing LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS RN - Registered Nurse - New York State Education Department (NYSED); BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (AHA) Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS : M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.