House Supervisor
House Supervisor
Coordinates patient placement, staffing, supervision, and emergency/disaster response, and serves as an administrative liaison when higher leadership is unavailable. Requires current RN licensure in Nebraska or a compact state, 3+ years of clinical experience, and BLS certification.
Summary
Job Summary
Provides hospital-wide coordination of essential functions that include patient placement, resource/staffing allocation and adjustment, staff supervision, emergency/disaster coordination, and administrative liaison in collaboration with the Leadership Team. Responsible for operations in the absence of higher leadership. Contacts leadership at any level for advice, updates, or to summon on-site assistance. Adjusts staff members for high census or emergency/disaster situations, and dismisses/reschedules scheduled staff based on objective and subjective assessments of the various areas' needs and their budgeted staff requirements.
PRINCIPAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
*Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
*Coordinates patient placement through Bed Control by collaborating with physicians, the house supervisors on both campuses, clinical areas and outside facilities.
*Collaborates with Nurse Managers and the Nursing Support Manager, or designees, to appropriately allocate final staffing resources for current and future shifts; aligns resources to make staffing decisions based on appropriate skill mix, expertise, cost effectiveness, and patient acuity requirements.
*Attends, and may conduct, staffing and briefing meetings to appropriately plan for staffing decisions; collaborates with other managers, or designees, during each shift to appropriately coordinate staffing based on patient care needs across both campuses.
*Provides direction to Staffing Assistants to anticipate and meet daily staffing requirements.
*Facilitates conflict resolution between staff, clinicians and patients/families; reports incidents of conflict to the appropriate chain of command.
*Mentors staff in their development of critical thinking and skill application to the nursing process; serves as a resource for clinical decision-making.
*Monitors hospital environment for compliance with Joint Commission and other regulatory standards.
*Assists with key initiatives such as opening/closing units either temporarily or permanently, assisting with operational issues around construction, software or hardware installations or implementations, key process changes that cross divisional lines, etc.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Current Registered Nurse licensure from the State of Nebraska or approved compact state of residence as defined by the Nebraska Nurse Practice Act. Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and participation in progressive education or certification in area of expertise preferred. Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience managing clinical populations required. Prior management or supervisory experience desired.
Basic Life Support (CPR) certification required. Bryan Health recognizes American Heart Association (for healthcare professionals), American Red Cross (for healthcare professionals) and the Military Training Network.