Nursing Supervisor PD

SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Manager of Hospital Supervisors and CNO is responsible for supervision, staffing, and scheduling of all Nursing and Behavioral Health Staff during their shift. Serves as first-line administrator in consultation with the Nursing Administrator on Call and D.O.C. as needed. Provides clinical support for decision making as well as direct patient care. Ensures that policies and procedures are observed.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence, as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition, our leaders will demonstrate an aptitude for:

• •Ensure Accountability and Build Effective Teams
• Drive Vision and Purpose and Optimize Work Processes
• •By applying core and leadership competencies, leaders help Brown University Health achieve its strategic goals.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• •Is accountable for the creation and support of a workplace culture of safety, including team approaches to patient safety, an atmosphere which promotes reporting of safety incidents, and which places focus on staffing, communication, and prevention of adverse outcomes.
• •Accountable to support the Hospital-wide patient safety program in all areas.
• •Rounds on all units throughout the shift; obtaining report from all charge RN’s at the start and end of the shift.
• •Serves as a member of the code team, leading as necessary.
• •Ensures adequate staff response and facilitating debriefing process.
• •Provides clinical support and guidance as needed.
• •Acts as immediate Incident Commander when situation warrants.
• •Identifies and manages risk; checks in with Charge RN on a regular basis throughout the shift.
• •Ensures compliance with Brown University Health/Bradley policies.
• •Ensures adequate Nursing/Milieu staffing.
• •Serves as first line nursing administrator during evening, night, weekends and holiday shifts.
• •Coordinates admissions including registration of patients when Patient Registration Department is closed.
• •Off hours liaison for Pharmacy, Laboratory and Medical Supply services.
• •Regularly reads email and responds to pager alerts and requests in a timely manner.
• •Observes and enforces all general hospital policies, rules and regulations.
• •Compliance with NetLearning assignments and certifications without lapse, independent of reminders.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

• •Graduate of a school of nursing with current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island.
• •Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• •Maintain current SafetyCare and AHA BLS certification and Lead RN training.

EXPERIENCE:

• •Three to five years of recent acute psychiatric nursing experience.
• •Two years of hospital supervisory experience preferred.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

All Nursing staff

Pay Range:

$43.43-$86.87

EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location:

Bradley Hospital - 1011 Veterans Memorial Pkwy East Providence, Rhode Island 02915 Work Type:

Variable, 24 hours per month required, off shift/weekend/holiday requirement Work Shift:

Variable Daily Hours:

Per Diem - As required Driving Required:

No