Clinical Nurse Supervisor-Staffing Resource Pool- ROTATING

This position is responsible for:

A registered nurse with clinical and shift management responsibilities for hospital operations.

Position Responsibilities


* Shares clinical expertise with staff and provides direction for staff in exercising clinical skills.


* Demonstrates management skills effectively and universally when dealing with staff on a shift.


* Guides clinical practice by adhering to the Nurse Practice Act.


* Initiates cost-effective and appropriate quality care by:
+ Reviewing and adjusting unit assignment of staff in collaboration with Nurse Managers/Charge Nurses to insure adequate coverage of all patient care units in a cost effective manner.
+ Identifies problems on a shift and initiates actions to correct the problem.
+ Communicates problem areas to Chief Nurse Executive/designee.


* Enters all staffing changes in the automated staffing and scheduling system.


* Interprets and role models Hospital and Department philosophies, policies, and objectives.


* Provides Clinical management coverage for all patient care units.


* Informs and reports any unusual occurrences to the Chief Nurse Executive /designee and Administrator on-Call.


* Functions in the role of the Incident Commander during a Code Delta until relieved by the Administrator-on-Call.


* Manages and resolves all patient care issues in the absence of the Chief Nurse Executive/designee.


* Identifies problems, gathers sufficient data, analyzes data, and determines strategies to utilize for problem resolution.

Contributes appropriately to quality improvement activities.


* Evaluates outcome of problem resolution to determine effectiveness.


* Supports development of staff by encouraging participation in educational programs.


* Identifies individual and unit educational needs for a specific shift on weekends and communicates to Nurse Managers/designee on Nursing Staff Development.


* Communicates staff deficiencies to the unit Nurse Manager.


* Provides periodic evaluation of staff to the unit Nurse Manager.


* Provides constructive guidance to staff for development of clinical expertise.


* Counsels employees in the absence of the Nurse Manager.


* Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively with ancillary departmental staff.


* Establishes a positive work environment to achieve optimal patient care.


* Demonstrates effective and professional written and oral communication skills.


* Conveys unit information regarding patients, unit activity, staffing, and personnel problems to the Nurse Manager/designee daily.


* Provides recommendation to improve nursing work flows and efficiency.


* Performs all other related tasks as indicated by the Chief Nurse Executive/designee.


* Responsible for participation in departmental and hospital programs for Quality Assessment and Improvement, identifying opportunities to improve services, making reco...