Job Description

**Description**

** _Summary:_**

Assures appropriate staffing is maintained on all Nursing Units; responsible
for the clinical and administrative supervision of overall hospital activities
in the absence of Administration and Nursing DirectorManagers.

**_Responsibilities:_**

* Provides supervision and guidance to all areas by visiting unitsdepartments throughout the shift to ascertain status of areas, interpreting policies and regulations to staff patients, and visitors, coordinating placementtransfer of patients, and responding to staffing issues
* Screens incoming patients for appropriateness of admissiontransfer and facilitates placement in proper level of care
* Functions at all times as the hospital administrative representative by acting as hospital spokesperson, as appropriate, investigating incidents and events and taking appropriate action, interview to provide assistance in problem-solving, and conveying a positive image of the hospital
* Consults with administrator on-call as appropriate
* Arrangesfacilitates emergency operations as needed
* Performs clinical functions as needed
* Intervenes in patient, family associated, and physician complaints and follows up with directormanager and patient advocate as appropriate
* Provides staffing for oncoming shift; assigns staff utilizing appropriate mix of full time, PRN and agency staff to meet each unit’s needs
* Makes changes in KRONOS scheduling to represent the most recent staffing plan
* Monitors and utilizes competencyorientation check lists for temporary reassignment of hospital staff and assignment of agency staff
* Performs PFT reviews on PRN Pool associates
* Provides input to director on staff performance
* Works collaboratively with other house supervisors and staffing personnel within the region to effectively utilize the PRN pool

**_Requirements:_**

* Associates Degree in Nursing
* RN License in state of employment or compact
* BLS

**_Work Type:_**

Full Time

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Full time, Temporary work, Relief, Immediate start, Shift work, Night shift,

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