Nursing Supervisor - Surgical Services
Company: Texas Health Joint Ventures
Location: Plano
Posted on: June 22, 2022
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Job Description:
Description A high degree of confidentiality, positive
interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced
environment. This position manages people. Essential
Functions:Quality/Performance Improvement: Collaborates with
Leadership, Unit Based Council (UBC), and appropriate team members
to establish, implement, and monitor department
policies/procedures, facilitate unit goals, evaluate and
individualize patient care and provide direction to staff to
promote quality outcomes.Engages staff to promote evidence based
practices within the unit.Monitor Key Performance Indicators
(KPI's) and regulatory requirements for compliance.Provides beside
leaderships and clinical expertise to improve quality of patient
care.Provides safe direct patient care in coordination with other
staff when unit activity dictates. Provide guidance in emergency or
complex situations.Use appropriate methodology consistently for
communication handoffs.Evaluates the outcome of patient care,
consults with others on the patient care team, and adjusts nursing
care processes as needed to improve outcomes.Manages and monitors
patient and staff safety initiatives and outcomes.Performs
pro-active risk assessments to identify potential issues. Models
the use of High Reliability Organization (HRO) tools in everyday
practice and situations and encourages staff to do the same.Assists
with development and serves as a resource to others for new system
and entity based initiatives. Support ongoing sustainment of these
changes.Shared Decision Making; This role provides bedside
leadership on a particular unit or units and shift, coordinating
patient flow, patient care and assignments. Responsible for
assisting the manager/director with human resource management to
include evaluations, coaching, mentoring, recruitment, retention,
education and orientation. Works with manager/director to control
costs and manage department budget and productivity.Facilitates
patient/nurse assignments based on volume. acuity and skill mix,
and provides coordination of patient care on nursing unit while
maintaining productivity standards..Facilitates patient flow for
the unit.Provides continuous constructive feedback and completes
timely annual performance evaluations to staff, reviews and
complete payroll.Participates in progressive disciplinary action
process and Manager/Director and staff.Uses Performance Management
Guide appropriately.Supports retention strategies and objectives
and assists with recruiting and hiring of potential
staff.Collaborates with manager and educator to provide staff
orientation, education and on-going competency
assessment.Participates in the development and monitoring of the
budget and seeks opportunities for cost containment and achievement
of KPI's.Collaborates with physicians, staff, hospital departments,
and outside agencies to provide patient care.Participates in policy
development and mentors staff regarding policies and procedures,
and regulatory requirements.Gather staff input during rounding, and
completes direct report journaling.Patient and Family Centered
Care: Effectively communicates with patients, families and other
healthcare team members by incorporating the eight (8) caring
factors in the Quality Care/Model which include: basic human needs,
human respect, and encouraging feedback.Creates shift assignments,
initially and throughout the shirt reflecting consideration of the
nurses skill level and patient's need. Effectively evaluate the
care each shift, on every patient to ensure the patient's needs are
being addressed to ensure a high quality experience.Maintain a
constant state of awareness for opportunities to address ongoing
patient and family needs.Advocate for patients and families to
ensure they have a voice in their care decisions.Demonstrates the
ability to use available data and critical thing skills to address
urgent needs of the patient. (For example: MEWS & SIRS
Scores).Fosters an environment to promote patient and family
centered care through purposeful hourly rounding, bedside shift
report, updated care boards, and leader
rounds.Recognizes/communicates ethical and legal concerns through
established channels of communicationUses Heart, Empathize,
Apologize, Respond, Thank (H.E.A.R.T) -THR's service recovery
appropriately to address patient/family concern.Teamwork:
Incorporates THR philosophy in working with peers, and other
members of the health care team. Partners with physicians to
advance physician engagement.Consistently models the THR Promise
Behaviors.Actively promotes unit based councils/committee structure
and networks with peer to share ideas and conduct mutual problem
solving.Participates in huddles, meetings, daily care briefings
with other networks with peers to share ideas and conduct mutual
problem solving.Demonstrates effective communication skills with
families, patients, physicians and other members of the healthcare
team.Works in coordination with other staff when unit activity
dictates, monitoring patient care and providing direction to staff
to promote quality outcomes.Collaborates with physicians and other
members of the healthcare team to promote safe and individualized
care as well as promoting accountability enhancing the patient
experience.Demonstrates advocacy for patients and staff.Facilitates
staff members attendance at assigned meetings and
projects.Professional Development: Assimilates leadership
responsibilities on the unit and throughout the entity and/or
system. Promotes a positive image of Texas Health Center or
Diagnostics & Surgery Nursing. Commits to autonomous maintenance
and continuous improvement of competence and serves as a role model
to other healthcare team members. Holds self and others accountable
for highly reliable behavior.Demonstrates involvement in a
professional organization, including certification in appropriate
specialty if applicable. Actively participates in unit based,
department, entity and/or system committees and task
forces.Consistently promotes a professional image of nursing in
demeanor, appearance, attitude and behavior. Is flexible with
scheduling to meet the needs of the department. Participates in
community outreach activities.Demonstrates accountability and
responsibility by independently completing projects/assignments on
time.Leads or participates in required meetings.Promotes the
Pathways philosophy throughout the organization.Supports and
promotes the Nursing Operations Plan.Engages in continuous learning
and practice improvement by attending in-services and/or continuing
education. Practice reflects current methodology supported by
Evidence Based Practice.Complies with THR policies and and
procedure in accordance with the Texas Nursing Practice Act and ANA
Code of Ethics.Adheres to Performance Standards and Professional
Requirements as outlined in the Performance Standards
handbook.Other duties as assigned.Utilizes Relationship Based Care
by consistently placing personal relationships between caregivers,
patients/families and self at the center of care delivery. Every
employee of THCDS is a caregiver. Qualifications:Required:
Associate's Degree from an accredited School of Nursing; Two (2)
years experience as a clinical nurse with previous experience as a
charge nurse o similar leadership role (i.e., Charge Nurse,
committee chair, preceptor) Preferred: Bachelor's from an
accredited School of NursingTwo (2) years exLicenses and
Certifications: RequiredRegistered Nurse upon hiringBCLS - Basic
Cardiac Life Support (prior to providing independent patient care
and maintained quarterly)ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Specialty Certifications: (CNOR, CAPA, CPAN, CMSRN, - please attach
all RN approve nurse certificates at THCDS site).
Keywords: Texas Health Joint Ventures, Plano , Nursing Supervisor - Surgical Services, Healthcare , Plano, Texas
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