HealthAlliance Hospital
Location
Kingston, NY | United States
Job description
The Nursing Supervisor is responsible for coordinating the delivery for patient care through communication, resource coordination, personnel development, and data collecting/reporting during evening, night, and weekend shifts. Participates in intra- and interdepartmental planning when changes relate to these shifts. Nursing Supervisor oversees and interfaces with patients, staff and physicians and is the acting administrator on off hours. Essetial Job Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Communication–promote positive consumer relations and quality health care by: conveying caring through therapeutic listening and responding; mediating effective conflict resolution; interacting supportively with patients and significant others, Hospital staff, management, administration, and physicians. Sharing information objectively and constructively; performs as a Hospital liaison with medical staff and community. Personnel development–promotes patient centered behaviors by: providing theoretical knowledge and teaching clinical skills; guiding role development, including critical thinking, responsibility and accountability; acting as information resource reference; collaborating with clinical managers about staff evaluations. Resource coordination and allocation–promotes effective/efficient Hospital operations by: monitoring and adjusting nursing staffing, using patient management acuity system data and clinical observations; assuring optimal patient placement by directing evening/night/weekend bed control decisions; coordinating responses to emergencies, including all categories or "codes." Data collection/reporting–promotes effective decision making and supports regulatory requirements by: maintaining accurate, timely data for PMS acuity system; documenting actual utilization of nursing personnel; identifying and communicating quality of care issues, infection control information, safety and security hazards, and reportable occurrences. Planning/implementation–promotes organizational growth and effective change by: participating in coordination of administrative supervisor role; assuming responsibility for special projects; participating in PCS and Hospital committee activities. Supplemental services–delegate and/or performs tasks required for continuity of patient care, when services are not available from department of responsibility including: IV Therapy, Medical Records, Pharmacy (within regulatory guidelines), Central Supply, EKG, dietary, and others as required.
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HealthAlliance Hospital
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