Mission Community Hospital · 5 months ago
Administrative Nursing Supervisor
Los Angeles, CA, US
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expMission Community Hospital is seeking an Administrative Nursing Supervisor to oversee the Nursing Department and hospital operations across various shifts. The role includes providing managerial support, ensuring compliance with nursing policies, and addressing patient care needs while fostering a collaborative environment among staff.
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Responsibilities
Participates in marketing activities of the Hospital including but not limited to committees/task forces, speaking engagements, conducting tours, Hospital sponsored health fairs
Participates in staff recognition activities in ways that reward behaviors reflecting positively on Mission Community Hospital
Serves as an active participant in departmental, interdepartmental, multi-department or house-wide process improvement forums/task forces/committees
Offers and implements solutions to challenges/problems
Participates in departmental activities / projects and contributes recommendations and/or assists in implementing new or revised processes/procedures that improve work efficiency and/or enhanced service
Provides coaching and supervision when staff clinical practice knowledge deficits are identified
Is continuously aware of changing priorities and resource availability and proactively removes roadblocks and prevents problems
Utilizes competent interpersonal skills and conflict resolution techniques
Role models and fosters high quality and continuous excellence in patient care delivery
Promotes an environment in which the patient care team is motivated to work cooperatively toward common outcomes
Role models and assures compliance by patient care team members with hospital professional nursing practice policies and procedures and standards of patient care
Precepts/mentors/coaches nursing staff to promote wound care practice excellence and high quality patient care
Actively participates in wound care management and performance improvement councils and other patient care and safety committees/task forces as assigned
Assess patient care requirements on each unit by making rounds in the Emergency Department (ED), and all other areas of the hospital
Use Patient Classification tool to assess the acuity of care required by the patients
Develop and implement staffing plan for shift based on patient acuity and/or ratio, patient census and available staff
Serve as a resource to staff for solving clinical problems
Assist staff with efficiently utilizing staffing resources to meet patient care requirements and other professional responsibilities
Provide for immediate follow-up, documentation and communication of incidents to appropriate manager and director
Respond to emergency situations (e.g., RRT, Code Blue, Code Gray, etc.) and assists staff as necessary. Ensure incident report is completed and submitted by staff
Act as a resource in identifying and/or solving administrative/operational problems
Anticipate actual/potential problems that may occur on assigned shift and sets shift priorities accordingly
Work collaboratively with nursing and ancillary staff to solve problems in a fair, consistent manner
Contact representatives of departments not presently in the hospital for assistance with problem solving, timely and appropriately
Act as a resource and ensure adherence to hospital and nursing philosophy, policies and procedures
Report to the administrator on-call significant incidents and problems such as unusual patient, family, visitor concerns; borrowing of lending of major equipment; major damage or utility outages; security problems; public relations or media events; union recruitment activities; fire, disaster, and bomb threats; matters of legal importance; calls received from the Department of Health or any other regulatory agency; and safety issues
Obtain materials/supplies from Materials Processing and/or the Storeroom for patient care when these departments are not open
Provide ongoing support, guidance, timely feedback, verbal and written anecdotes to staff on performance, when indicated. Written anecdotes are forwarded to nurse managers or directors to be used as part of performance evaluation
Contribute to evening, night and weekend staff performance evaluations, when requested. Facilitate staff attendance at staff development sessions offered during their shift
Identify and communicate staff needs for continuing education to the Education Director. Assist staff to interpret change in a positive manner
Assist staff to provide a safe work environment for patient care
Assist in the preparation and implementation of the annual goals for the department
Maintain profession knowledge and competency by attending continuing education programs, seminars, workshops, Supervisor Conference Group Meetings, and/or independent research reading
Consistently and independently follows established safety and infection control procedures. Comply with the standards of conduct and seeks guidance when in doubt
Meet or exceed expectations of individuals for whom service is provided
Assist physicians and staff with assigning admission status to patients (e.g., observation status vs. admission status). Contact Case Management Director when level of care assistance is needed
Responsible for managing available hospital beds during assigned shift by collaborating with nursing staff to improve the efficiency of patient admissions and discharges throughout the organization
Monitor patient census and availability of beds within the organization to maximize the efficient utilization of nursing resources
Qualification
Required
Current (unrestricted) California Registered Nurse license
Los County Fire Card
Minimum Education: Associate Degree Nursing
Minimum of five (5) years of acute critical care, emergency department, and/or medical-surgical nursing experience
Basic computer skills
Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Preferred
Experience with navigating Electronic Medical Records
Bachelor of Science degree in nursing
Minimum of two (2) years supervisory or management experience
Bilingual skills preferred (Spanish)
Company
Mission Community Hospital
Mission Community Hospital is a nonprofit organization that offers medical, surgical, psychiatric and 24/7 emergency room care services.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
James Theiring
Chief Executive Officer
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