Job Description
House Supervisor RN @ Swedish First Hill
Variable Shift
Per Diem
Oversees medical center operations on shift of responsibility to ensure that quality patient care is delivered in accordance with Swedish Medical Center's mission, vision and values.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued - they're invaluable. Join our team at Swedish First Hill and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

• Makes daily shift rounds and communicates with the nurse in charge to assure that patient care needs are met. Assists nursing staff in the delivery of patient care, as needed, by interpreting and enforcing standards. Assists with the provision of patient care in crisis situations.
• Communicates concerns regarding delivery of patient/family care to the Manager. Assists the nursing staff in their role of patient advocate to clarify and evaluate ethical and/or legal issues, and communicates to the Manager as appropriate.
• Accountable for appropriate placement of patients. Allocates resources for quality care. Assists in achieving the department budget plan to provide cost-effective patient care delivery. Utilizes the Manager's staffing guidelines to meet patient care needs. Communicates to the Manager changes in the staffing plan which affect quality care and the department's budget. Identifies and communicates opportunities for improvement in the efficient provision of patient care.
• Provides feedback to the Manager regarding staff performance and competency on an ongoing basis and as requested. Contributes to the identification of staff learning needs in collaboration with the Manager. Facilitates active participation of staff in educational and professional activities. Guides staff in meeting existing or additional role expectations. As a mentor, counsels staff in problem solving and decision-making. Assists Manager of Nursing Resource Office with management of nursing float pool personnel.
• Represents Swedish Medical Center to patients, visitors, medical staff, media, and others in the absence of executive management.
• Ensures effective and efficient hospital operations across all departments. Interprets and ensures adherence to professional, regulatory, and medical center standards.
• Demonstrates leadership through active involvement in emergencies and crisis intervention.
• Identifies opportunities for quality improvement and initiates appropriate referrals.
• Leads and/or participates in committee and administrative meetings that are most appropriate to role.
• Uses effective delegation and priority setting.

Required qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• Upon hire: Washington Registered Nurse License
• Upon hire: National Provider BLS - American Heart Association
• 1 year Charge Nurse or leadership experience and demonstrated leadership abilities.

Why Join Providence?
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.
Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.
About Us
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

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About the Team
Providence Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Puget Sound area. It is comprised of eight hospital campuses (Ballard, Edmonds, Everett, Centralia, Cherry Hill (Seattle), First Hill (Seattle), Issaquah and Olympia); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Providence Swedish Medical Group, a network of 190 primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we're dedicated to improving the wellbeing of rural and urban communities by expanding access to quality health care for all.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.