Nurse Supervisor | Nights

Summary

Under the direction of the Director of Professional Practice and Development, the Supervisor/Educator(Registered Nurse) is responsible for daily supervision and coordination of operations for the hospital and patient care areas. He/she is responsible for development, teaching, and evaluation of orientation, inservices and continuing education programs for clinical staff. He/she is responsible for responding to clinical and organizational emergency situations. The Supervisor/Educator is responsible for supporting and assisting in the delivery of quality patient care and professional nursing practice.

Education

Bachelors of Science in Nursing from an accredited college/university preferred or commensurate education and experience.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Licensure required: Current license to practice in the state of New Hampshire.

Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association.

Experience

Minimum of 3 years of acute care clinical experience. Previous supervisory/ leadership experience desired. Demonstrated ability to effectively and positively interact with a multidisciplinary staff, patients and others, as well as ability to perform as a member of a team.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and collaborates with administration and directors related to population specific patient care,
  
  

administrative functions and physical plant when administrative staff are not present.

• Coordinates bed management and staffing functions, balancing patient care needs with staffing
  
  

availability and expertise.

• Develops instructional plans and methodologies to respond to learning needs of staff.
• Serves as a leader, researcher, and consultant for educational opportunities and organizational activities.
• Coaches and directs staff in clinical decision-making.
• Responds to emergent patient situations to provide guidance appropriate to the situation.
• Coordinates initial hospital emergency response plan and serves in various roles in the command center.
• Markets, conducts, evaluates and maintains records for educational sessions covering orientation, on-thejob
  
  

training, computer use, preceptor programs, customer service, clinical education, retraining and

clinical leadership development.

• Coordinates, prepares and updates curriculum to meet clinical and professional standards and to ensure
  
  

continued accreditation.

• Verifies competency of staff through testing and observation of practice.
• Acts as a conduit for department and organizational communication.
• Participates in and supports departmental and organizational change.
  
  

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Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to hear and speak. The employee is frequently required to bend, do fine motor, do repetitive motion, reach, sit, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb, kneel, smell, squat, and stand.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision and peripheral vision.

The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, radiation, slippery surfaces, toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.