Position Summary: Under the supervision and cooperation of the Director, the supervisor oversees the daily processes of the nursing unit to ensure that safe, evidence based care is provided. The supervisor contributes to the overall corporate objectives by providing leadership to the unit, assisting with financial management and maintaining policies. The supervisor serves as the Critical Care Educator and will assess, implement and evaluate the associate’s education needs to promote quality patient outcomes. The Critical Care Educator implements processes to support evidence based practice in the delivery of quality health care enhancing patient satisfaction and quality goals.

Responsibilities:

• Provides positive leadership by an environment of teamwork, open communication and customer service.
• Responsible for human resources processes including interviewing and orientating staff, ongoing performance management and timekeeping/scheduling and required documentation.
• Assists with financial management by developing and maintaining budget, strives to keep operations within benchmarks and communicates variances.
• Ensures the compliance of policies and work instructions with regulatory standards to improve the overall operations of the facility.
• Maintains familiarity with all relevant emergency management policies and procedures; participates in drills and post-event debriefings and provides constructive input to improve the processes.
• Collaborates with the Director of Critical Care and ICU Medical Director for overall operation of the ICU and care of patients.
• Assists with the maintenance schedules on equipment and ensures that equipment is safe for patients and personnel.
• Collects pertinent information related to potential education needs of the staff.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the learner needs.
• Identifies the general purpose and educational objectives that are measurable for each learning activity.
• Identifies and collaborates with content experts to develop activities to facilitate learners' achievement of the educational objectives.
• Provides staff education/coaching, serves as a preceptor and assists with all components of the RN Residency Program.
• Participates in and utilizes evidence based research for improving staff education activities, nursing practice and staff outcomes.
• Maintains accurate records of staff competencies by documentation and administration of e-learning modules.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Current Kansas Registered Nurse License Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Knowledge of general nursing and practice. Current registered nurse licensure in the State of Kansas or has work permit from the State Board of Nursing.
• BLS certification required or must complete BLS certification with in the first two weeks of employment.
• Additional certification may be required for certain patient care settings or populations.
• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) ENPC or PALS Triage experience
• Minimum of one year experience caring for patients with orthopedic diseases and disorders such as arthritis, bone fractures, broken bones and joint replacements. Maintains a minimum of 8 hours CNE annually in Knee/Hip education.

Preferred:

• ACLS Certification Certification in nursing administration
• CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse) or appropriate specialty
• Related supervisory experience
• Masters degree 

Patient Interaction: Periodic

Infection Control: Initial and Ongoing training in dealing with infection control. Trainings could include but are not limited to, blood borne pathogens, bodily fluids and bio hazardous materials as it applies to your daily work environment.

HIPAA: This position will have access to the following Protected Health Information in order to carry out the duties related to their position at Hays Medical Center based on the following criteria:
Primary – required (routine) to do the job;
Secondary – required for the job, but mostly be exception; and
None – no approved access
Description of Information
Primary:
Patient Demographic Information (information used to identify a person): Name, Date of Birth, Address, Race, Marital Status, Religion
Clinical Information (information that describes a patient’s health status): Diagnosis, Reports/Medical Notes, Test Results, Problem List, Procedures, History and Physical
Coding Information (clinical information that is in (alpha) numeric format): ICD-9 Codes, Rev Codes, CPT Codes
Financial Information/Insurance (information related to insurance, billing and payment): Billing Information, Payer Name, Payer ID, Account Balances, Plan Elements Covered, Payment Information, Payment Rates