Administrative Nursing Supervisor

Overview:

M Health Fairview is searching for a hardworking Administrative Nursing Supervisor who is looking for an exciting career and wants to join our team!

Fairview Southdale Hospital, in Edina, MN offers care to people living and working in the southwest Twin Cities metro area. With more than 40 specialty services, we combine talents to balance innovative technologies and treatments with the art of medicine. Working together, we respectfully address the comprehensive needs of our patients and their families.

The Administrative Nursing Supervisor (ANS) role represents administration and management on a 24/7 basis in the provision of leadership to expedite and ensure efficient hospital operations. It guides in the appropriate placement and safe provision of patient care services which: address and meet clinical patient needs, employs wise and appropriate stewardship of resources, and assures and improves a positive patient experience.

This position is a .9 (72 hours per pay period), day/night shifts, with weekends as needed. Benefit eligible.

Responsibilities/Job Description:

Serves as the representative of hospital administration

Investigates patient, family, physician, and staff concerns. Refers situations to Patient Representative, Risk Management, Occupational Health, as appropriate.

Evaluates any unusual and/or inappropriate incidents on hospital premises related to unsafe occurrences or practices involving patients, employees, providers, students, or visitors; takes prompt, appropriate action.

Gives direction to other hospital departments in the absence of their manager to assure the delivery of patient care.

Responds to media and law enforcement inquiries and refers to appropriate resources such as Patient Relations, Risk Management and Security.

Maintains patient rights in accordance with the Minnesota Patient Bill of Rights.

Responsible for human resources and financial management during assigned shift to maintain quality service, positive employee relations, and fiscal expectations

Facilitates inter/intra-departmental decision-making between individual employees. Promotes first party communication.

Monitors performance of nursing personnel from outside agencies during their assignment and relays information to appropriate staff.

Responds and participates in resolving system, staff, and physician issues, taking immediate action when appropriate and/or triaging to operational managers. Consistently provides information to Department Manager or Director about unit or system issues.

Allocates daily staffing resources

Coordinates human resources with Staffing Office and Patient Placement for area(s) of responsibility to achieve quality service and positive patient flow for assigned shift.

Weighs requests for staff against available resources, budgeted patient care hours, and individualized patient care needs.

Applies suggested staffing and hospital guidelines, policy, procedure and personnel assessment to allocate staff appropriately.

Patient and Employee Safety: Demonstrates understanding of role in developing and maintaining an environment that is safe for patients, visitors, and employees.

Demonstrates the ability to advance evidence-based practice by using standards, guidelines and pathways for care delivery. Incorporates data and information into practice to continually improve care and practice so that patient outcomes are enhanced.

Participates in Emergency Alert Response plan; assumes position of Incident Commander and implements the Hospital Incident Command system (HICS) in the absence of an Administrator.

Responds to emergency calls and acts as resource to team members when requested by staff.

Follows safety/security procedures for emergency and non-emergency situations to protect patient, self, and environment.

Respond to all cardio-pulmonary emergencies as assigned to assist with drug preparation and information on emergency medications intervening as appropriate to ensure efficient patient outcomes.

Ensures compliance with internal and external regulations, policies and procedures for Joint Commission, Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), etc.

Serves as a resource, coach and mentor to hospital employees

Notifies Risk Management of any event with untoward effect on patient or family.

Communicates as appropriate with Coordinating Council and external agencies (MNTrac).

Advises staff to potential resources/equipment sources within hospital or community.

Serves as contact for vulnerable adult or child abuse reporting.

Helps and mentors for charge nurses and safe patient care.

Supervises patient flow issues throughout the hospital

Facilitates capacity-related meetings to bring together and share information, and plan daily patient flow.

Collaborates with inpatient (IP) units to evaluate and develop unit admission/transfer/discharges.

Rounds through each inpatient unit at least once per shift to collect information for patient flow and other concerns.

Remains visible on patient care units at least 50% of the time.

Collaborates and partners with Patient Placement to facilitate all admissions, trouble shoot issues, and collaborate in decision making. Updates Patient Placement at least every two hours with bed status.

Responds to capacity alerts in the ED, Mom/Baby and house-wide to help ensure patient flow and allocation of resources.

Consults with the Administrator on-call to initiate hospital closure.

Ensures that established standards of professional nursing practice and patient care excellence are being met

Coordinates and communicates with multi-disciplinary members of the health care team, including both clinical and non-clinical support roles.

Interprets, guides, and carries out system wide, entity and department-specific policies, procedures and practices in the safe and appropriate placement and delivery of patient care.

Rounds on and maintains contact with all units on assigned shift including OR, PACU and ancillary departments. Assesses competency of nursing staff to ensure patient care standards are met.

Qualifications:

Required

Experience

1-3 years supervisory/management experience in healthcare. May include Charge RN or council leadership.

License/Certification/Registration

Current Minnesota Registered Nurse

Basic Life Support (BLS) upon hire

Preferred

Education

Bachelor’s Degree is Nursing

Experience

Three to five years of healthcare related leadership, supervisor, or management experience preferred. May include Charge RN or council leadership.

Additional Requirements:

Leadership skills including good verbal and written communication, decision making, problem solving, negotiation and conflict management. Have knowledge and resources to ensure that efficient hospital operations run efficiently when most ancillary departments are closed. Be able to interact well with Public Relations, Security, other hospitals and providers on a regular basis. Have knowledge of resources to interact with Risk Management and legal issues.

Proficient in using EPIC programs of Clindoc, ASAP, ADT and others as needed.

Permanent