OB Supervisor Nursing

CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital accredited by The Joint Commission, licensed by the North Dakota State Department of Health, and certified by the Department of Health and Human Services for participation in the Medicare Program. Our hospital has been committed to providing patients quality medical treatment in the Lake Region area and surrounding communities since 1902.

As a Nursing Supervisor, you'll oversee a department of frontline nurses caring for patients. Your previous experience in acute care, LTC, or nursing homes adds tremendous value to our nursing team.

Every day you will advocate for your fellow nurses as you support them in reaching their full potential, which aligns with your department's operational goals and objectives.

To thrive in this role, you need to be accountable and confident. You're an excellent communicator in 1:1 interactions and in front of groups. It's also important for you to be comfortable holding tough conversations, as you are responsible for the performance of your people and your unit.

What you'll do...

• Works collaboratively with the VP of Nursing and Human Resources to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations.
• Assigns day-to-day work activities; directs the functional and technical job performance of team members.
• Allocates and directs staffing needs to meet patient, unit, and department needs, and collaborate with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met.
• Manages performance including: Setting goals, clarifying job expectations, monitoring performance progress, providing feedback and recognition, developing skills and addressing performance issues related to our work and our Commitments using corrective action with collaboration and direction from Human Resources.
• Oversees quality of patient care to assure delivery of individualized nursing care. Reviews and follows up on incident reports that promotes the safety of both patients and staff. Makes timely recommendations for improvements and revisions. Develops education in collaboration with the Director of Nursing for staff that promotes learning opportunities designed for nursing to maximize skills development to the top of their license and scope of practice.
• Oversees patient care delivery to maximize patient/family satisfaction and minimize risk of injury or negative outcomes to patients or employees. Directs staff during emergency situations. Acts as an advocate for patients and family members. Acts as a resource for staff.

• Associate Of Nursing and minimum of three (3) years’ experience in the discipline, upon hire or Masters Of Nursing.
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of North Dakota (ND)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by the American Heart Association 
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing (BSN)
• Two (2) years of management experience in an inpatient/outpatient nursing environment