The Registered Nurse – Lead provides routine patient care under the supervision of a licensed clinician. Provides nursing services to patients in a community health setting. Assists in providing education to the patients/family as needed. Responsible for the flow of patients through the medical service areas, and exercises frequent independent judgment. Performs with minimal supervision.
What You Will Do:
- Monitor the patient flow throughout the clinic areas.
- Assist Practice Manager or Healthcare Provider with clinical staffing issue within department and/or related to other departments.
- Delegate tasks to clinical staff and create the clinical staff schedules as requested.
- Facilitate training and orientation to the clinical staff members.
- Assess and triage patients for appropriate department within the clinic.
- Accurately obtain health history and rectifies medications.
- Serve as Interpreter between the patient and provider as requested.
- Administer medications by oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal routes, IV.
- Follows nursing policies and procedures for Intravenous infusion.
- Perform phlebotomy and collects specimen for various tests.
- Educate patient and/or family on prescribed treatment regimens.
- Perform Clinical Competencies.
- Actively participates in quality improvement projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Manages overtime and unit staffing for all nursing staff based on budget, patient acuity and census on a daily basis
- Communicates staffing decisions to Nurse Managers of concerned area
- Ensures agency nursing staff is in appropriate units at the scheduled time
- Responds and intervenes in all emergency situations
- Coordinates all staff nurse sick calls and communicates information to the manager of concern.
- Responsible for the notification of on call staff
- Responsible for coordinating after hour procedures
- Acts promptly and decisively to address problems that arise throughout the house
- Serves as administrative/management representative at all times
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A minimum of four years clinical nursing experience in a hospital setting or three years demonstrated leadership as a charge RN or PCC. Familiar with scheduling process, staffing assignments, acuity systems, and quality of care. Has developed and presented education sessions. Has contributed to employee evaluations and assisted with orientation of staff. Has experience investigating problems and provides solutions with- in the framework of best practice and nursing process.
Assumes primary responsibility for overseeing, coordinating and facilitating comprehensive care delivery in all clinical areas during designated shifts. Serves as in-house administration after business hours and on weekends/holidays. Assumes delegated nursing administrative responsibilities in the absences of the director and/or Vice President. Assist directors in providing resources and monitors the productivity of the team. Serves as the communication link between the care team and directors. Participates in operationalizing CHI Health Strategic Initiatives and serves as a role model for ethical management. Supports a professional practice philosophy within a shared governance system that supports the hospital mission and nursing vision.
ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations.
2. Assigns day-to-day work activities; directs the functional and technical job performance of team members.
3. Allocate and direct staffing needs to meet patient, unit, and department needs, and collaborate with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met.
4. Responsible for the coordination and support of patient activity and safe practices in all clinical areas on the designated shift.
5. Oversight for placement of all admissions on designated shift. All hospital EMTALA transfers requests are discussed/coordinated through the House Supervisor.
6. Responsible for facilitating unit triaging during times of peak census. When high census or ICU contingency plans are imminent, coordinates decisions with Directors, Medical Director, Vice President and Administrator on-call as appropriate.
7. Responds to high risk situations, provides direction, supports and assists as necessary toward problem resolution in a timely manner.
8. Coordinates daily staffing adjustments to maintain safe and effective care. Works with Department Director as necessary to resolve assignment issues.
Responsible to the Nurse Manager/Director. Functions as the unit supervisor, clinical resource person, and responsible for nursing resource utilization.
Human Resources Management
- Follows process that define qualifications, responsibilities, competencies of staff needed to provide care and services that meet the needs of the staff and patients in the unit.
- Familiar with the staffing plan to meet customer and service needs that effectively addresses staffing guidelines, productivity measures, and the unit plan of care to provide safe and high quality service.
- Leads on departmental work teams that successfully assess, revise, and improve work outcomes.
- Provides frequent and clear communication and feedback to staff based on individual needs and job requirements.
- Administers corrective action as appropriate.
- Provides or facilitates continuing education/training for team members, with particular focus on quality improvement in teams, use of equipment, interpersonal relationships, customer service, and leadership as assigned or delegated.
- Holds self-accountable for 100% attendance at mandatory education.
- Assures all new team members successfully complete general and department orientation within designated time frames. Communicate knowledge on all current hospital and department policies and procedures to patient care employees.
- Promotes confidence in team members through peer recognition and reinforcement of successes by team and its members.
- Facilitates and fosters ongoing problem solving that utilizes teams and collaboration.
- Leads teams that can focus on immediate issues, move quickly, and achieve specific results as planned.
- Supports others to do their best, creating an atmosphere focused on results, achievement and recognition.
- Collaborates on hiring decisions with the nurse manager.
Fiscal Management
- Acts as financial steward for the unit and the staffing resource utilization based on care and services provided that is in alignment with mission, vision, and values of CHI St. Vincent
- Monitors and modifies staffing skill mix according to shifts in demand for services and resource availability.
- Communicates information and costs to team and all others involved in supporting the provision of care and services.
- Continually defines, analyzes, and implements efficient workflow utilizing process improvement principles.
Materials Management
- Follows departmental plan for meeting material and capital needs that is based on available resources and consistent with the mission, vision, and values of CHI St. Vincent
- Follows the systems processes for determining for and projecting material and capital needs on a yearly and provide input to manager/director.
- Utilizes ongoing system that effectively manages material and supply usage.
Management of Information and Support
- Maintains a work environment that develops leadership and accountability skills in all staff.
- Systematically empowers employees by relocating decision making for customer satisfaction to those serving the customer.
- Participates in the Quality Improvement of the department by serving on teams that include ongoing mechanisms for measuring and improving quality of service and outcomes.
- Assesses and implements plan for continuously improving own leadership skills.
- Develops own and staff skills in seeing organizational issues from the broad view, anticipating challenges and opportunities, thinking ahead, and the ability to react quickly with tactical responses to changes in work demands.
- Maintains a precise and constant flow of information to staff through numerous channels and opportunities.
- Unit Supervisor will assist with development of department schedule.
- Input of Payroll information into timekeeping system.
Leadership
- Challenges the status quo to improve efficiency of unit operations.
- Facilitate optimal patient throughput to decrease LOS and LWBS.
- Ensures that the competence of staff is assessed, maintained, demonstrated, and improved on an ongoing basis.
- Creates and supports an environment in department that encourages problem solving, experimentation, creativity, calculated risk taking, desire to excel and pride in success.
- Is adaptable, appreciates others viewpoints and open to new assignments.
- Continually focuses staff attention and planning on future opportunities for improvements in services provided.
- Is an effective advocate, gets ideas adopted, moves people to action, ask hard questions, and helps staff feel they are part of something bigger than themselves.
- Role models effective team leader skills in department committees, problem analysis and feedback sessions, and participation on cross functional teams.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude resulting in a high level of individual and group morale
- Sets dramatic and inspiring goals that result in high expectations and successful outcomes.
- Deals with issues in an unemotional and objective manner, while striving to enhance self-esteem of others and listen with empathy.
- Gets things done by setting deadlines for certain actions, closely monitoring the progress of activities, and intervening quickly when these are not proceeding according to schedule.
- Sets the role model for accountability.
The Nursing Supervisor serves primarily as an assistant to the Director, helping to manage day-to-day department operations and performing assigned management responsibilities. Coordinates nursing activities to facilitate safe, quality patient care at the unit/department level. Serves as a resource and role model and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to optimize department operations. Maintains competence level needed to deliver direct patient care to defined patient population.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Develops and maintains departmental staffing plan for all departments supervised, detailing appropriate employee classifications and qualifications consistent with the department's operational plan, projected volumes, patient/acuity and other relevant indicators. Participates in human resource planning providing recommendations for staffing, proactive recruitment and long-term needs. Assures compliance with staffing plan.
- Manages daily unit/department operations, unit/department personnel, and interdepartmental activities.
- Provides orientation/education for staff and students to ensure assigned patients have a positive care experience.
- Monitors and reviews staff performance, completes annual performance appraisals, and handles disciplinary action when warranted.
- Directs staff in the delivery of safe and effective patient care. Promotes best practice implementation on unit.
- Administers nursing care to patients; includes assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating the patient's care plan in coordination with the physician.
- Provides input on interviewing and hiring of personnel for the department.
- Maintains knowledge of documentation requirements needed for employees' files and patients' records.
- Administers all policies and procedures that guide and support the assigned services. These include, but are not limited to, JC requirements, safety, federal and state regulations, regulatory standards, etc
- Serves as a resource, mentor, and role model in delivering patient care using a team approach.
- Facilitates communication between patient/family, physicians and other caregivers to achieve consensus for the plan of care. Consults with the Ethics Committee as appropriate.
- Leads and promotes evidence-based practice and research among unit leaders and staff.
- Ensures evidence-based practices are in place. Leads quality improvement activities including performance improvement processes to facilitate clinical practice changes.
- Works independently with limited direction from Nursing Leadership using the Nurse Practice Act, Mercy Medical Center policies, nursing standards and professional judgment.
- Plans unit and nursing resource utilization based on established admission, discharge and transfer criteria, initiating appropriate intervention and collaboration to optimize patient care and unit/department operations.
- Identifies and communicates staff needs for continuing education to the Manager.
- Serves as a resource or “Super User” for documentation in the electronic medical record.
- Leads or participates in interdisciplinary patient rounds and care conferences, management rounding to patients and staff, and Rounding to Influence (Safety First).
- Reviews timecards using Kronos.
- Leads or delegates daily huddles and maintains huddle boards.
- Assists nursing and interdisciplinary team in patient/family education and discharge planning.
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Expectations
- Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy
- Ability to assess and reassess pain and pain management techniques
- Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring, identifies dysrhythmias
- Assists the physician(s) with office procedures; maintains medical and surgical asepsis
- Maintains medical equipment; disinfects and sterilizes instruments
- Maintains accurate and continued nursing documentation
- Functions as liaison between administration, patients, physicians and other healthcare providers.
- Ability to work with insurance companies to receive authorizations for prescription medications for patient
Provides nursing care to Employee Wellness Services, triages company work injuries, and assists with physicals and work injuries within the scope of the RN license. Is held accountable for policies and procedures of the department and organization. This position supports the mission, vision, and philosophy of CommonSpirit Health.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Assures that the mission of Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines is lived by assisting, supporting and organizing the staff and activities of the Centralized Staffing (CS) Department, as requested by Department management and nursing leadership. Monitors and adjusts staffing on an ongoing basis for nursing departments. Fulfills operational responsibilities including scheduling, data maintenance and communications for the department.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Uses labor tracking tools and staffing matrices to prioritize safe utilization of resources at Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines and Mercy Medical Center – West Lakes.
- Receives/gathers data, on an ongoing basis, from work unit (charge RN, management) to forecast/validate staffing needs.
- Adjusts staff coverage, following established procedures, in response to changes in patient census, patient acuity and/or over-staffing of work unit; maintains awareness of admissions, patient status upgrades/downgrades and changes in bed count needs/availability to identify impact on staffing needs and current schedule.
- Communicates with staff and department leadership regarding available staff, available shifts, and staffing shortages.
- Attends and completes all hospital and department-specific required education within the timeframe defined in the Mercy Medical Center Policies/Standards, including but not limited to updates to labor tracking tools.
- Identifies, resolves and communicates real potential staffing problems and information to appropriate leadership.
- Keeps immediate supervisor/s informed of issues/concerns and progress regarding current projects.
- Assists with CS Department data collection and maintenance of necessary records.
- Allocates internal and external resource staff to requesting departments.
- Coordinates with unit leadership, using labor tracking tools, to ensure employees are on the correct schedule.
- Communicates with staff when schedule changes occur.
- Maintains confidentiality of patient, staff and institutional information.
- May assist with nursing duties in areas of competency when staffing is not the current priority.
- Serves as subject matter expert on current labor tracking tools.
- Other duties as assigned by CS Department leadership.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Assists, supports and organizes the staff and activities of the Centralized Flex Staffing (CFS) Department, as requested by Department management and nursing leadership. Operational responsibilities include scheduling, timecards, data maintenance and communications for the department. Provide administrative clerical support with the Magnet application and processes.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Types schedules, reports, letters, and meeting minutes in a timely fashion.
- Formats graphs and spreadsheets utilizing various software applications.
- Keeps immediate supervisor/s informed of issues/concerns and progress regarding current projects.
- Responsible for verification, processing of Agency invoices and trending of the data.
- Assists with CFS department data collection and maintenance of necessary records, as requested.
- Assists with the recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and evaluation of staff for the CFS department.
- Supervises assigned staff. Provides necessary education, orientation and support to staff.
- Processes employee timecards and communicates with employees, management, and payroll on a variety of payroll related issues.
- Schedules CFS and agency staff for requesting departments.
- Assists Associate Chief, Professional Development with various administrative, organizational, research, planning and writing tasks as requested.
The Emergency Department Registered Nurse uses the nursing process to identify patient needs and priorities of care through assessment, planning and delegation of care based on patient needs, therapeutic interventions, and evaluation of the patient’s response. The nurse is expected to incorporate and demonstrate the message of CHI’s stated mission, including its Christian ethics, philosophy and values.
Essential Key Job Responsibilities
- Provides basic, bedside care.
- Displays professionalism while completing multiple urgent tasks in a timely manner.
- Performs triage, collects current symptoms, records patients’ current vital signs, as well as a detailed patient history.
- Works directly under physician’s direction and/or policies/procedures.
- Prepares and administers and records prescribed medications.
- Provides Patient/Family Education.
- Manages basic life support needs and stabilizes patients until the attending physician is available, based upon nursing standards and protocol.
- Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms
- Maintains proper supply levels and appropriate medical equipment.
- Other duties as assigned by management.
Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing
- Responsible for supervising nursing units in the absence of unit managers.
- Active participant of calculating and monitoring Hours Per Patient Days along with acuity of patients, in relationship to staffing units accurately, safely, and cost effective under the direction of the unit manager.
- Utilizes nursing personnel effectively, assists with required scheduling, staffing and assignments, and collaborates with other department managers/supervisors/charge to ensure smooth coordination of services to patients, enhances patient flow within the facility, and efficient admission/discharge/transfer processes
- Receives report from off-going shift, give report to oncoming shift, and makes rounds
- Open on-going dialog with unit managers.
- Practices safe work habits, compliance with safety rules and regulations, and adheres to safety policies 7.Utilizes resources appropriately and follows facility guidelines, policies, and procedures
- Must be able to step in to assist staff in response to work load or staffing demands.
- Maintains clinical exposure through actual intervention, coordination of patient care, role modeling, consulting, problem solving, and in-services.
NON-ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
1.Other duties as assigned
Responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Responsible for the outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing
- Responsible for supervising nursing units in the absence of unit managers.
- Active participant of calculating and monitoring Hours Per Patient Days along with acuity of patients, in relationship to staffing units accurately, safely, and cost effective under the direction of the unit manager.
- Utilizes nursing personnel effectively, assists with required scheduling, staffing and assignments, and collaborates with other department managers/supervisors/charge to ensure smooth coordination of services to patients, enhances patient flow within the facility, and efficient admission/discharge/transfer processes
- Receives report from off-going shift, give report to oncoming shift, and makes rounds
- Open on-going dialog with unit managers.
- Practices safe work habits, compliance with safety rules and regulations, and adheres to safety policies 7.Utilizes resources appropriately and follows facility guidelines, policies, and procedures
- Must be able to step in to assist staff in response to work load or staffing demands.
- Maintains clinical exposure through actual intervention, coordination of patient care, role modeling, consulting, problem solving, and in-services.
NON-ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
1.Other duties as assigned
Expectations:
- Provide onsite leadership for Substance Abuse Unit
- Lead teams and service line operations
- Promote transparency through effective communication and report distribution
- Oversees quality of patient care to assure delivery of individualized nursing care
- Ensures optimization of resources
Franciscan Medical Group is currently seeking a full time Supervisor, Clinic Nurse, RN for our Franciscan Heart and Vascular Associates in Pierce County! We are a fast paced, growing Cardiology clinic seeking a highly motivated, energetic, collaborative and team oriented nurse supervisor. We are a patient centered Ambulatory setting that is team based. This is a great opportunity to lead a team while working closely with the Clinic Manager. This position is Monday through Friday with no nights, weekends or organizationally recognized holidays required.
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for planning, assigning, coordinating and controlling nursing care within scope of licensure and services for patients. Act as a clinic leader to ensure the mission and goals of the organization are met.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Coordinate with the Clinic Manager, Medical Director and other staff to set appropriate goals for the clinic. Communicate clinic goals to employees and ensure that they have the tools and means necessary to achieve them.
- Coordinate nursing operations and activities to ensure efficient and quality service; ensure compliance with regulations and clinic standards of quality patient care and patient confidentiality. Ensure that Infection Control/Exposure Plans are understood and followed by staff. Evaluate patient care needs within scope of licensure. Suggest solutions to patient care crisis problems and complaints.
- Obtain and record vital signs and other appropriate information, such as height, weight, drug allergies, current medications and presenting problem. Anticipates the needs of the patient and the practitioner during the exam. Ensure patient privacy and comfort during the exam; instruct patients in the collection of samples and other tests.
- Administer ordered medications via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular or intradermal routes. Start intravenous lines and administer intravenous fluids with appropriate certification. Under supervision of the practitioner, inform patients of lab results, call in prescriptions to pharmacies and return practitioners’ phone messages. Documents all procedures and interactions in patient’s medical record. Assist with diagnostic tests and procedures to appropriate level of training and established procedures
- Supervises all aspects of employee management including selection, orientation, training and staffing of the nursing staff; ensures the effective development and implementation of HR policies and procedures. Coordination of nursing activities with practitioners. Prepare clinical staff schedules. Monitor, edit and sign off on staff timecards each pay period.
- Conduct employee performance appraisals for supervised staff, setting individual goals and follow-up as outlined in policies and procedures.
- Review departmental supply requisitions, oversee records and reports. Track and analyze nurse staff expenses. Prepare, recommend, and monitor departmental budget, goals, and objectives taking into consideration input from clinic staff.
- Participate in required meetings and professional development activities and maintain professional affiliations. Attend conferences and workshops. Required membership on the Clinic’s Disaster Recovery Team
Other: Performs related duties as required.
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Franciscan Medical Group is currently seeking a full time Supervisor, Clinic Nurse, RN for our Franciscan Medical Clinic - St. Joseph on our St. Joseph Medical Center campus here in Tacoma, WA! This role will co -supervise back office staff in four clinicsPediatrics, Internal Med, Family Med and Behavioral Health. Come join our patient centered care team!
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for planning, assigning, coordinating and controlling nursing care within scope of licensure and services for patients. Act as a clinic leader to ensure the mission and goals of the organization are met.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Coordinate with the Clinic Manager, Medical Director and other staff to set appropriate goals for the clinic. Communicate clinic goals to employees and ensure that they have the tools and means necessary to achieve them.
- Coordinate nursing operations and activities to ensure efficient and quality service; ensure compliance with regulations and clinic standards of quality patient care and patient confidentiality. Ensure that Infection Control/Exposure Plans are understood and followed by staff. Evaluate patient care needs within scope of licensure. Suggest solutions to patient care crisis problems and complaints.
- Obtain and record vital signs and other appropriate information, such as height, weight, drug allergies, current medications and presenting problem. Anticipates the needs of the patient and the practitioner during the exam. Ensure patient privacy and comfort during the exam; instruct patients in the collection of samples and other tests.
- Administer ordered medications via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular or intradermal routes. Start intravenous lines and administer intravenous fluids with appropriate certification. Under supervision of the practitioner, inform patients of lab results, call in prescriptions to pharmacies and return practitioners’ phone messages. Documents all procedures and interactions in patient’s medical record. Assist with diagnostic tests and procedures to appropriate level of training and established procedures
- Supervises all aspects of employee management including selection, orientation, training and staffing of the nursing staff; ensures the effective development and implementation of HR policies and procedures. Coordination of nursing activities with practitioners. Prepare clinical staff schedules. Monitor, edit and sign off on staff timecards each pay period.
- Conduct employee performance appraisals for supervised staff, setting individual goals and follow-up as outlined in policies and procedures.
- Review departmental supply requisitions, oversee records and reports. Track and analyze nurse staff expenses. Prepare, recommend, and monitor departmental budget, goals, and objectives taking into consideration input from clinic staff.
- Participate in required meetings and professional development activities and maintain professional affiliations. Attend conferences and workshops. Required membership on the Clinic’s Disaster Recovery Team
Other: Performs related duties as required
Francsican Medical Group is currently seeking a full time Supervisor, Clinic Nurse, RN for our Franciscan Medical Clinic in Lakewood, WA. This position will work along side clinical support staff and providers in 2 primary care clinics. No nights, weekends or organizationally recognized holidays required.
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for planning, assigning, coordinating and controlling nursing care within scope of licensure and services for patients. Act as a clinic leader to ensure the mission and goals of the organization are met.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Coordinate with the Clinic Manager, Medical Director and other staff to set appropriate goals for the clinic. Communicate clinic goals to employees and ensure that they have the tools and means necessary to achieve them.
- Coordinate nursing operations and activities to ensure efficient and quality service; ensure compliance with regulations and clinic standards of quality patient care and patient confidentiality. Ensure that Infection Control/Exposure Plans are understood and followed by staff. Evaluate patient care needs within scope of licensure. Suggest solutions to patient care crisis problems and complaints.
- Obtain and record vital signs and other appropriate information, such as height, weight, drug allergies, current medications and presenting problem. Anticipates the needs of the patient and the practitioner during the exam. Ensure patient privacy and comfort during the exam; instruct patients in the collection of samples and other tests.
- Administer ordered medications via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular or intradermal routes. Start intravenous lines and administer intravenous fluids with appropriate certification. Under supervision of the practitioner, inform patients of lab results, call in prescriptions to pharmacies and return practitioners’ phone messages. Documents all procedures and interactions in patient’s medical record. Assist with diagnostic tests and procedures to appropriate level of training and established procedures
- Supervises all aspects of employee management including selection, orientation, training and staffing of the nursing staff; ensures the effective development and implementation of HR policies and procedures. Coordination of nursing activities with practitioners. Prepare clinical staff schedules. Monitor, edit and sign off on staff timecards each pay period.
- Conduct employee performance appraisals for supervised staff, setting individual goals and follow-up as outlined in policies and procedures.
- Review departmental supply requisitions, oversee records and reports. Track and analyze nurse staff expenses. Prepare, recommend, and monitor departmental budget, goals, and objectives taking into consideration input from clinic staff.
- Participate in required meetings and professional development activities and maintain professional affiliations. Attend conferences and workshops. Required membership on the Clinic’s Disaster Recovery Team
Other: Performs related duties as required.
Franciscan Medical Group is currently seeking a full time Supervisor, Clinic Nurse, RN for our Franciscan Urgent Care in Federal Way, WA. This position will supervise the following Urgent Care Centers: Federal Way, Burien and West Seattle. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing team and service in FMG Urgent Care facilities. Every other weekend requirement.
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for planning, assigning, coordinating and controlling nursing care within scope of licensure and services for patients. Act as a clinic leader to ensure the mission and goals of the organization are met.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Coordinate with the Clinic Manager, Medical Director and other staff to set appropriate goals for the clinic. Communicate clinic goals to employees and ensure that they have the tools and means necessary to achieve them.
- Coordinate nursing operations and activities to ensure efficient and quality service; ensure compliance with regulations and clinic standards of quality patient care and patient confidentiality. Ensure that Infection Control/Exposure Plans are understood and followed by staff. Evaluate patient care needs within scope of licensure. Suggest solutions to patient care crisis problems and complaints.
- Obtain and record vital signs and other appropriate information, such as height, weight, drug allergies, current medications and presenting problem. Anticipates the needs of the patient and the practitioner during the exam. Ensure patient privacy and comfort during the exam; instruct patients in the collection of samples and other tests.
- Administer ordered medications via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular or intradermal routes. Start intravenous lines and administer intravenous fluids with appropriate certification. Under supervision of the practitioner, inform patients of lab results, call in prescriptions to pharmacies and return practitioners’ phone messages. Documents all procedures and interactions in patient’s medical record. Assist with diagnostic tests and procedures to appropriate level of training and established procedures
- Supervises all aspects of employee management including selection, orientation, training and staffing of the nursing staff; ensures the effective development and implementation of HR policies and procedures. Coordination of nursing activities with practitioners. Prepare clinical staff schedules. Monitor, edit and sign off on staff timecards each pay period.
- Conduct employee performance appraisals for supervised staff, setting individual goals and follow-up as outlined in policies and procedures.
- Review departmental supply requisitions, oversee records and reports. Track and analyze nurse staff expenses. Prepare, recommend, and monitor departmental budget, goals, and objectives taking into consideration input from clinic staff.
- Participate in required meetings and professional development activities and maintain professional affiliations. Attend conferences and workshops. Required membership on the Clinic’s Disaster Recovery Team
Other: Performs related duties as required.
