Clinical Nurse Supervisor - Acute Care Unit (Hiring Immediately)
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: San Marcos
Posted on: October 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Description _Summary:_ Supports and coordinates day-to-day
activities of nursing personnel in patient care units, provides
direction to Clinical Staff, implements work of assigned units, and
coordinates activities with other patient care units and related
departments. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to
on long- range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to
cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes
appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers to
help manage the clinical situation. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital
--- San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its current Wonder
World Drive location in 1983. Our staff of more than 700 Associates
works with more than 300 active and consulting physicians to
provide quality services to patients and their families. For more
than 20 consecutive years, we have been named The Best Hospital in
Hays County in the annual ---Best of Hays--- publication released
by the San Marcos Daily Record. In addition to interventional
cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital --- San Marcos is a
Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary Stroke
Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery and
offers a variety of specialty care services including medical
imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women---s services and more.
_Responsibilities:_ --- Meets expectations of the applicable
OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or
Leader of Leaders. --- Organizing and overseeing patient care
delivery during an assigned shift, ensuring proper staffing and
smooth operations of a patient care unit. --- Coachingcounseling
individual team members; monitoring and providing feedback on
performance and addressing training needs. --- Documenting daily
staffing, operational, and administrative records; maintaining
compliance with governmental policies and procedures. --- Providing
direction and support to nursing staff demonstrating and promoting
respect for the dignity and rights of every patient; assisting with
communications with patients and families --- Allocates team
resources responsibly and equitably, delegates appropriate levels
of responsibility and authority, and provides oversight and
guidance. --- Mediates and resolves conflicts among individuals,
groups, and departments. CORE COMPETENCIES Standard I: Utilizes the
Nursing Process --- Uses critical thinking skills to assess the
basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, Spiritual, and
development needs of patient and families --- Communicates findings
to appropriate healthcare team members --- Develops and uses a
specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient
needs using evidence-based practice. Implements patient care and
therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of
treatment and teaching goals --- Evaluates the care and
treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient---s response
to the care and treatment(s) --- Performs timely reassessment and
documentation --- Must be able to perform unit-specific
competencies based on the specific patient care need for designated
units patient population Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient
Flow Process --- Anticipates and plans for
admissiondischargetransfer needs to facilitate patient flow ---
Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to
facilitate the discharge process --- Coaches on tools and
techniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders to
ensure accuracy Standard III. Unit Operations --- Plans, directs
and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a
particular nursing unit during an assigned shift --- Demonstrates
good stewardship in the proper use and maintenance of equipment and
Supplies --- Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively
participates in resourcing efforts. --- Educates and trains others
on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry
Standard IV. Safe PracticeQuality CareRegulations --- Incorporates
patient safety practicesguidelines to promote a safe environment
resulting in positive patient outcomes --- Demonstrates
accountability for nursing research and quality improvement
activities --- Provides evidence-based nursing care ---
Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum
of care --- Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics,
and regulations within the industry. --- Knowledge of federal,
state, and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability
to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities
Standard V. Leadership --- Serves as a subject matter expert for
patient care --- Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement,
and recommends improvement as a patient care subject matter expert.
--- Supports proper allocation of team resources, delegates
appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and provides
support and guidance for high- quality patient care --- Mediates
and resolves conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES Clinical Policies and Standards --- Follows
a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures ---
Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures
organizational compliance --- Provides feedback for improvement of
procedures --- Assists in the development and implementation of
specific procedures --- Works with control and monitoring
mechanisms, tools and techniques Health Information Documentation
--- Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic
patient documentation --- Walk through the steps and procedures for
receiving, validating and updating patient records --- Describes
the flow of information between various stations or units ---
Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic
documentation --- Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques
for ensuring their accuracy --- Explains health information
documentation best practices and their rationale across health care
practices Medical Equipment --- Describes experience with basic
medical equipment used in own unit or facility --- Uses standard
diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment
problems --- Educates patients about the appropriate use of home
medical equipment --- Ensures that all equipment and related
supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient
safety --- Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment
Medical Order Processing --- Shares experiences with processing
medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions ---
Describes functions and features of the system used to enter,
validate, update and forward medical orders --- Discusses common
errors, their sources and procedures for correcting --- Explains
considerations for entering and following standing orders ---
Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders and
considerations for each Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation
--- Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient
charts for patients on unit and under own care --- Reviews
patients--- charts for completion and accuracy; identifies and
alerts to mistakes or omissions --- Recognizes unexpected readings
and alerts nursing or medical staff --- Relates examples of
misreadings or misinterpretations and lessons learned --- Reviews,
discusses and validates own interpretation with others Patient
Safety --- Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more
patient groups or settings --- Explains key features of safety
guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings --- Listens
and responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members
--- Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs
of problems --- Describes considerations for patients who can cause
to harm to self, versus harm to others --- Utilizes appropriate
systems to document misses and near misses, participates in
immediate investigating, analysis, and reporting in real-time
_Requirements:_ A. EducationSkills Bachelor of Science Degree in
Nursing, preferred. B. Experience 2 years of clinical patient care
experience in a relevant setting. C. Licenses, Registrations, or
Certifications BLS required RN License in state of employment or
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