APP Supervisor - NICU

Department/Unit:

Pediatrics Neonatology

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$0.00 - $0.00 APP Supervisor - NICU

The APP Supervisor coordinates, plans, directs, implements and manages the administrative, financial and operational responsibilities of fellow Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the delivery of specialized patient care. They assure that competent, compassionate patient care is uniformly provided to customers including referring facilities, hospital staff and patients in the inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings. The NP Supervisor maintains proficiency in direct patient care, including the responsibility and accountability for the assessment and management of patients, including ordering diagnostic tests, consultations, therapeutic interventions and the day to day implementation and evaluation of an appropriate plan of care.

The NP Supervisor develops, implements, and evaluates policies, programs and services consistent with the hospital's mission and departmental/unit's vision and philosophy. They provide direction and support to unit-based staff and collaborates with other service and department leaders toward attainment of short‑ and long‑term goals and objectives.

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner (Masters’ Degree) program

• Minimum of5-7 years of experience in nursing, involving nursing supervision required and 3-5 years of progressive management experience required

Professional Standards of Clinical Practice (American Association of Critical‑Care Nurses)

• Assessment:
  Collects patient data in a continuous process that recognizes the dynamic nature of acute, critical, and complex chronic illness.
• Diagnosis:
  Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses.
• Planning:
  Develops an individualized and dynamic plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Implementation:
  Implements interventions identified in the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Coordination of Care:
  Coordinates interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary teams to develop or revise plans of care focused on patient and/or family concerns.
• Evaluation:
  Performs systemic and ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions to assess the patient’s progress toward attainment of expected outcomes.
• Education:
  
  Facilitates education to families with respect to post‑discharge care plans including dressing/wound care and feeding plans.

• Promotes the use by colleges and universities of the facilities for clinical education and foster good relationships between hospital and their education institutions.
• Networks to establish the hospital as a pre‑eminent source of professional education, healthcare information and patient care delivery.
• Contributes to unit budget planning by analyzing program needs, considering resources necessary for patient care and developing plans on both a short and long‑term basis.

• Selects qualified and quality personnel.
• Provides direction and acts as a mentor in assisting direct reports to succeed.
• Mentors counsels and disciplines staff to ensure quality of work and adherence to hospital policies and procedures, while engaging in and advocating for succession planning for nurse leaders.
• Conducts review of appropriate personnel to ensure current required license, certification, or registration is maintained as evidenced by meeting all minimum job qualifications and lack of valid citations.
• Establishes a master schedule using annual FTEs established in the budget process.
• Establishes work schedules and assignments in conformance with current federal, state, local wage and hour laws, and hospital policies.
• Provides for effective distribution and utilization of personnel based on unit needs by collecting and analyzing data to determine changing unit trends.
• Provides for in‑service and continuing education needs for all personnel in the unit.

• Is aware of and compliant with all hospital and regulatory agency safety goals and objectives.
• Develops and participates in organizational systems and processes that promote optimal…