Nursing Supervisor CSO

Work location:

Will office at 612 E lamar Blvd, Arlington, Texas 76011 and will travel to entities 4 times a year

Work hours:

Monday
- Friday from 8am
-5pm

• Unique department where you get to use your clinical knowledge to help facilitate placing nurses where the needs are.

• Great team dynamics on the unit that provide a great support.

• The department prides itself in high performing staff with excellent critical thinking skills.

• Associates Degree in Nursing required and

• Bachelors degree in Nursing preferred

• 5 years experience as a registered nurse with previous experience as a charge nurse or similar leadership role (i.e charge nurse, committee chari, preceptor) required

• RN upon hire required

• BCLS
  - Basic Cardiac Life Support preferred

Supports the Central Staffing Office (CSO) and CSO leadership in the supervision of CSO field staff. Collaborates with the CSO Staffers and Supplemental Staffing Team to meet the goals of the THR staffing needs. Average number of assigned staff 80-100.

Quality/Performance Improvement:
Collaborates with Leadership, UBC, and appropriate team members to establish, implement, and monitor department policies/procedures, facilitate unit goals, evaluate and individualize patient care and provide direction to staff to promote quality outcomes.

• Engages staff to promote evidence-based practices throughout the system.

• Monitors key performance indicators (KPI's) and regulatory requirements for compliance.

• Provides leadership and clinical expertise to improve quality of patient care.

• Facilitates safe direct patient care.

• Provides guidance in crisis, emergency, or complex situations.

• Use appropriate methodology consistently for communication handoffs.

• Evaluates the outcome of patient care, consults with others on the patient care team, and adjusts nursing care processes as needed to improve outcomes.

• Manages and monitors patient and staff safety initiatives and outcomes.

• Performs pro-active risk assessments to identify potential issues.

• Models the use of High Reliability Organization (HRO) tools in everyday practice and situations and encourages staff do the same.

• Assists with development and serves as a resource to others for new system and entity-based initiatives. Support ongoing sustainment of these changes.

This role provides multidisciplinary leadership on a particular unit or units and shift, coordinating staffing needs and requests. Responsible for assisting the manager/director with human resource management to include evaluations, coaching, mentoring, recruitment, retention, education and orientation. Works with manager/director to control costs and manage department budget and productivity.

• Facilitates system and department staffing initiatives, including seasonal staffing plans.

• Facilitates adequate scheduling and staffing to maintain unit specific productivity standards while supporting system wide staffing needs support.

• Provides continuous constructive feedback and timely annual performance evaluations to staff.

• Participates in progressive disciplinary action process with Manager/Director and staff.

• Uses Performance Management Guide appropriately.

• Supports retention strategies and objectives and assists with recruiting and hiring of potential staff.

• Collaborates with entity, leaders and educators or CNS to provide staff orientation, education, and on-going competency assessment.

• Collaborates with physicians, staff, hospital departments, and outside agencies to facilitate patient care.

• Participates in policy development and mentors' staff regarding policies and procedures, and regulatory requirements.

• Gathers staff and consumer input and completes direct report performance evaluations.

Effectively communicates with patients, families, and other healthcare team members by incorporating the 8 caring factors in the Quality Caring Model which include: basic human needs, human respect, encouraging manner, affiliation needs, mutual problem solving, healing environment, attentive reassurance and appreciation of unique meaning.

• Demonstrates critical thinking and problem solving to meet staffing needs with appropriate employee skill set.

• Effectively evaluate direct reports based on consumer feedback to ensure high quality experience of all consumers.

• Maintain a constant state of awareness for opportunities to address ongoing consumer…