Registered Nurse Supervisor - Carolinas Medical Center - Labor & Delivery - Nights

Overview

Department: Carolinas Medical Center - Nursing:
Labor and Delivery
Status: Full time
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Hours Per Week: 36
Schedule Details/Additional Information: 3 12's per week, 7p-7a; weekend and holiday requirements

Pay Range
$43.30 - $64.95

The Labor & Delivery Unit at Carolinas Medical Center supports our surrounding area as the regional high risk transfer center. We have 22 Labor Deliver Recovery Rooms (LDRs), 4 OB Observation Rooms, 4 Obstetrical Operating Rooms, 5 PACU rooms and 8 Ob Triage rooms. This department is a high energy unit and serves over 7,400 women annually. Our department is supported 24/7 by our physician partners in Anesthesia, Obstetrics, Maternal Fetal Medicine and the Neonatal Intensive Care unit.

We are a Magnet designated Facility and a participant in the North Carolina Breastfeeding Stars program. We provide onsite training for nurses with a passion for perinatal nursing; pre-certifications are not necessary, the courses are included in our orientation process.

Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. As the largest hospital in the region, it offers a comprehensive range of medical services and is recognized for its excellence in patient care, research, and education. With 874 licensed beds and more than 1,100 physicians and providers, the hospital serves as the region’s only Level I trauma center and is an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas, and liver.

CMC is one of North Carolina’s five Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training in 15 specialties and serving as a regional campus for Wake Forest University School of Medicine. It is home to Levine Cancer Institute, Levine Children’s Hospital, and Carolinas Rehabilitation, all nationally ranked for their specialized care. The hospital has been named the #1 Best Hospital in the Charlotte region by U.S. News & World Report for eight consecutive years and holds Magnet designation for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Job Summary

Responsible for the direct provision of patient care and for assisting the manager with daily operations to include but not limited to coordination of patient care/outcomes, allocation of human and fiscal resources, communications, patient throughput, program development and oversight, patient, physician and employee rounding, selection, development, and retention of staff, clinical supervision and performance appraisal, performance improvement activities, service recovery and compliance with regulatory agency requirements.

Maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.

Essential Functions

• Supports the manager utilizing systematic approaches to enhance the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, nursing service administration and delivery of care in the department
• Assists with interview, selection, and supervision of nursing personnel in the department
• Assists with coordination of communication at regular intervals throughout shifts via staff meetings/huddles to exchange information/ promote dialogue with teammates
• Collaborates with manager to ensure understanding and compliance with federal and state laws, to include healthcare services and practice, while complying with all required regulations and policies
• Rounds on patients, teammates, and physicians at prescribed frequencies to gain insight into patient care, employee, and physician satisfaction and appropriateness of patient care and/or department operations
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with applicable legal or policy parameters or principles
• Assists in identifying expected outcomes to provide direction for continuity of care/department operations
• Assists in evaluating progress towards goal attainment/achievement of expected outcomes and disseminates information to teammates involved with the care or the situation
• Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary
• Coordinates management of patient flow/throughput and staffing through continuous assessment of volume/acuity needs, utilizing resources available to assist in provision of appropriate staffing resources

Physical Requirements
Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak and understand English fluently. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. Current RN licensure in appropriate state. Minimum two years nursing experience preferred. Previous management experience preferred. BSN required. RN candidates for external hire or internal…