Registered Nurse - Shift Coordinator- Nights

Overview

Registered Nurse RN, Shift Coordinator, Nursing Services

- Night Shift (Combination of 8-hour and 12-hour shifts)

- 64 hours / 2 weeks

- Weekend & Holiday Rotation

- This position will be located at Mercyhealth Harvard Hospital, which is a Critical Access Hospital.

Responsible for hospital operations when administration not present. In the absence of on‑site leadership, fulfills the leadership role for nursing staff, physicians and other hospital personnel.

A Community‑Focused Critical Access Hospital with Emergency, Inpatient, and Surgical Services

Harvard Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) proudly serving our rural community with high‑quality, compassionate care. We offer:

• A 5-bed Emergency Department (ED) providing 24/7 care
• ASRH (Acute Stroke Ready Hospital) designation, ensuring rapid response for stroke patients
• EDAP (Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics) designation, equipped and staffed to care for pediatric emergencies
• 10 Inpatient Rooms + 3 ICU Rooms
• Licensed for 4 Inpatient Beds + 1 ICU Bed (flexible use of rooms)
• 2 Operating Rooms (ORs) + 1 Procedure Room
• Emergency Physicians On‑Site 24/7, Immediate, round‑the‑clock emergency care
• Hospitalist Coverage 24/7, Remote overnight support with daily on‑site rounding
• Leadership Support – Nurse leaders on site Monday‑Friday during business hours. RN House Coordinators covering nights, weekends, and any leadership gaps.

We are committed to clinical excellence and patient‑centered care, supported by a dedicated, multidisciplinary team. Harvard Hospital offers the unique opportunity to work in a close‑knit, rural environment with advanced emergency capabilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides leadership for nursing units in the absence of department directors.
• Provides leadership for other hospital departments in the absence of department directors during disaster situations.
• Reviews staffing needs for next 24 hours and makes necessary staffing adjustments for all nursing units.
• Organizes, directs and collaborates with personnel on assigned shifts.
• Investigates and resolves administrative problems/complaints and refers unusual problems to department directors or administration.
• Offers input into the evaluations of nursing staff.
• Coordinates educational offerings for assigned shifts.
• Responds, coordinates and critique crisis situations.
• Supervises staff, assesses their needs, identifies educational opportunities, and communicates with unit leadership.
• Assists in maintaining and monitoring Nursing unit budgets, identifying opportunities to reduce costs.
• Manages and assists in the resolution of opportunities related to human resources, and safety and risk management issues.
• Assists in implementation and evaluation of nursing initiatives.
• Aware of and collaborates in performance improvement / quality initiatives for the nursing departments.
• Highly visible to partners, rounding with charge nurse/lead nurses at least once per shift and others as able throughout the assigned shift.
• Rounds on patients/families as requested/needed with attention to high‑risk patients. Rounds on at least one patient/family per shift.
• Role model service recovery as appropriate. Encourages and acts as a resource for front‑line partners to participate in the service recovery process.
• Coordinates patient admissions, discharges and transfers and work assignments of nursing staff to meet patient and unit needs.
• Serves as incident commander until the administrator on call arrives for Disaster Operations Plan. Participates in on‑going Disaster Preparedness education.
• Participates in nursing leadership educational sessions quarterly.
• Acts as a resource person for nursing staff, physicians and other hospital personnel.
• Assists with complex patient care situations.
• Counsels patients, families, and staff in time of crisis. Accesses appropriate resources.
• As a designated Organ Procurement Requester assists with procurement of organs to be donated. Assists with completion of the death packet and process as needed.
• Contacts OR staff for emergency OR procedures; assists Maternity staff in obstetrical emergencies, including assisting with coordinating resources for…