Nursing Supervisor - ICU Job San Ramon area,California USA,Nursing

Reporting to the Nursing Director, this position is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high quality, individualized patient care using the components of the nursing process.

Responsibilities

Maintains current professional licenses and/or certifications as and when required by state, regulatory agency, or hospital mandate.

Demonstrates knowledge of, and adheres to, all applicable professional/regulatory practice acts, state/federal regulations, and policies and procedures of San Ramon Regional Medical Center (SRRMC) and TENET CORPORATION.

Determines staffing requirements to assure safe and competent patient care. Considers patient acuity, age specific needs of patients, staff skill mix, and individual patient’s plan of care when making assignments. Demonstrates flexibility in response to unexpected changes in volume, emergencies, staffing, or schedule changes.

Assists the Nurse Director with employee evaluations and performance management. Utilizes observation techniques, chart review, and patient interviews to evaluate staff nurse performance and quality of patient care delivered. Assists employees to improve/maintain performance by establishing goals with measurable performance outcomes, action plans, and time frames.

Monitors the safety of the work environment.

Assists the Nurse Director in developing unit goals and plans for evaluating and achieving those initiatives.

Participates with the Nurse Director in interviewing candidates.

Assists in coordination of new hire orientation, education, competency verification and development of staff. Integrates education programs with appropriate clinical experiences to promote professional growth of staff.

Assists Director with schedules, time and attendance, quality improvement projects, reports, documents, and files.

Demonstrates basic understanding of budget requirements. Maintains supplies and productivity within guidelines. Develops strategies to effectively utilize “down time” on designated shift.

Seeks and accepts responsibility for committee participation, special projects, and teaching presentations.

Initiates a multidisciplinary, goal oriented care plan for each patient in collaboration with members of the health care team and provides care based on that plan.

Adheres to SRRMC practices for pain management with specific consideration of patient’s functional/developmental age, gender, cultural and/or personal preferences.

Demonstrates appropriate use of restraints per SRRMC policy and procedures.

Adheres to SRRMC practices for moderate sedation. Identifies resources for guidelines to ensure safe care and monitoring of patients.

Identifies patients at risk for abuse as well as associated signs and symptoms. States mandatory reporting requirements for healthcare professionals.

Ensures patient safety by assessing and proactively implementing safety measures with specific consideration of patient’s functional and developmental age.

Provides appropriate nursing interventions. Competent in all routine nursing skills and identified unit specific skills.

Provides compassionate and caring support to families.

Demonstrates the ability to provide appropriate interventions in patient care emergencies and follows established emergency procedures. Takes appropriate action in emergency situations and develops others’ ability to do so. Assists staff in prioritizing, as needed.

Determines the presence and type of Advance Directive, as appropriate. Contacts appropriate resources to assist the patient and family as needed.

Completes legible, accurate and timely documentation of all nursing care provided to patients, including an evaluation of patients’ response to medications, treatments and procedures.

Delegates patient care tasks to ancillary personnel based on individual competency and scope of practice. Evaluates effectiveness of care performed.

Accesses facility information systems to retrieve and utilize pertinent information for the provision of patient care or in the performance of other job related responsibilities. Follows Medical Center’s policy and procedure as they pertain to all hospital information systems.

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