Supervisor Registered Nurse; RN - PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Staff - Supervisor Registered Nurse (RN) - PCU - Progressive Care Unit at Baylor Scott & White Health summary:
The Staff Supervisor Registered Nurse (RN) in the Progressive Care Unit oversees nursing staff and unit operations to ensure safe, high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include supervising staff, managing resources and budgets, implementing evidence-based practices, and supporting professional development and inter-professional collaboration. The role also involves assisting in human resource management, quality improvement initiatives, and acting as the Nursing Manager in their absence.
Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) PCU - Progressive Care Unit Supervisor for a nursing job in Temple, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit

• Discipline: RN

• Duration:
Ongoing

• 36 hours per week

• Shift: 12 hours, days

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Employment Type:

Staff
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JOB SUMMARY
The Supervisor, Nursing Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for supervision of assigned nursing and unit-based personnel to provide a safe, caring environment for patients, family and staff which fosters professional nursing practice, shared decision-making, inter-professional teamwork and collaboration with positive patient and staff outcomes. The Supervisor oversees day-to-day operations and productivity and assists the Nursing Manager in planning, developing, implementing, evaluating and monitoring policies and procedures, budgets and the allocation of resources, quality/performance improvement initiatives, educational programs and shared governance councils to achieve departmental and organizational goals and objectives.

Provides nursing care as needed.
Supervisor Nursing RN job is to be used for nursing supervisors in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments with 24X7 staffing which include those departments with on-call staffing on the off shifts. Examples of hospital inpatient and outpatient procedural areas: GI Lab, Pain Management, Dialysis, Infusion Centers and IV Services.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF

THE ROLE
Clinical Judgment:
Creates, fosters and sustains a healthy work environment which supports evidence-based practice and research. Coordinates patient care through collaboration with inter-professional team members in planning, implementing and evaluating patients plans of care. Identifies potential problems and/or resources for patients and families. Supervises personnel in providing safe, cost-effective, efficient care based on individual patient needs. Ensures staff members maintain competency based on standards of practice for patient population.

Provides nursing care as needed.
Clinical Inquiry:
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators. Facilitates practice changes among nursing staff through quality and performance improvement initiatives and use of best, evidence-based practices and research findings. Identifies, proposes and conducts clinical research.
Caring Practices:
Creates and sustains a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Assists in the coordination of patient care conferences and inter-professional rounds to address patient/family needs, discharge planning and best caring practices and outcomes.
Response to Diversity:
Identifies issues arising from individual differences and develops awareness of these issues in nursing staff, medical staff and other health care providers. Role models, teaches and provides age-specific and developmentally- appropriate patient care in accordance with established guidelines and scope of duty or practice for patients served in department. Identifies and resolves conflicts between others that affect performance and/or the work environment.
Advocacy and Moral Agency:
Advocates on behalf of the nursing staff to represent the concerns of patients, families and staff. Fosters an ethical practice environment for professional practice and patient care based on optimum communication, teamwork and coordination of care. Addresses ethical issues through a…