House Supervisor; per diem

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Title: House Supervisor

Employment Type: Per Diem

Schedule: Variable hours from 6:00 AM - 6:30 PM or 6:00 PM - 6:30 AM

Holiday Rotation: None

Weekend Rotation: None

On Call Requirements: None

Per diems work as needed to cover scheduling needs and are expected to be available for a minimum of three shifts per month (the leader may require greater availability). Based on department need, they must be available to work holidays, weekends, and off‑shifts.

The House Supervisor is a representative of patient care/hospital administration on nights and weekends and oversees effective patient placement, assures adequate staffing resources and safe and effective care delivery. The position safeguards the quality of patient care, meeting the needs and goals of the Sauk Prairie Healthcare organization. The House Supervisor is responsible for the management and coordination of all hospital departments and personnel on the night shift and weekends in the absence of direct line managers.

Overall, the House Supervisor serves as an advocate for patient care, staff, and the hospital as a whole. Assuring high quality patient care services are provided in accordance with SPH mission/vision, values, service behaviors, policies/procedures, and regulations.

• Act as a liaison between patient care units, support departments and organizational leadership, medical staff and other disciplines to assure safe and effective delivery of care.
• Support overall patient care department operating goals and needs by managing off‑shifts, weekends, and holidays according to established plans for safe and effective staffing to ensure high quality patient care.
• Collaborate with all disciplines, providers, and patient families to achieve mutually‑defined patient care goals.
• Provide shift oversight for patient care practice, nursing care accountabilities for safe and effective delivery of care.
• Ensure uninterrupted quality of care by assisting with transitions of care.
• When required, step into a Charge Nurse role and/or Primary RN role within any clinical department on the hospital campus.
• Analyze and evaluate complexities and volumes of nursing care required and adjust staffing resources accordingly.
• Collaborate with department director to discuss any immediate discipline concerns during the off‑shift and weekend coverage when there is no designated department supervisor or manager readily available or in‑house.
• Consult immediately with department director and/or administrator to review situations and process to follow.
• Participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives and risk management activities.
• Make critical adjustments and contacts to obtain needed equipment, services, resources such as interpreters, specialty call teams, transfer packets, Med Fight, or alternative transportation.
• Conduct regular rounds to all clinical care units to ensure resource needs and clinical care needs are discussed and solutions explored/implemented to support overall goals and patient care needs.
• Provide oversight and act as a resource for clinical staff.
• Intervene in patient/family or provider complaints, supporting effective communication and conflict resolution.
• Provide necessary documentation of events and initiate appropriate follow‑up.
• Act as a liaison to Infection Control; serving as clinical resource, ensuring negative air pressure status is achieved, assisting with fit testing if necessary, obtaining necessary consents, and ensuring infection control practices are in place and followed after hours.
• Ensure all expectations for HIPAA compliance.
• Ensure compliance with all regulations, hospital…