UC Health

The Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) Supervisor assumes the responsibility for ensuring excellent patient care is being delivered, maintaining expeditious patient flow with a focus on customer service, and supervision of nursing staff.. Same Day Surgery unit has 27 bays.. Ensures staff behaviors supports and are consistent with the RITE Values, Missions and Vision of UC Health and University Hospital.. Participate in the new hire process: Shadowing process, selection and oversee specific staff orientation to maintain established standards of care and to ensure competency.. Recent Registered Nurse experience in SDS/PACU, required.

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Job Description

UC Health is hiring a Full-Time Registered Nurse (RN) Supervisor for the Same Day Surgery Department, First Shift (7a-5:30p) at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

The Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) Supervisor assumes the responsibility for ensuring excellent patient care is being delivered, maintaining expeditious patient flow with a focus on customer service, and supervision of nursing staff. The Clinical Shift Supervisor will provide input on staff evaluations and complete evaluations for their regular staff cohort. The Clinical Shift Supervisor will also assist with cost containment, and manage all employees to do the same. The position requires knowledge of leadership and effective interpersonal communication skills.

Same Day Surgery unit has 27 bays. Patient population consists of both IP/OP. We serve OR, IR, and Cysto, prepping patients for surgery and also processing phase II discharges once recovered in PACU. The Same Day Surgery Supervisor would be responsible for the following, including but not limited to, overseeing day to day operations, rounding in both SDS and PACU frequently throughout the day, attends Periop safety huddles and meetings, makes the plan for flex staff, makes the plan for boarders, assists with recovering patients in PACU until staff arrive, will staff clinically as needed based on department staffing, facilitates patient throughput between PACU and SDS, orders supplies, conducts resource rounds, performs chart audits, assists in onboarding new hires, collaborates with the manager for corrective action and annual evaluations, assists with API scheduling, processes departmental maintenance requests, conducts accreditation compliance checks, and participates in any TJC/ODH/OSHA regulatory surveys within the department.

About The University of Cincinnati Medical Center

As part of the Main Campus of UC Health, Greater Cincinnati's academic health system, The University of Cincinnati Medical Center has served Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for nearly 200 years. Each year, hundreds of thousands of patients receive care from our world-renowned clinicians and care team. Our experts utilize the most advanced medical knowledge and technology available, providing a level of specialty and subspecialty medical care that is not available anywhere else in Greater Cincinnati.

UC Medical Center is also home to medical breakthroughs- our physician experts conduct basic, translational and clinical research, leading to new therapies and care protocols, and connecting patients to the latest and most advanced treatments. UC Medical Center houses Greater Cincinnati's only Level I adult trauma center, which includes the right mix of specialist and medical resources available at a moment's notice for a wide variety of the most complex medical conditions and injuries.

Responsibilities

Leadership:

Supervises staff assigned to their unit or center of excellence and demonstrates the ability to coach and mentor staff. Operational leadership of shift including patient flow and assignment/adjustment of resources to meet dynamic changing needs throughout the shift. Champion efficient throughput and capacity management. Benchmark internal processes to improve practice. Lead and implement operational improvement initiatives and assures compliance via staff coaching and mentoring. Ensures staff behaviors supports and are consistent with the RITE Values, Missions and Vision of UC Health and University Hospital. Provide transformational leadership as related to PFCC. Assist with developing and revising of departmental standards, policies and procedures. Staffing and scheduling responsibility for cohort of staff and shift. Promote patient care safety standards. Actively identifying opportunities for improvement in patient satisfaction, perform trials and report back to leadership on results. Facilitate conflict resolution. Empower staff to participate in decision making through shared governance/UBC. Maintain, support and encourage others with professional development.

Resource Management:

Demonstrates efficiency through the appropriate use of resources or supplies to support timely and effective delivery of patient care. Identifies needs for specific equipment and ensures adequate and properly functioning equipment and supplies are available for patient care. Identify operational needs for units including but not limited to needs related to capital equipment; medical supplies; office supplies; hours of practice; minor equipment; and equipment maintenance. Participate in the new hire process: Shadowing process, selection and oversee specific staff orientation to maintain established standards of care and to ensure competency. Specific professional development and coaching for assigned cohort of staff including quarterly rounding and annual performance appraisals. Provides immediate counseling for staff when specific behaviors or incidents negatively affect patient care or the general work environment. Write up incidents. Participates in the corrective action process. Promote staff retention, team building/collaboration.

Performance Improvement/Regulatory Requirements:

Ensure shift practice is in compliance with state and federal medical laws (EMTALA, HIPAA and House Bill 316). Enforce and maintain corporate compliance. Identify and oversee risk management issues. Ensures staff compliance with established policies, procedures, standards and accreditation and licensing regulations. Actively involved and engage staff in departmental performance improvement (PI) activities according to department PI plan.
Assist the manager in evaluation the quality of patient care and staff performance through: Personal observation. Facilitating quality improvement monitoring activities. Interviewing patients/families/staff. Reviewing documentation.

Clinical Resource and Competency:

Maintain hospital wide and department specific nursing competencies and completes annual competencies in required time frame. Collaborate with the Department Educator and/or provides for orientation and educational needs identified in the department. Function as a clinical resource for area of clinical specialty. Promote the use of evidence based practice. Assist in identifying and operationalizing best practices in the unit. Facilitates ongoing staff professional growth.



Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), required.
Minimum of five years of clinical and progressive management experience in area of clinical specialty.
Licensed to practice in the State of Ohio.
Recent Registered Nurse experience in SDS/PACU, required.


Req. Number: 12209
Address: 3188 Bellevue Avenue
City, State: Cincinnati, OH
Job Type: Full time
Posted Date: 3/14/2024

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