staff - Supervisor Registered Nurse (RN) - Gastroenterology
Company: Baylor Scott & White Health
Location: Waxahachie
Posted on: May 4, 2024
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Job Description:
Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN)
Gastroenterology Supervisor for a nursing job in Waxahachie, Texas.
Job Description & Requirements
The Supervisor, Nursing Procedural Registered Nurse (RN) is
accountable 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,
mutual conclusion-making, inter-professional synergy and
partnership 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 mutual governance councils to
achieve departmental and organizational goals and targets. Provides
nursing care as needed.
This role is only to be used in specific procedural departments as
resolved by the Office of the CNO.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE
Clinical Judgment: Creates, fosters and sustains a healthy work
environment which helps evidence-based practice and research.
Coordinates patient care through partnership 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 separate
patient needs. Ensures staff members maintain proficiency 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 delicate 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 humane, helpful, 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 personal
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, synergy and
coordination of care. Addresses ethical issues through a systematic
process using institutional ethics committee as needed. Promotes
health care at local, state and national levels.
Facilitation of Learning: Monitors the learning needs of staff and
patients/families and assists in the design, implementation and
evaluation of educational activities to enhance their knowledge and
skills. Fosters an environment that is helpful of staff's
professional and personal growth. Facilitates the development of
clinical and leadership expertise in staff through role modeling,
teaching and coaching/mentoring. Identifies staff professional
growth opportunities and assists in the development of the
department's succession plan. Provides and evaluates a
comprehensive onboarding/orientation program for newly-hired staff.
Functions as a resource within the clinical specialty program.
Partnership: Role models, teaches and mentors professional
leadership and accountability for nursing's role within the
inter-professional health care team. Partners with medical, allied
health and administrative staff to ensure the provision of safe,
quality, attentive care. Participates in departmental and
organizational programs, committees and special projects to achieve
desired outcomes.
Systems Thinking. Recognizes, responds and provides follow-up to
issues, concerns and suggestions on behalf of patient population
and staff. Provides timely follow-up to critical incidents and
sentinel events and provides input into system redesign to promote
a culture of safety for patients, families and staff and decrease
risk. Allocates resources (eg, staffing, supplies and equipment)
and coordinates services to optimize patient care, throughput and
services that maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Assists
in educating nursing staff in planning and evaluating staffing
based on nursing-delicate indicators. Assists nursing manager in
human resource management of personnel: hiring, coaching for
improved performance and professional development and terminating
employees. Assists in developing/monitoring the operating and
capital budgets, resolving variances and implementing strategies to
improve efficiency and reduce costs. Assists in the development of
department goals and targets. Interprets and guides nursing and
unit-based personnel on BSWH policies and procedures. Assumes
accountability, responsibility and authority for daily operations
at department/shift level. Performs in the capacity of Nursing
Manager in his/her absence. Completes special projects and other
duties as assigned.
Professionalism: Improves nursing practice and the work environment
through promotion and facilitation of mutual governance and
conclusion-making processes. Identifies personal/professional
development goals and fulfills to life-long learning for self and
staff to maintain current knowledge in nursing and
leadership/management practices through learning activities such
as, continuing education, networking with professional colleagues,
membership and involvement in professional nursing organizations,
self-study, professional reading, certification and seeking
advanced degrees. Contributes to the professional development of
peers, colleagues and others. Plans, develops, implements,
evaluates and revises the department's recognition program to
ensure meaningful recognition of the contributions of others.
Demonstrates commitment to community service. Achieves national
board certification in specialty within two years of
promotion/appointment as Nursing Supervisor.
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
Knowledge and expertise of nursing and patient care standards and
procedures.
Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations; standards and guidelines
of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit
standards, protocols, policies and procedures governing the
provision of nursing care applicable to the area of assignment.
Knowledge of medical terminology; methods and practices of health
promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and
management; medications and drugs, common dosages, their physical
and physiological effects, and possible adverse reactions.
Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient
privacy rights.
Must be able to communicate thoughts clearly; both verbally and in
writing.
Ability to provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care to
all patients through the nursing process and standards of nursing
practice with care and respect for the diversity of human
experience and to develop, evaluate, implement and, as necessary,
modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of separate
patients.
Ability to make tactical conclusions around the allocation and
direction of the work of supervised employees using established
guidelines, policies and/or procedures.
Ability to make effective hiring and termination
recommendations.
Ability to train and evaluate performance of supervised staff.
General computer skills, including but not limited to: Microsoft
Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems,
electronic medical documentation, and email.
BENEFITS
Our competitive benefits package includes the following
Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
Tuition Reimbursement
PTO accrual beginning Day 1
Note: Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level
QUALIFICATIONS
- EDUCATION - Associate's
- EXPERIENCE - 2 Years of Experience
- CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION -
Registered Nurse (RN)
Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS in 30 days of hire or transfer.Baylor
Scott and White Job ID. About Baylor Scott & White Health As the
largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor
Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every
individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to
making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable
through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor
Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute,
the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital
health platform - MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than
1,100 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in
Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum
of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a
Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott
& White today serves more than three million Texans.
Benefits
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