Supervisor, Day Surgery

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Children’s Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.

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Job Summary
This position promotes the patient care philosophy and objectives of the professional practice governance members by subscribing to and supporting CHW standards of care through the coordination of patient care activities. Acts as an active member of the leadership team to support the care management model, CHW scope and standards of pediatric clinical nursing practice, legal regulations, CHW Code of Ethics and hospital policies. Works toward achieving ongoing development of leadership skills and participates in professional activities to stay current in relevant area of clinical practice. Facilitates the development and engagement of professional and technical personnel (registered nurses, graduate nurses, nurse interns, technicians, unit secretaries) providing patient care.

Essential Functions

• Understands and optimizes unit systems to best meet the needs of the neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school-age, adolescent and/or adult patient in regards to their growth and development process.
• Supervises patient care activities and plans assignments so that every patient has a licensed nurse accountable for his or her care.
• Collaborates with all hospital departments and interdisciplinary teams to assure delivery of quality care to the patient and family and promote effective relationships between patients/families and CHW staff.
• Acts as clinical resource to unit staff members and nurses on other units.
• Keeps leader informed of unusual patient or employee situations, patient safety events, changes in staffing requirements, recognition or corrective actions with appropriate documentation, or operational problems within the patient care department.
• Makes patient placement decisions on unit and works with other charge nurses, physicians, and the Admitting Department to resolve patient placement issues.
• Assures patients are correctly classified prior to each OR day.
• Provides a complete report of patient status and unit activities to the oncoming charge nurse.
• Supports and participates in communicating clinical decisions within the professional practice model.
• Contributes to developing and attaining long range objectives for the patient care unit including, but not limited to: financial goals, operations improvement, quality improvement, resource utilization and clinical practice enhancements. * Identifies and utilizes staff and supply resources appropriate to the requirements of patient care.
• Routinely and proactively reviews staffing needs of upcoming days.
• Changes scheduling if necessary to meet anticipated staffing needs over a period of days.
• Assumes direct care responsibilities of a Pediatric Nurse as workload demands.
• Assures effective coordination of care in facilitating admissions, discharges and transfers within shift.
• Trends system issues and works with unit leadership team to continually improve systems.
• Writes and provides performance appraisals to unit personnel. Works with leadership to effectively provide performance feedback to professional and technical staff on an ongoing basis to achieve staff development and staff engagement goals.
• Works with both leader and Advanced Practice Nurse to continue to enhance clinical practice and respond to the changing practice environment at CHW.
• Participates in the recruitment and retention of qualified professional and technical staff for patient care area. May assist in interviewing nursing staff applicants and make recommendations to the leader.
• Supports nursing educational activities on the unit. Collaborates with the Advance Practice Nurse regarding staff development needs.
• Assists and supports staff members in their pursuit of professional goals. Acts as a professional role model.
• Participates in the Patient Care Services’ Professional Practice Model as an appointed member, workgroup member, or by providing feedback as requested by councils. Supports unit based council work time to accomplish unit council goals.
• Supports and facilitates research based practice within scope of service.
• Supports goals around individual staff orientation plans for new employees or clinical experiences for nursing students.
• Functions as an active member of the unit leadership team, assisting in making unit decisions.
• Participates in communicating and explaining leadership decisions to the staff.
• Acts as a patient care advocate by investigating and resolving concerns raised by staff, patient or family members.
• Fosters an environment conducive to positive patient/family interactions and assures that service standards are met or exceeded.
• Mentors unit staff use of service recovery strategies as part of the patient/family experience feedback/resolution process.
• Uses rounding strategies for staff and/or families to create a link between staff engagement and patient experience.
• Uses family feedback for patient experience improvement efforts.
• Performs people management responsibilities for employees which may include but are not limited to: employee engagement, recruitment, performance management and development

People Management Responsibility

• Performs people management responsibilities for employees which may include but are not limited to: employee engagement, recruitment, performance management and development

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Required

Experience

• 2+ years technical experience necessary in order to gain knowledge of professional nursing practice and procedures, and proficiency in the care of complex pediatric patients, as well as experience in advance supervision in order to oversee unit staffing and activities of subordinate staff Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Analytical skills that is necessary to assess complex patient conditions effectively and to develop comprehensive plans of care. Synthesizes multiple sources of information to assist in the resolution of human responses to complex problems.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with interdisciplinary health team members and consumers.
• Must be able to walk, stand for long periods, to lift, position or transfer patients and equipment over 80% of the assigned work period, as well as lift and position patients weighing up to 75 pounds.

Licenses and Certifications

• BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required
• License RN-Registered Nurse (30) - State of Wisconsin required

Patient Care Responsibility

• Provides care appropriate to patient population and as described in applicable policies and procedures.

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.

Certifications/Licenses:

BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council, License RN-Registered Nurse (30) - State of Wisconsin