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Job Description
Under general supervision, directs the professional nursing and auxiliary staff of a number of patient-care units; plans and directs activities to provide maximum care within the limits of budgetary provisions; participates in guidance, educational and in-service training; directs procurement of supplies and equipment; coordinates services with those of other departments; engages in research activities to improve nursing services and patient care; and performs related duties as required.
Requires responsibility for: carrying out, interpreting, coordinating and enforcing existing policies, methods and procedures pertaining to hospital nursing services; achieving considerable economies and preventing considerable losses through enforcement of proper use and handling of hospital equipment, materials and supplies; making regular contacts with professional nursing and auxiliary personnel, physicians and persons in other departments concerning general nursing matters, and with relatives and visitors of hospital patients; reviewing detailed reports and medical records of patients in assigned units/departments/divisions. Nature of duties requires sustained physical effort with occasional exposure to minor accident or health hazards or several disagreeable elements inherent in general hospital ward services and patient care.
Directs and supervises the professional nursing staff and auxiliary personnel engaged in rendering patient care in various assigned units/departments/divisions; prepares work schedules, makes assignments and supervises activities and evaluates work performance.
Coordinates services rendered with those of other departments; checks each unit/department/division to assure compliance with instructions.
Supervises assigned personnel in units/departments/divisions; prepares and reviews related time and work performance reports and makes changes in personnel assignments as required or as directed by superior.
Personally makes periodic routine unit/department/division visits; confers with nurse managers and staff nurses concerning all new patients; makes bedside visits to all seriously and critically ill patients; discusses specific problems with assigned nurses or physicians.
Investigates complaints of patients and staff members; resolves difficulties or refers same to executive leadership; utilizes and makes interpretations of existing policies as related to nursing care in specific departments; reports unusual occurrences to superior; strives to establish and maintain good relations and good morale among all assigned personnel.
Participates in planning and coordinating with other hospital department personnel in order to promote and provide maximum patient care; maintains high quality of in-service training and adequacy of training materials in order to insure continuous best performances.
The Nursing Supervisor performs other related duties as required.