Nursing Supervisor Labor & Delivery Full time nights

Nursing Supervisor – Labor & Delivery – Full-time

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

• Work location: Texas Health Southwest, 6100 Harris Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76132
• Mother friendly designated, a Texas 10-Step designated, and a Magnet designated facility
• Work hours: Full Time Nights (6:45PM-7:15AM) for 36 hours/week, with Weekend and holiday coverage as needed (28 hours/week staffing/Charge RN and 8-hours of administrative time)

Labor & Delivery Department highlights:

·        Self-Scheduling that helps with work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth

• Mother friendly designated, a Texas 10-Step designated, and a Magnet designated facility

·        Expanded Labor & Delivery Unit to a 15-bed LDR and 3 OR suites

·        Separate 26-bed Mother/Baby area and a 16-bed Level III NICU

·        We average 270 to 300 deliveries a month

·        Maternal Level III Designation

·        Participating in Team Birth and CHAMPS breastfeeding initiative

Here’s What You Need

·        Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program OR Nursing Diploma required

·        BSN is strongly preferred

·        Two (2) years’ experience as a registered nurse with previous experience as a charge nurse or similar leadership role (i.e. Charge nurse, committee chair, preceptor) Required

·        Labor & Delivery RN experience needed

·        RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required

·        BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required

·        NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 days is required

·        NRPA-Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program 90 Days Required

·        AWHONN - Advanced Fetal Monitoring 6 Months Required Or
IFM - Intermediate Fetal Monitoring 6 Months Required

·        CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually 90 Days Required

What You Will Do

A successful Nursing Supervisor will:

·        Demonstrate a high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

·        maintain a positive, customer-focused attitude toward patients

·        possess a strong work ethic and always display a high level of professionalism

·        have basic computer skills using medical management application systems

·        Ability to supervise and manage staff members

Position Responsibilities

·        Collaborates with Leadership, UBC, and appropriate team members to establish, implement, and monitor department policies/procedures, facilitate unit goals, evaluate, and individualize patient care and provide direction to staff to promote quality outcomes
• This role provides bedside leadership on a particular unit or units and shift, coordinating patient flow, patient care and assignments. Responsible for assisting the manager/director with human resource management to include evaluations, coaching, mentoring, recruitment, retention, education and orientation. Works with manager/director to control costs and manage department budget and productivity.

·        Facilitates patient/nurse assignments based on volume, acuity and skill mix, and provides coordination of patient care on nursing unit while maintaining productivity standards
• Collaborates with manager and educator or CNS to provide staff orientation, education and on-going competency assessment.
• Gathers staff input during rounding, and completes direct report journaling
• Effectively communicates with patients, families and other healthcare team members by incorporating the 8 caring factors in the Quality Caring Model which include: basic human needs, human respect, encouraging manner, affiliation needs, mutual problem solving, healing environment, attentive reassurance and appreciation of unique meaning.
• Fosters an environment to promote patient and family centered care through purposeful hourly rounding, bedside shift report, updated care boards, and leader rounds.

·        Works in coordination with other staff when unit activity dictates, monitoring patient care and providing direction to staff to promote quality outcomes

·        Consistently promotes a professional image of nursing in demeanor, appearance, attitude, and behavior. Is flexible with scheduling to meet the needs of the department

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Nursing Supervisor

·        Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flexible spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan repayment program, nursing career ladder as well as several other benefits.

·        Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

·        Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

·        A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

·        Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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