Supervisor of Clinical Nursing - NICU

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mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"Position Purpose:!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--o:p/o:p/font/span/b/p /td /tr tr style="PAGE-BREAK-INSIDE: avoid; HEIGHT: 0.7in; mso-yfti-irow: 1" td colspan="2" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 495pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 0.7in; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width="825" p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"font face="Times New Roman"ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp;/span/span/ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"Under the direction of the Manager or Director and in conjunction with the Shared Governance Council, this position is accountable for directing and coordinating the delivery of patient care and the general functioning of the nursing unit.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /spanThe role of the Nurse Supervisor is to assist in achievement of organizational goals through and with the effort of others. o:p/o:p/span/font/p /td /tr tr style="PAGE-BREAK-INSIDE: avoid; mso-yfti-irow: 2" td colspan="2" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 495pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #e0e0e0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="825" p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"bspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"Nature and Scope:o:p/o:p/font/span/b/p /td /tr tr style="HEIGHT: 18.2pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3" td colspan="2" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 495pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 18.2pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width="825" p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:pfont face="Times New Roman"nbsp;/font/o:p/span/i/p p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"This is a clinically focused position that is challenged to maintain a well-organized and functioning nursing unit that allows for the enhancement of evidenced based practice and continuity of patient care throughout the healthcare continuum.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /spanThe Nurse Supervisor coordinates care and collaborates with other professional disciplines as needed, to optimize patient outcomes.o:p/o:p/font/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:pfont face="Times New Roman"nbsp;/font/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"The Nurse Supervisor acts as a role model, resource, and coach to all nursing staff to provide ongoing support for professional development, maintenance of the standards of care and quality outcomes.o:p/o:p/font/span/p p class="MsoBodyText3" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"bspan style="FONT-STYLE: normal; COLOR: #999999"o:pfont face="Times New Roman" size="2"nbsp;/font/o:p/span/b/p p class="MsoBodyText3" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-STYLE: normal"font size="2"font face="Times New Roman"The Nurse Supervisor facilitates professional relationships between physicians, nursing and interdisciplinary teams to provide a patient focused plan of care.o:p/o:p/font/font/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:pfont face="Times New Roman"nbsp;/font/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"The Nurse Supervisor requires leadership skills and flexibility to adjust hours to be a resource to all shifts.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /spanThe Nurse Supervisor will be responsible for engaging the nursing staff to provide evidence based practice, promoting desired patient outcomes and ensuring that practice is congruent with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics.o:p/o:p/font/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:pfont face="Times New Roman"nbsp;/font/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"Technological advances dictate that the Nurse Supervisor is well versed in procedures common to the department or unit served.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /spanIn addition, proficiency in the techniques of leadership and adult learning theories are necessary to coordinate the activities of all health team members, and to maintain positively engaged, competent nursing staff.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /spano:p/o:p/font/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:pfont face="Times New Roman"nbsp;/font/o:p/span/p p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"Other challenges of this position include the ability to recognize dynamics of change and respond appropriately within the context of accepted current theory.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /spanCreativity and innovation is expected from the incumbent to help staff function as a high performance work team and to promote staff retention.o:p/o:p/font/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:pfont face="Times New Roman"nbsp;/font/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"font face="Times New Roman"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"The Nurse Supervisor is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients and families. span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp;/spanThe Nurse Supervisor must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensory, psychosocial and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meet the standards of quality as measured by the unit/department /spanspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"Competence with Special Populations/spanspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" standard.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spano:p/o:p/span/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"uspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:pspan style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"font face="Times New Roman"nbsp;/font/span/o:p/span/u/p p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 427.5pt"font face="Times New Roman"uspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"Bibliography:/span/uspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:p/o:p/span/font/p p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: 427.5pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"1.span style="mso-tab-count: 1"nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /spaniCode of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements/i, American Nurses Association Publicationo:p/o:p/font/span/p ol start="2" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in left 427.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"Edwards, DuAnne; iThe Synergy Model: Linking Patient Needs to Nursing Competencies/i, Critical Care Nurse; Vol. 19, No. 1, February, 1999o:p/o:p/font/span/li li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in left 427.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"font face="Times New Roman"ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"Magnet Recognition Progress, Recognizing Excellence in Nursing Service - Healthcare Organization/span/ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt" iInstruction and Application Process Manual,/i American Nurses Association Credentialing Center; Washington, DC, 2002, pp. 134, 135, 127.o:p/o:p/span/font/li /ol p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .25in list .5in left 427.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"font face="Times New Roman"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"span style="mso-list: Ignore"4.span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; /span/span/spanispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"Nurse Practice Act, Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 632, NAC, Chapter 632/span/ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt".span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /spanNevada State Board of Nursing, September, 2002.o:p/o:p/span/font/p ol start="5" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"font face="Times New Roman"ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"Nursing:span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /spanScope and Standards of Practice/span/ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt", American Nurses Association Publicationo:p/o:p/span/font/li /ol p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"font face="Times New Roman"ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"Scope amp; Standards for Nurse Administrators; /span/ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"ANA Publicationo:p/o:p/span/font/p p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"ispan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:pfont face="Times New Roman"nbsp;/font/o:p/span/i/p p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"font face="Times New Roman"span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"This position does provide patient care.span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp;nbsp; /span/spanspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"o:p/o:p/span/font/p /td /tr tr style="PAGE-BREAK-INSIDE: avoid; HEIGHT: 49.9pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4" td colspan="2" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 495pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; HEIGHT: 49.9pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" width="825" p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.o:p/o:p/font/span/p /td /tr tr style="PAGE-BREAK-INSIDE: avoid; mso-yfti-irow: 5" td colspan="2" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 495pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #e0e0e0; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="825" p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"font face="Times New Roman"bspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"Minimum Qualifications:span style="mso-spacerun: yes"nbsp; /span/span/bspan style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"Requirements - Required and/or Preferredo:p/o:p/span/font/p /td /tr tr style="PAGE-BREAK-INSIDE: avoid; mso-yfti-irow: 6" td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 1.5in; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="180" p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"Education:o:p/o:p/font/span/p /td td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 387pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="645" p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"font face="Times New Roman"Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing and speaking English. BSN or related bachelor#39;s degree preferred, or pursuit of a Bachelor#39;s Degree upon hire.o:p/o:p/font/span/p /td