Nursing House Supervisor

Here, it's different. Come join us.

Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day.

We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.

The House Supervisor assumes responsibility for the operations and supervision of a designated facility accepting the full scope of responsibility delegated by senior leadership/site leadership. The House Supervisor provides oversight, leadership and direction to staff and leaders across the organization through communication, decision making, and effective management of operations to include material resources and staffing.

This position is eligible for relocation assistance, if relocating from 100 miles or greater.

Department Name: OneCall
Job Status: Full time, 60 hours per pay period, eligible for benefits
Shift: nights, weekend and holiday requirements

Come Write Your Story With Us

• Education: Bachelor Science Nursing (BSN) degree required.
• Experience: Four (4) years of clinical nursing experience required. Pediatric clinical skill/knowledge required.
• Required License/Certifications:
  • Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Complete required FEMA Emergency Management Institute Coursework within six months of hire.
  • BLS for Healthcare Providers/CPR
  • PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support
  • ANCC or Magnet approved certification preferred

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

• Neonate - <30 days
• Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
• Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
• Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
• School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
• Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
• Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Serves as the onsite administrator and escalation point for hospital Executives and leadership; leads information gathering, communicates to all areas in the hospital, and ensures confidentiality as appropriate.
• Acts as leadership designee to initiate designated scope of employment actions, e.g., requesting reasonable suspicion drug/alcohol testing, intervening in conflict, and suspending employees from duty.
• Promotes and informs patient, family, staff, and facility safety by implementing appropriate responses to internal and external disasters or critical incidents. Authorized to activate Incident Command Center, serve as Incident Commander, initiate restricted access, or place facility into lockdown. Assists in managing the ongoing effects of external disasters.
• Identifies operational issues and determines solutions, communicates, and gains leadership alignment, and implements solutions as appropriate.
• Consistently monitors implementation of all organizational policies and clinical practice standards; makes recommendations for policy and procedure revisions.
• Evaluates the need for staffing and capacity related advisories (i.e., trauma divert), and informs decisions on when to implement.
• Leads daily bed meetings to communicate and facilitate patient progression. Oversees staffing decisions and communicates through rounding to determine staffing needs for optimal patient movement and continuity of care.
• Supports, advises, and informs leadership of staff assignments and prioritization by frequently performing focused rounding and facilitating resolutions. Collaborates and communicates with all departments and patient portals to facilitate efficient and effective patient flow. Allocates staff to units based upon assessment of needs.
• Mentors staff, including Associate Clinical Managers and Charge Nurses, through leading by example with communication and collaboration. Gives constructive feedback as needed to encourage development of leadership, escalates performance concerns, and provides input on performance evaluations. In situations where immediate performance concerns are identified, empowered to address situation in the moment to ensure safe and optimal operations.
• Communicates major hospital change information to staff, physicians, leaders, and key stakeholders. Serves as point of contact for questions and concerns presented by staff; resolves or escalates concerns as appropriate. Investigates patient/family complaints and initiates service recovery and/or deploys resources as appropriate.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

• Guidelines: Guidelines are in the form of stated goals and objectives for function.
• Complexity: Work assignment is unstructured, and leader is responsible for implementing and managing a variety of objectives, resources, and initiatives to achieve the goals of the function. Duties performed include operational planning; developing standards, priorities, guidelines, processes, measurement (evaluation) systems; implementation of production and performance management standards; and allocating resources. Work is tactical and operational in nature.
• Decision Making: Employee is responsible for planning, organizing, allocating resources, ensuring compliance with procedures, and achieving the objectives of the function.
• Communication: Communication at this level is primarily internally focused and involves establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with team members, peers, directors, and executives. Provides guidance and interpretation of the enterprise's policies, procedures, and standards. Provides information to higher-level directors and executives.
• Supervision Received: Responsible for achieving the objectives of function within the scope of established guidelines. Employee is expected to resolve problems that arise in the normal course of the work. Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and feasibility of decisions.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

Physical Requirements

• Audio-Visual: Color Discrimination: Good
• Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good
• General Activity: Sit: 2-4 hrs per day
• General Activity: Stand/Walk: up to 12 hrs per day
• Motion: Bend: Up to 1/3 of time
• Motion: Lift: Up to 1/3 of time
• Motion: Push: Up to 1/3 of time
• Motion: Reach: Up to 1/3 of time
• Motion: Squat/Crouch: Up to 1/3 of time
• Others: Occupational Hazards - exposure to severe weather conditions; must be able to meet scheduling
• demands during all weather conditions
• Use of Hands/Feet: Both Hands - Precise Motor Function (Or Fine Manipulation)
• Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 35 pounds/16 kilos: Up to 1/3 of time

work Environment

• Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to chemicals: Regular/Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to skin irritations: Occasional.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Handles multiple priorities effectively.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works day/night rotating shifts.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works night shifts.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.