Baylor Scott & White Health
Job Summary
The Supervisor, Nursing Registered Nurse (RN), is responsible for supervising assigned nursing and unit-based personnel to provide a safe, caring environment for patients, families, and staff. This role fosters professional nursing practice, shared decision‑making, inter‑professional teamwork, and collaboration, leading to positive patient and staff outcomes. The Supervisor oversees day‑to‑day operations and productivity, and assists the Nursing Manager in planning, developing, implementing, evaluating, and monitoring policies and procedures, budgets, resource allocation, quality/performance improvement initiatives, educational programs, and shared governance councils to achieve departmental and organizational goals. Provides nursing care as needed.
Essential Functions of the Role
Clinical Judgment:
Creates and sustains a healthy work environment that supports evidence‑based practice and research. Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the inter‑professional team, plans and evaluates patients’ care plans, identifies potential problems or resources, supervises personnel in delivering safe, cost‑effective, efficient care, ensures competency maintenance, and provides nursing care as needed.
Clinical Inquiry:
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including nursing‑sensitive indicators. Facilitates practice changes via quality and performance improvement initiatives and the application of best, evidence‑based practices and research. Identifies, proposes, and conducts clinical research.
Caring Practices:
Creates and sustains a compassionate, supportive, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and staff. Assists in coordinating patient care conferences and inter‑professional rounds to address patient/family needs, discharge planning, and best caring practices and outcomes.
Response to Diversity:
Identifies issues arising from individual differences, develops awareness among staff and other healthcare providers, serves as a role model, teaches, and provides age‑specific, developmentally appropriate care in accordance with guidelines and scope of duty.
Advocacy and Moral Agency:
Represents the concerns of patients, families, and staff and fosters an ethical practice environment based on optimal communication, teamwork, and coordination of care. Addresses ethical issues through the institutional ethics committee, promoting healthcare at local, state, and national levels.
Facilitation of Learning:
Monitors staff and patient/family learning needs, assists in designing, implementing, and evaluating educational activities, supports staff growth, facilitates development of clinical and leadership expertise through role modeling and coaching, identifies professional growth opportunities, and manages onboarding and orientation programs.
Collaboration:
Acts as a role model, teacher, and mentor for professional leadership and accountability within the inter‑professional team. Collaborates with medical, allied health, and administrative staff to provide safe, quality, compassionate care and participates in departmental and organizational programs, committees, and special projects.
Systems Thinking:
Recognizes, responds to, and follows up on issues, concerns, and suggestions. Provides timely follow‑up for critical incidents and sentinel events and contributes to system redesign for patient safety. Allocates resources, coordinates services, and optimizes patient care and throughput while reducing costs. Assists in nursing staff staffing planning, human resource management, budgeting, and operational decision‑making.
Professionalism:
Promotes shared governance, sets personal and professional development goals, commits to lifelong learning, and contributes to peer development. Plans, develops, implements, evaluates, and revises recognition programs and demonstrates community service commitment.
Key Success Factors
Knowledge and understanding of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines of certifying bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures governing nursing care.
Knowledge of medical terminology and principles of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention, medication management, and patient privacy rights.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to provide age‑specific, quality, patient‑centered care and develop or modify patient care plans.
Operational decision‑making skills regarding quality, productivity, and goal setting.
Ability to manage resources, make hiring and termination decisions, and recommend policy changes.
General computer skills, including Microsoft Office, secure information handling, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.
Benefits Our competitive benefits package includes the following:
Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
401(k) savings plan with dollar‑for‑dollar match up to 5%
Tuition reimbursement
PTO accrual beginning Day 1
Shift Morning, Midday, and Night shifts as required; no work beyond night shifts. Weekend and holiday coverage may be required.
Required Qualifications
BSN
1+ year of experience in a leadership position or as Charge Nurse
Medical‑telemetry experience desired
RN license / certification
BLS – Basic Life Support (required within 30 days of hire)
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Health Care Provider
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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The Supervisor, Nursing Registered Nurse (RN), is responsible for supervising assigned nursing and unit-based personnel to provide a safe, caring environment for patients, families, and staff. This role fosters professional nursing practice, shared decision‑making, inter‑professional teamwork, and collaboration, leading to positive patient and staff outcomes. The Supervisor oversees day‑to‑day operations and productivity, and assists the Nursing Manager in planning, developing, implementing, evaluating, and monitoring policies and procedures, budgets, resource allocation, quality/performance improvement initiatives, educational programs, and shared governance councils to achieve departmental and organizational goals. Provides nursing care as needed.
Essential Functions of the Role
Clinical Judgment:
Creates and sustains a healthy work environment that supports evidence‑based practice and research. Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the inter‑professional team, plans and evaluates patients’ care plans, identifies potential problems or resources, supervises personnel in delivering safe, cost‑effective, efficient care, ensures competency maintenance, and provides nursing care as needed.
Clinical Inquiry:
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including nursing‑sensitive indicators. Facilitates practice changes via quality and performance improvement initiatives and the application of best, evidence‑based practices and research. Identifies, proposes, and conducts clinical research.
Caring Practices:
Creates and sustains a compassionate, supportive, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and staff. Assists in coordinating patient care conferences and inter‑professional rounds to address patient/family needs, discharge planning, and best caring practices and outcomes.
Response to Diversity:
Identifies issues arising from individual differences, develops awareness among staff and other healthcare providers, serves as a role model, teaches, and provides age‑specific, developmentally appropriate care in accordance with guidelines and scope of duty.
Advocacy and Moral Agency:
Represents the concerns of patients, families, and staff and fosters an ethical practice environment based on optimal communication, teamwork, and coordination of care. Addresses ethical issues through the institutional ethics committee, promoting healthcare at local, state, and national levels.
Facilitation of Learning:
Monitors staff and patient/family learning needs, assists in designing, implementing, and evaluating educational activities, supports staff growth, facilitates development of clinical and leadership expertise through role modeling and coaching, identifies professional growth opportunities, and manages onboarding and orientation programs.
Collaboration:
Acts as a role model, teacher, and mentor for professional leadership and accountability within the inter‑professional team. Collaborates with medical, allied health, and administrative staff to provide safe, quality, compassionate care and participates in departmental and organizational programs, committees, and special projects.
Systems Thinking:
Recognizes, responds to, and follows up on issues, concerns, and suggestions. Provides timely follow‑up for critical incidents and sentinel events and contributes to system redesign for patient safety. Allocates resources, coordinates services, and optimizes patient care and throughput while reducing costs. Assists in nursing staff staffing planning, human resource management, budgeting, and operational decision‑making.
Professionalism:
Promotes shared governance, sets personal and professional development goals, commits to lifelong learning, and contributes to peer development. Plans, develops, implements, evaluates, and revises recognition programs and demonstrates community service commitment.
Key Success Factors
Knowledge and understanding of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines of certifying bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures governing nursing care.
Knowledge of medical terminology and principles of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention, medication management, and patient privacy rights.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to provide age‑specific, quality, patient‑centered care and develop or modify patient care plans.
Operational decision‑making skills regarding quality, productivity, and goal setting.
Ability to manage resources, make hiring and termination decisions, and recommend policy changes.
General computer skills, including Microsoft Office, secure information handling, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.
Benefits Our competitive benefits package includes the following:
Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
401(k) savings plan with dollar‑for‑dollar match up to 5%
Tuition reimbursement
PTO accrual beginning Day 1
Shift Morning, Midday, and Night shifts as required; no work beyond night shifts. Weekend and holiday coverage may be required.
Required Qualifications
BSN
1+ year of experience in a leadership position or as Charge Nurse
Medical‑telemetry experience desired
RN license / certification
BLS – Basic Life Support (required within 30 days of hire)
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Health Care Provider
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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