Homecare Nurse Supervisor

Job Description

Homecare Nurse Supervisor- VIP Section I Healthcare I DubaiJob Purpose:The purpose of this role is to manage for the clinical setting and ensure to provide professional, clinical and managerial leadership to all nursing staff

• Accomplishes nursing human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures.
• Meets nursing operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.
• Meets nursing financial standards by providing annual budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions.
• Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.
• Maintains nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
• Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing divisions philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.
• Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff; following up on work results.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patients independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching and counseling patient, friends, and family and reinforcing their understanding of disease, medications, and self-care skills.
• Provides information to patients and health care team by answering questions and requests.
• Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from other health care professionals.
• Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential information processing.
• Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records within cluster assigned.
• Ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability; completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturers instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by studying usage reports; identifying trends; anticipating needed supplies; approving requisitions and cost allocations.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Supervise clinical nursing procedures, monitoring and evaluating clinical activity.
• Maintain accurate and appropriate records according to local guidelines.
• Promote evidence based practice and clinical guidelines to enhance delivery of effective patient care.
• Ensure appropriate measures are taken within the clinical setting to maintain safety of personnel, environment and equipment.
• Ensure appropriate policies and procedures are implemented within each department and support staff to act accordingly should additional action be required.
• Act as a leadership figure and highlight any concerns in regards to performance and act accordingly.
• Develop teaching and training programs for staff and aid the professional development of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide and maintain the highest possible standards of patient care and adhere to Al-Futtaim Health Values.
• Assist in the implementation of company policies and procedures.
• Implement and evaluate individual chronic disease care plans.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of the nursing care platforms, and highlight areas for improvement.
• Assist the team to aid appropriate referrals, discharges and treatment plans.
• Work in partnership with CNO to manage assigend patient caseloads and provide a consistent patient service.
• Liaise and support other members of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies relating to patient care, maintaining good communication channels.
• Be aware of safe guarding policies, both local and national, and implement such policies should it become necessary.
• Assess clinical conditions, prioritize health problems, including initiation of effective emergency care.

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