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Registered Nurse IV - Nursing Supervisor
PART-TIME 50% PERMANENT (PEINU) POSITION
Department: Health PEI
Location:Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Commencing Immediately
The Nursing Supervisor is in a leadership role within the Department of Nursing overseeing the routine hospital activities and represents hospital administration during non-regular hours. The Nurse Supervisor provides strong leadership, guidance and support to nursing staff to ensure safe, quality, patient-centered care on all shifts. The Nurse Supervisor coordinates services, utilization, staffing, and equipment at the hospital and maintains a high level of clinical and professional competency.
Duties will include:
- coordinating total staffing assignments through liaison with the nurse in charge in each area on a short term basis, reassigning staff from one unit to another as necessary, calling in casual staff as needed, contacting private duty nurses as requested, providing coverage for absent nursing staff in an appropriate manner, and assigning float pool nursing staff appropriately.
- working with the nurse in charge in each area in auditing the quality and quantity of nursing care.
- communicating closely with the Associate Director of Nursing - Clinical Services regarding daily care assessments and individual staff performance assessments, making recommendations regarding alternate assignments and staffing when applicable.
- responding to and providing leadership in emergency situations and code situations, and reporting her/his actions to appropriate authorities.
- serves as advisor and resource person for the nursing units with regards to changes in patient care requirements, problem solving, unusual incidents in patient care, and arranging transfer of patients to another unit or facility for alternate care.
- performing specific procedures according to hospital policy including IV therapy, IV medication administration, blood transfusions, venipuncture, accessing port-o-caths, Hickman catheters, central lines and ECGs during non-regular hours.
- access and provide medications to nursing units when hospital pharmacy closed.
- providing nursing coverage during peak periods.
- representing the Associate and Director of Nursing during non-regular hours, and represents the Nursing Department to medical staff, other hospital departments, patients, visitors, and to the community in general.
Bi-Weekly Hours: 37.5 hours bi-weekly / Rotating Shifts.
Qualifications:
- Applicants must have current registration with the Association of Registered Nurses of Prince Edward Island.
- Considerable experience as a practising nurse in a supervisory capacity.
- Applicants must have a Baccalaureate Degree in nursing.
- Applicants with a Diploma in Nursing supplemented by the Nursing Leadership Management program (or equivalent program of study) and /or extensive supervisory experience will be considered.
- Knowledge of current trends and standards of nursing practice with a vision for the future direction of nursing, demonstrated leadership abilities and strong communication and interpersonal skills are required.
- Applicants must have a good previous work and attendance record.
- The successful applicant must provide a satisfactory criminal records check prior to beginning employment.
Note: The collaborative care model on PEI is a province-wide initiative that will involve service delivery changes in all areas of the health system including acute care, long term care, home care, and primary health care. The collaborative care model has not yet been implemented in all unit/work sites. Staffing levels may change upon its introduction and will be in accordance with respective collective agreements and union consultation.
We would like to thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted.
THIS COMPETITION IS OPEN TO MALE AND FEMALE APPLICANTS
| Salary Range: | $32.36 - $40.48 per hour |
| Posting ID: | 111064-1106QEPO |
| Closing Date: |
Ongoing Recrutiment |
| Contact email: | apply@gov.pe.ca |
| Please contact the PEI Public Service Commission at 902-368-4080, prior to the closing date, if you do not receive a confirmation that we received your e-mail. |
How to Apply for this Position
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If you would rather not apply online, simply return an application form (clearly marked with competition number 111064-1106QEPO) to:
PEI Public Service Commission
PO Box 2000
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Applications may be sent by fax to 368-4383. Due to the fact that receipt of applications by fax cannot be guaranteed, applicants transmitting their applications by fax may wish to confirm receipt by telephone or in person prior to the closing date to 368-4080. 
This information has been taken from www.gov.pe.ca