MercyOne Genesis serves a 17-county bi-state region of the Quad Cities (Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline, Ill.) metropolitan area and the surrounding communities of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. But when it comes to clinical capabilities and quality, we exceed those geographical limits. We have earned distinction as a two-time national Top 15 Health System, and recognition for being in the top 1 percent in the nation for patient safety.
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The RN Supervisor for Periop Services is a licensed registered nurse (RN) accountable for leading, managing and advancing people, processes and / or programs that support direct or indirect patient care. The RN supervisor promotes and advocates for patients, nurses / colleagues and the practice of nursing as defined by clinical area(s) of expertise and assignment.
Essential Functions:
- Our Trinity Health Culture: Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and MercyOne Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
- Professional Nursing Practice: Acts independently and appropriately within license, scope of knowledge and experience in practice area. Supports safety by adhering to standards and acting as a champion role model. Accountable for personal learning and development by participating in knowledge, skill and competency enhancing activities.
- Professional Nursing Process: Knows, understands, incorporates and demonstrates (document, teach, coordinate, advocate) standard elements of professional practice: Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification / Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate (ANA); Participates in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial and supported by current and relevant evidence-based practices, science, trends and data (clinical and administrative) and patient care (AONL).
- Professional Leadership Practice: Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values and Vision; Cultivates excellence by supporting growth and development of team; Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring and succession planning; Engages and fosters transpersonal teaching and learning in the context of the caring relationship; Embraces and encourages humanistic-altruistic values and behaviors; Advances nurses and others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered and relationship-based healthcare; Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet); Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications; Embraces ideas and cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities; Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue and inclusion.
- Professional Leadership Process: Provides leadership and retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions and outcomes; Collaborates with key stakeholders and contributes to quality and improvement practices; Empowers staff to creatively problem-solve through the caring process (Caritas); Enhances an environment that prioritizes patient and colleague safety utilizing established and evidence-based practices, tools, methodologies; Drives effective patient, process, performance and stewardship / financial outcomes as measured by established metrics and trended data; Exhibits agility and willingness to take on new and additional responsibilities.
- Environment of Care: Facilitates a healing environment, reverentially encouraging and supporting basic needs as sacred acts, sustaining human dignity; Practices in an environmentally safe, professional manner; Values and advocates for the patient’s cultural beliefs and faith; Monitors and initiates corrections or evidence-based practices; Promotes optimum physical and psychological behaviors; Influences effective, judicious and financially responsible use of resources (people, equipment, supplies, materials).
- Colleague Experience and Well-being: Fosters a continuous learning and development environment; stimulates and adopts innovative practices; Cultivates caring by encouraging a work environment that is respectful of colleague well-being; Understands and embraces change through the active encouragement of innovation and provisioning teams with tools and resources necessary for successful transformation; Leads others through change process.
- Compassion and Communication: Incorporates colleague well-being dimensions throughout the colleague experience as an essential component of leading nursing practices; Actively participates in building community by fostering trusting relationships; Visible and accessible to the team; Facilitates development of interpersonal relationships and use of effective and respectful written, verbal and nonverbal communications; Demonstrates authentic listening by forgiving and accepting positive and negative feelings; Encourages and models communication that respects diversity and divergent opinions; Employs communication strategies that shows the value of patient and family participation in care.
- Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal, state and local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures and guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior and safe work practices.
- Performs other duties as needed and assigned.
Schedule:
- 1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week
- Day shift (8 hour shifts)
- Varied hours
- No call required!
Minimum Qualifications:
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing is required.
- Bachelor’s degree is required within five (5) years of hire or job transfer, with continuous enrollment in a related degree program documented throughout that period.
- Current Iowa RN license, (MercyOne Genesis, excluding Aledo and DeWitt, - current Registered Nurse (RN) license in either Iowa or Illinois is required at the time of hire. A secondary RN license for the other state must be obtained within 12 months of the hire date.)
- At least two (2) years of relevant clinical experience is required.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) is required within three (3) months of hire. Colleagues employed and working solely in facilities located in Illinois are exempt from this requirement in accordance with applicable state requirements.
- Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter for both Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training is required within six (6) months of hire.
- Specialty practice certification is preferred.
- Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.
- Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health and MercyOne.
Colleagues of MercyOne Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system!
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Our Commitment
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
Skills Required
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
- Bachelor's degree completed within five years of hire or transfer, with continuous enrollment in a related program
- Current Iowa RN license, or Iowa or Illinois RN license depending on facility; secondary state license within 12 months when applicable
- At least two years of relevant clinical experience
- Basic Life Support certification within three months of hire
- Mandatory Reporter training for Child and Dependent Adult Abuse within six months of hire
- Specialty practice certification
- Comfort operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment
- Honesty, integrity, caring, and ability to inspire and motivate others
What We Do
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 88 hospitals, 131 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 125 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue is $20.2 billion with $1.2 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.
