Assures appropriate staffing is maintained on all Nursing Units; responsible for the clinical and administrative supervision of overall hospital activities in the absence of Administration and Nursing Director/Managers.
Posted Sep 25
Shift and hours
12-hour shifts · 3 days per week Work Schedule: 3 Days - 12 Hours3 shifts a week
Unit and setting
Hospital
License
RN licenseRN License in state of employment or compact
screen admissions and transfers for placementScreens incoming patients for appropriateness of admission/transfer and facilitates placement in proper level of care
Day to day
serve as hospital administrative representative
Day to day
consult with on-call administratorConsults with administrator on-call as appropriate
Day to day
arrange emergency operationsArranges/facilitates emergency operations as needed
Day to day
perform clinical functions as neededPerforms clinical functions as needed
Day to day
intervene in complaints and follow up with leadershipIntervenes in patient, family associated, and physician complaints and follows up with director/manager and patient advocate as appropriate
Day to day
assign and balance staffing for oncoming shiftProvides staffing for oncoming shift; assigns staff utilizing appropriate mix of full time, PRN and agency staff to meet each unit’s needs
Day to day
update KRONOS schedulingMakes changes in KRONOS scheduling to represent the most recent staffing plan
Day to day
monitor competency checklists for reassigned and agency staffMonitors and utilizes competency/orientation check lists for temporary reassignment of hospital staff and assignment of agency staff
Day to day
perform PFT reviews on PRN Pool associatesPerforms PFT reviews on PRN Pool associates
Day to day
provide staff performance feedback to directorProvides input to director on staff performance
Day to day
collaborate regionally to utilize PRN poolWorks collaboratively with other house supervisors and staffing personnel within the region to effectively utilize the PRN pool
Assures appropriate staffing is maintained on all Nursing Units; responsible for the clinical and administrative supervision of overall hospital activities in the absence of Administration and Nursing Director/Managers.
Responsibilities
Provides supervision and guidance to all areas by visiting units/departments throughout the shift to ascertain status of areas, interpreting policies and regulations to staff patients, and visitors, coordinating placement/transfer of patients, and responding to staffing issues
Screens incoming patients for appropriateness of admission/transfer and facilitates placement in proper level of care
Functions at all times as the hospital administrative representative by acting as hospital spokesperson, as appropriate, investigating incidents and events and taking appropriate action, interview to provide assistance in problem-solving, and conveying a positive image of the hospital
Consults with administrator on-call as appropriate
Arranges/facilitates emergency operations as needed
Performs clinical functions as needed
Intervenes in patient, family associated, and physician complaints and follows up with director/manager and patient advocate as appropriate
Provides staffing for oncoming shift; assigns staff utilizing appropriate mix of full time, PRN and agency staff to meet each unit’s needs
Makes changes in KRONOS scheduling to represent the most recent staffing plan
Monitors and utilizes competency/orientation check lists for temporary reassignment of hospital staff and assignment of agency staff
Performs PFT reviews on PRN Pool associates
Provides input to director on staff performance
Works collaboratively with other house supervisors and staffing personnel within the region to effectively utilize the PRN pool
Neighborhoods+Downtown New Braunfels ($250K–$500K) is the walkable dining-and-shopping core; Westpointe ($250K–$400K) is the entry-level New Braunfels ISD option; Mission Hill ($280K–$450K) is pitched for I-35 convenience. River Chase ($300K–$500K) is newer construction with a waterpark-community feel and strong NBISD zoning; Gruene ($350K–$700K) is historic river-town fabric minutes from the Guadalupe. Vintage Oaks ($400K–$800K, with some river/Hill Country and Copper Ridge listings $600K–$1M+) is 1–5 acre estate lots with resort pools, a lazy river, and trails, about 25 minutes to San Antonio off-peak and car-dependent. Active master-planned growth includes Veramendi, Meyer Ranch, and Overlook at Creekside.
Downtown New Braunfels ($250K–$500K) is the walkable dining-and-shopping core; Westpointe ($250K–$400K) is the entry-level New Braunfels ISD option; Mission Hill ($280K–$450K) is pitched for I-35 convenience. River Chase ($300K–$500K) is newer construction with a waterpark-community feel and strong NBISD zoning; Gruene ($350K–$700K) is historic river-town fabric minutes from the Guadalupe.
Vintage Oaks ($400K–$800K, with some river/Hill Country and Copper Ridge listings $600K–$1M+) is 1–5 acre estate lots with resort pools, a lazy river, and trails, about 25 minutes to San Antonio off-peak and car-dependent. Active master-planned growth includes Veramendi, Meyer Ranch, and Overlook at Creekside.
Getting around+There is no public transit; outside downtown/Gruene the city is fully car-dependent. Local average commute is cited around 22 minutes, but I-35 congestion is the real constraint: downtown San Antonio 35–55 minutes, San Antonio Medical Center 40–55 minutes, JBSA-Randolph 25–35 minutes, JBSA-Lackland 50–65 minutes (poor for a daily drive), and Austin 50–70 minutes. Peak backups concentrate on I-35, Loop 337, Highway 46, and I-35 feeders; Vintage Oaks is about 25 minutes to San Antonio off-peak and Gruene about 30. Daily Austin commuting is widely described as challenging; local work (including Resolute Health Hospital) or hybrid/remote fits far better. San Antonio International is about 40–50 minutes; Austin-Bergstrom about 55–70.
There is no public transit; outside downtown/Gruene the city is fully car-dependent. Local average commute is cited around 22 minutes, but I-35 congestion is the real constraint: downtown San Antonio 35–55 minutes, San Antonio Medical Center 40–55 minutes, JBSA-Randolph 25–35 minutes, JBSA-Lackland 50–65 minutes (poor for a daily drive), and Austin 50–70 minutes.
Peak backups concentrate on I-35, Loop 337, Highway 46, and I-35 feeders; Vintage Oaks is about 25 minutes to San Antonio off-peak and Gruene about 30. Daily Austin commuting is widely described as challenging; local work (including Resolute Health Hospital) or hybrid/remote fits far better. San Antonio International is about 40–50 minutes; Austin-Bergstrom about 55–70.
Outdoors+Daily outdoor life is built around the spring-fed Comal River (about 68–72°F year-round, roughly a 2.5-hour tube float with the Tube Chute) and the Guadalupe, especially May through October. Landa Park is the in-town green space on the water; Schlitterbahn is the destination waterpark; Canyon Lake is the nearby weekend lake. Parks are described with large lawns, shade trees, picnic areas, golf, and splash pads; Vintage Oaks and other master-planned communities add miles of trails, pools, and lazy rivers. Nearby day trips include Natural Bridge Caverns and Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch.
Daily outdoor life is built around the spring-fed Comal River (about 68–72°F year-round, roughly a 2.5-hour tube float with the Tube Chute) and the Guadalupe, especially May through October. Landa Park is the in-town green space on the water; Schlitterbahn is the destination waterpark; Canyon Lake is the nearby weekend lake.
Parks are described with large lawns, shade trees, picnic areas, golf, and splash pads; Vintage Oaks and other master-planned communities add miles of trails, pools, and lazy rivers. Nearby day trips include Natural Bridge Caverns and Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch.
New Braunfels sits on I-35 between San Antonio (~30 miles) and Austin (~50 miles) as a mid-sized Comal County river town—neither a quiet Hill Country hideaway nor a dense San Antonio suburb. What is genuinely distinct is how the Comal and Guadalupe shape ordinary life from May through October: tubing the spring-fed Comal (about 72°F year-round) past the Tube Chute, Landa Park on the water, live music at Gruene Hall (called the oldest dance hall in Texas), Wurstfest, Schlitterbahn, and Canyon Lake weekends. A nurse can work in town at Resolute Health Hospital or drive 40–55 minutes to San Antonio’s Medical Center; there is no transit, and I-35, Loop 337, and Highway 46 clog at peak, so a daily Austin run (50–70 minutes) is a real cost. Most housing sits in the $250s–$550s (median values cited around $324,000–$357,000; median rent about $1,368), with Veramendi, River Chase, and Westpointe for newer or entry-level NBISD/Comal ISD homes and Vintage Oaks or river lots at a premium. Locals call people friendly and the outdoor calendar unmatched, but the city has more than doubled, summers are long and very hot, humidity and allergies bite, tourist weekends crowd the rivers, and utilities plus traffic are the usual complaints.
