Nurse Supervisor LPN

Job Description

Job Description

Westland A Villa Center is seeking a Nurse Supervisor LPN to join their team!! The Nurse Supervisor LPN provides leadership and oversight to nursing staff during non-business hours, ensuring appropriate staffing, workflow, and quality patient care. It involves acting as the highest on-site authority after-hours, making timely decisions, resolving clinical challenges, and maintaining care standards. Responsibilities include direct nursing care, administrative tasks, coordination with other departments, and support for staff development.

Nurse Supervisor LPN Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight and leadership to all on-duty nursing staff during non-business hours. Ensure proper staffing levels, monitor workflow, and assist with prioritizing patient care tasks. Address staff concerns and promote a positive, collaborative work environment.

• Act as the highest-ranking on-site authority during after-hours and weekends. Make timely decisions related to patient care, staffing, safety, and operations. Collaborate with other departments when needed and escalate issues appropriately.

• Offer clinical expertise and support in resolving patient care challenges. Assist with complex cases or difficult family situations. Handle call-ins or last-minute staffing changes, ensuring coverage and continuity of care.

• Makes frequent rounds to note resident/patient conditions and to ensure nursing personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.

• Gives and receives the nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours.

• Ensures assigned work area (i.e. nurse station, med. Cart, medication room, etc.), resident/patient care rooms and treatment areas are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.

• Ensure medication rooms and medication carts are locked according to regulation.

• Monitors supplies and orders as needed.

• Performs administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc.

• Develops and participates in programs designed for in-service education, on the job training and orientation classes for newly assigned personnel

• Maintains close coordination with all departments to ensure continuity and collaboration of services.

• Provides required resident assessments/observations and interventions, reviewing care plans to ensure appropriate care.

• Documents all pertinent data as required by Medicare, Medicaid, company standards and policies.

• Ensures that direct nursing care be provided by a licensed nurse, a certified nursing assistant, and/or a nurse aide trainee qualified to perform the procedure.

• Attends and participates in in-service classes, performance improvement (“PI”) committees, continuing education in-service programs and other meetings as assigned.

• All other duties, as assigned.

Nurse Supervisor LPN Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Ability to multi-task and remain calm under stress.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to organize and prioritize work and delegate to others.

• Understands and follows infection control standards, policies and procedures.

• Must be able to adapt to a flexible work schedule and occasional overnight travel.

• Possess special interest in, and a positive attitude about, working with short and long-term care residents and the elderly.

• Demonstrate basic computer knowledge and ability with an aptitude to learn company applications. Microsoft Office version 1997, 2000 or XP, MS Word, MS Access, MS Excel, E-mail, Outlook, Internet Explorer.

Nurse Supervisor LPN Education and Experience:

• Nursing Degree or diploma from an accredited College or University.

• Possess a current license to practice in the State as a Licensed Practical Nurse.

• At least 1 year of supervisory experience preferred.

• Long-Term care and MDS experience preferred. 

Physical Requirements: 

• Walking, reaching, bending, lifting, extended sitting, grasping, fine hand coordination, pushing and pulling, ability to distinguish smells and temperatures, all with or without the aid of mechanical devices is required.

• Limited potential for exposure to environmental hazards. Understanding and adherence to company safety standards and protocols required.

• Meet all health requirements as needed.

• Dialogue concerning ADA reasonable accommodations are always available upon request – i.e. the interactive process 

Villa Healthcare Benefits:

• Daily Pay & Competitive Compensation

• 401(k) with company match

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical insurance.

• Dental, Vision, and Disability insurance

• Innovative Training Programs

• Access to Villa Perks, an Employee Discount Program!

• Opportunity for Growth and Advancement

• Paid Time Off

Apply to join a growing team today!

SHARED CODE OF CONDUCT:

B.E.T.T.E.R. is Villa’s Service Excellence Code of Conduct. Becoming a member of the Villa Team includes upholding Villa’s B.E.T.T.E.R. standards every day. B e Welcoming to All, E stablish a Relationship, T rust & respect, T eamwork, E ngage & Communicate & R ecognize.

Villa Healthcare Facilities are Equal Opportunity Employers and do not discriminate based on any protected right such as race, color, nationality, gender, age, disability or any protected applicable right under the National Labor Relations Act.