Nurse Supervisor - PM/Night Shifts

Nurse Supervisor - PM/Night Shifts

Responsibilities

• Supervision of all staff members providing direct patient care (includes RNs, LPNs and Behavioral Instructors)
• Maintaining staff compliance with unit schedule of activities
• Insures maintenance of the therapeutic environment by staff through proper use of the Teaching-Family model of care and implementation of the treatment plan
• Auditing medication administration records for all nursing units and making appropriate decisions to rectify any discrepancies
• Working with the Director of Medical Records to ensure completion of all pt charts by nursing staff within timeframe allowed
• Completing the census sheets for each unit for the day shift and reporting this information at change of shift to the evening supervisor
• Monitoring inventory of unit supplies, and maintenance of forms stocked in unit file drawers
• Attending weekly supervisor/consultant meetings, Tuesday staff meetings, census meetings, and treatment team meetings as scheduled
• Assisting in unit nursing coverage for day shift as needed
• Communicating unit activities/needs with Director of Nursing and other Nursing Supervisors
• Assisting in staff education and competency in all hospital policies and procedures
• Assisting in conduction of nursing in-services
• Participating in Quality Improvement studies and processes to include data collection, implementation, reporting, and problem resolution
• Maintaining a positive attitude and work environment in all areas
• Assisting in the new patient admission process as needed
• Utilizing nursing assessment skills to make appropriate staffing assignments to all patient care areas
• Monitoring staff compliance with hospital policies and ensuring patient safety relating to all instances of use of seclusion or restraint
• Monitoring appropriate use of CPI techniques by all staff
• Finding replacements for Behavioral Instructors that call in on applicable shifts

Qualifications

• Must be currently licensed by the State of Arkansas to practice as a Registered Nurse
• Must be qualified by education or experience in healthcare management and at least two years nursing experience as a Registered Nurse
• Must be physically able to lift 50 pounds and hold for one minute
• Must be physically capable to receive verbal and written directions
• Must be physically capable of sitting and standing for several hours at a time
• Must have good auditory, visual and olfactory ability
• Ability to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls
• Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment and other treatment equipment
• Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen, chart or other treatment items
• Covid-19 vaccination and Flu vaccination are mandatory and required for all positions (subject only to qualified exemptions)