RN Supervisor

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Job Requirements: Provides supervision and medical oversight to ensure that clients are being served effectively and safely and supervises all client care and services.

Responsibilities:

• Responds to calls within 30 minutes
• Conducts supervisory visit at least once every 60 days
• Ensures services are delivered as indicated on the client's care plan
• Conducts initial evaluation of clients
• Assesses, evaluates, and monitors clients' needs, current status, and environment
• Implements appropriate interventions

Documents accurately, appropriately, and in a timely manner:

• Prepares progress notes
• Documents, signs, and dates supervisory visits notes
• Documents evaluation of client's health status and needs
• Documents interventions and outcome of those interventions
• Completes client's discharge summary when indicated

Maintains clients' clinical records in accordance with acceptable professional standards and guidelines:

• Conduct audit on clients' record monthly (end of month)
• Ensures clients' records are readily accessible and organized
• Ensures confidentiality of clients records
• Instructs staff on proper charting protocols
• Reviews, signs, and dates all entries made by non-licensed staff
• Reviews Level of Care and Placement Instrument at least

Maintains ongoing and effective communication with Care Coordinators, clients, caregivers, staff, physicians, and all other relevant parties:

• Communicates problem approaches, changes to client care plans, and other pertinent information to staff
• Communicates recommendations for changes in the clients' care to Care Coordinator
• Obtains Care Coordinator's approval prior to making changes in client's services
• Reports problems regarding clients' health services to Care Coordinator in timely manner
• Submits notification of start of care to Care Coordinator within 2-3 days

Monitors client's medications:

• Is aware of all client's prescription and over-the-counter medications
• Reports concerns about client's medications to Care Coordinator and client's physician
• Instructs staff on level of assistance clients needs with medications
• Reviews, signs, and dates client's medication administration record at least every 60 days
• Provides written instructions to staff regarding signs and symptoms of potential drug reactions
• Records any client reactions to medications in the client's clinical record

Initiates, reviews, and revised Client's Care Plan:

• Coordinate supervisory visit every 60 days
• Initiates client's care plan within 60 days of initial evaluation of client
• Reviews, signs, and dates client's care plan at least every 60 days
• Ensures client's care plan identifies specific physical, mental, and social health problems/needs
• Lists personal care tasks needed on client's care plan
• Re-writes the client's care plan at least once per year

Coordinates and participates in learning opportunities for staff and clients:

• Conduct interview for potential LPN and RN with General Manager
• Schedules, coordinates, and presents monthly in-service training to staff
• Ensures appropriate health related topics are presented to staff
• Instructs client and other care-givers about clients' health needs

Assists with continuous quality improvement program:

• Evaluates quality of client care during face-to-face evaluation with clients
• Conducts monthly compliance visits
• Reviews policies and procedures at least twice per year
• Recommends revisions to policies and procedures as needed
• Reviews at least 10% of client clinical records each month
• Ensures staff compliance with infection control policies and procedures
• Ensures staff compliance to fire and safety policies and procedures
• Presents neat, professional appearance
• Demonstrates positive attitude
• Promotes teamwork