RN Supervisor

RN Supervisor

Qualification:

• Current license as an RN in NY
• Minimum of 6 month to 1 year experience as an RN supervisor in long term care
• Demonstrated competence as a nursing practitioner
• Demonstrated leadership and human relations skills

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for oversight of the facility and ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations
• Maintains nursing guidelines are appropriate
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing support to residents, families and employees
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment
• Maintains resident confidentiality by monitoring confidential information processing
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among the interdisciplinary team
• Coordinates the planning, implementing and evaluating of resident care
• Makes daily environmental rounds - identifying and correcting problems
• Submits an "RNS Checklist" to ADNS for each unit every month
• Makes a daily clinical rounds seeing every resident on report and every resident on precautions
• Schedules comprehensive rounds with charge nurse to see and evaluate nursing care on every resident on a regular basis
• Oversees that grooming and personal care needs are met on all residents
• Reviews, with charge nurses, all required documentation, nursing care plans and transcription of medical orders
• Evaluates every new admission and assures nursing care needs are met
• Evaluates every resident experiencing an accident/incident and reviews documentation of same
• Evaluates every resident experiencing a change of status in health (including transfers to hospital) and reviews documentation of same
• Monitors administration of medications and provides corrective in-service for nurses requiring the same
• Monitors meals to assure compliance with policies
• Assists in the orientation of new staff
• Evaluates work performance of nursing staff
• Provides disciplinary action and participates in grievances/arbitration
• May immediately suspend and/or require staff to clock out and leave the facility for such unacceptable actions as drunkenness, fighting, patient abuse, refusing an assignment, insubordination, etc.
• Assists in the recruitment, selection, promotion, and termination of employment of nursing personnel
• Assures adequate staffing for all units calling replacement staff as necessary
• Completes investigation sheets on all accident reports and submits to ADNS
• Monitors for adequate supply of oxygen and for proper storage, ordering additional oxygen as needed
• Monitors emergency supplies and emergency drug boxes assuring readiness for emergencies
• Communicates clearly shift-to-shift for continuity of care and reports to DNS through daily verbal reports