Rn Supervisor

Overview:
**_ Voted by Newsweek in 2024 as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity_**

**Early Access to Paycheck with Earned Wage Access is available for Hourly Associates (outside of CA)**

**Make Lives Better Including Your Own**.

If you want to work in an environment where you can become your best possible self, join us You’ll earn more than a paycheck; you can find opportunities to grow your career through professional development, as well as ongoing programs catered to your overall health and wellness.

Full suite of health insurance, life insurance and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status. Additional benefits offered include, but are not limited to:

- Tuition Reimbursement
- Pet Insurance
- Adoption Reimbursement Benefits
- Variety of Associate Discounts

Veterans, transitioning active duty military personnel, and military spouses are encouraged to apply.

**Responsibilities**:
Provides care to residents in accordance with physician orders, recognized standards of practice and established company policies and procedures. See Infection Prevention Addendum for additional job duties.
- Implements and coordinates the delivery of care in collaboration with physician and resource health care personnel. Ensures resident rights are maintained at all times.
- Documents all pertinent information regarding nursing care, care plans, observation of the residents’ overall condition and behavior, Medicare charting, admission, discharge, and patient teaching.
- Maintains a working knowledge of company policies and procedures and Clinical Systems. Adheres to company systems, processes, and procedures.
- Provides functional direction and assistance to Charge Nurses and CNAs. Completes new staff orientation as assigned.
- Directs resident care to include making rounds on a timely basis to ensure continuity of care. Ensures proper utilization of community supplies and equipment. Answers call lights as needed. Sets up and administers prescribed medications and treatments including IV therapy; operates a variety of medical equipment as necessary.
- Completes monthly/quarterly assessments and documentation as assigned. Attends care plan meetings as assigned. Acts as resident advocate.
- Communicates effectively with the residents, families, visitors, members of the health care team, and other disciplines.
- Participates in screening potential admission and placement of prospective residents in the community in order to ensure competent nursing services.
- Actively participates in community’s Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Program. Monitors and assesses clinical systems for concerns and trends and reports findings to Nursing Administration.
- Must have working knowledge of community’s emergency procedures, including fire and disaster drills, OSHA regulations, and infection control standards.
- Attends training to stay abreast of current and emerging nursing/healthcare trends.
- This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities. An associate should perform all duties as assigned by his her supervisor._

Qualifications:
**Education and Experience**
Graduate from Accredited Nursing School and a minimum of one to two years related experience preferred.

Certifications, Licenses, and other Special Requirements

Current State RN License. Basic CPR/first aid training. Fire safety training.

**Management/Decision Making**
Uses limited independent judgment to make decisions based on precedents and established guidelines. Solves problems using standard procedures and precedents. Knows when to refer issues to supervisor and when to handle them personally.

**Knowledge and Skills**

**Physical Demands and Working Conditions**
- Standing
- Walking
- Sitting
- Use hands and fingers to handle or feel
- Reach with hands and arms
- Climb or balance
- Stoop, kneel, crouch crawl
- Talk or hear
- Ability to lift: up to 50 pounds
- Vision
- Requires interaction with co-workers, residents or vendors
- Occasional weekend, evening or night work if needed to ensure shift coverage
- On-Call on an as needed basis
- Possible exposure to communicable diseases and infections
- Potential injury from transferring, repositioning, or lifting residents
- Exposure to latex
- Possible exposure to blood-borne pathogens
- Possible exposure to various drugs, chemical, infectious, or biological hazards
- Subject to injury from falls, burns, odors, or cuts from equipment
- Requires Travel: Occasionally

Brookdale is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.

Salary Range Information: $36.05 - $45.93 / hour