RN Supervisor

Full Time Position: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm with a call rotation for after hours, weekends, and holidays

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Nursing Supervisor will oversee the daily activity of their assigned nursing station, including staff and residents. This individual will be part of an on-call rotation to cover staffing needs of the hospital and nursing home. There will be various documentation records that the Supervisor will be directly responsible for, that could change over time.

• Direct the day-to-day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility.
• Ensure that all nursing personnel assigned to you comply with the written policies and procedures established by this facility.
• Meet with your assigned nursing staff, as well as support personnel, in planning the shift's services, programs, and activities.
• Ensure that the nursing service personnel comply with the procedures set forth in the Nursing Service Procedures Manual.
• Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift as required.
• Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident's total regimen of care is maintained.
• Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the facility's quality assurance program for the nursing service department.
• Participate in surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as may be requested.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required per policies and procedures.
• Complete accident/incident reports as necessary per policies and procedures.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Complete and file required recordkeeping forms/charts upon the resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge.
• Receive telephone orders from physicians and record on the Physicians Order Form.
• Transcribe physician's orders to resident charts, cardex, medication cards, treatment/care plans, as required.
• Chart nurse's notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident, as well as the resident's response to care.
• Report all discrepancies noted concerning physician's orders, diet change, charting error, etc., to the Director of Nursing.
• Participate in employee performance evaluations, determining your shift's staffing requirements, and making recommendations to the Director of Nursing concerning employee dismissals, transfers, etc.
• Inform the Director of Nursing of staffing needs when assigned personnel fail to report to work.
• Develop work assignments and/or assist in completing and performing such assignments. Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit/shift.
• Make daily rounds of your unit/shift to ensure that nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Report problem areas to the Director of Nursing.
• Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or to improve services.
• Ensure that department personnel, residents, and visitors follow the department's established policies and procedures at all times.
• Inform appropriate personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc. Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions. Greet newly admitted residents upon admission. Escort them to their rooms as necessary.
• Participate in the orientation of new residents/family members to the facility.
• Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
• Requisition and arrange for diagnostic and therapeutic services, as ordered by the physician, and in accordance with our established procedures. Consult with the resident's physician in providing the resident's care, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as necessary.
• Review the resident's chart for specific treatments, medication orders, diets, etc., as necessary.
• Make periodic checks to ensure that prescribed treatments are being properly administered by certified nursing assistants and to evaluate the resident's physical and emotional status.
• Cooperate with and coordinate social and activity programs with nursing service schedules.
• Notify the resident's attending physician and next-of-kin when there is a change in the resident's condition/death.
• Inspect the nursing service treatment areas daily to ensure that they are maintained in a clean and safe manner.
• Administer professional services such as; catheterization, tube feedings, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy, and drainage bags, glucometers, and range of motion exercises, care for the dead/dying, etc.
• Obtain sputum, urine and other specimens for lab tests as ordered.
• Take and record TPRs, blood pressures, etc., as necessary.
• Ensure that personnel providing direct care to residents are providing such care in accordance with the resident's care plan and wishes.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Meet with residents, and/or family members, as necessary. Report problem areas to the Director of Nursing.
• Call funeral homes when requested by the family.
• Ensure that established post-mortem procedures are followed.
• Assist in training department personnel in identifying tasks that involve potential exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Monitor your assigned personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
• Ensure that an adequate supply of personal protective equipment are on hand and are readily available to personnel who perform procedures that involve exposure to blood or body fluids.
• Ensure that your assigned work areas (i.e., nurse's stations, medicine preparation rooms, etc.) are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.
• Ensure that your assigned personnel follow established infection control procedures when isolation precautions become necessary.
• Ensure that an adequate stock level of medications, medical supplies, equipment, etc., is maintained on your unit/shift at all times to meet the needs of the residents.
• Review care plans daily to ensure that appropriate care is being rendered.
• Inform the Director of Nursing of any changes that need to be made on the care plan.
• Ensure that your nurse's notes reflect that the care plan is being followed when administering nursing care or treatment.
• Review resident care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, approaches, and revisions based on nursing needs.
• Ensure that your assigned certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are aware of the resident care plans.
• Assist the Resident Assessment/Care Plan Coordinator in planning, scheduling, and revising the MDS, including the implementation of RAPs and Triggers.
• Monitor nursing care to ensure that all residents are treated fairly, and with kindness, dignity, and respect.
• Ensure that all nursing service personnel are knowledgeable of the resident's responsibilities and rights including the right to refuse treatment.
• Review complaints and grievances made by the resident and make a written/oral report to the Director of Nursing indicating what action(s) were taken to resolve the complaint or grievance.
• Report and investigate all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
• Provide data to the Quality Assurance & Assessment committee as requested.
• Other duties as assigned by Director of Nursing or Administration

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
• Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office, Word, Excel)
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Current RN license in the state of MS with at least 2 years experience in long term care
• CPR Certification
• Supervisory experience preferred but not required
• Point Click Care preferred but not required