Nurse Supervisor Nights

About the role

The Nurse Supervisor provides supervision of all patient care areas in the hospital. The role requires a working knowledge of hospital and nursing policies and procedures, and the ability to apply independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Affirms the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Assumes primary leadership accountability and responsibility for milieu management and directing patient care activities of other nursing staff.
• Maintains standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
• Affirms the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Assists staff to efficiently utilize staffing and other resources to meet patient care requirements and other professional responsibilities.
• Provides for immediate follow-up, documentation and communication of incidents to the appropriate manager and director.
• Responds to emergency situations and assists as necessary.
• Acts as a resource, interpret and ensures adherence to hospital and nursing philosophy, policies and procedures.
• Reports to the administrator-on-call or DON/Nurse Manager any significant incidents and problems.
• Provides on-going timely feedback, verbal and written, to staff on performance in collaboration with DON/Nurse Manager. Assists with providing information necessary for conducting nursing personnel performance evaluations.
• Identifies and communicates staff needs for continuing education to the DON/Nurse Manager.
• Provides education, remediation, and assessment of skills competencies as directed by the DON/Nurse Manager.
• Maintains documentation for adherence to rules and regulations.
• Ensures environment of care requirements are met (ie: quality logs, infection control practices, etc)
• Utilizes the nursing process: assessing, planning, and formulating nursing interventions directed towards development of an individualized plan of care and treatment modalities.
• Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the client to include discharge planning; prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes; evaluates the effectiveness of interventions in relation to expected outcomes; conducts ongoing assessment of clients from admission to discharge; initiates medical/psychiatric crisis intervention to stabilize and ensure the well-being of the patient's conditions.
• Provides individual patient teaching on all identified learning needs; facilitates in Family/Significant other education.
• Demonstrates knowledge of psychiatric disorders and appropriate nursing interventions; implements nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to the patient needs. Applies appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and addresses maintenance of wellness.
• Provides structure and maintains a therapeutic milieu in collaboration with the patient and other health care providers.
• Administers medications as prescribed safely; provides education on prescribed medications; recognizes signs and symptoms of adverse drug reactions.
• Reviews, revises, and updates medical records within facility guidelines and timeframes. Transcribes and implements physician's orders according to facility policy; documents care, progress, response to intervention in medical record in an accurate, thorough and concise manner.

Requirements

• Minimum Associates Degree in Nursing.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in resident working state.
• Minimum of 3 years Registered Nursing experience.
• Psychiatric nursing experience required.

Skills

• High stress and assess potential for patient escalation.
• Ability to determine appropriate course of action in more complex situations.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing, to consistently achieve positive results with internal and external customers, be highly organized, have an understanding and sensitivity to serve culturally diverse and special needs population such as Chronically Mentally Ill, Geriatric, CD, be versed in basic knowledge of normal physical and emotional development.
• Exhibits critical thinking abilities and applies them for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Demonstrates self-confidence and ability to think conceptually in leading and directing others.
• Ability to handle difficult situations involving patients, physicians, or others in a professional manner.

Qualifications

• Successfully completes CPR certification and an Oceans approved behavioral health de-escalation program.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage (Multiple Plan Options) - Eligible first of the month after 30 days.
• 401 (k) Retirement Savings Plan with Discretionary Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Daily Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Competitive Market Compensation
• Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program