Nurse Supervisor - RN Nights

About the role

Oceans Behavioral Hospital in Pasadena focuses on helping adults and seniors manage anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues through innovative, evidence‑based therapies. The Nurse Supervisor provides supervision of all patient‑care areas in the hospital, serving as a managerial and clinical link between the Director of Nursing (or Nurse Manager) and the nursing staff, and promotes the organization’s mission, vision, and values.

Responsibilities

• Assume primary leadership accountability for milieu management and directing patient‑care activities of nursing staff.
• Maintain professional nursing standards in accordance with facility policies, external governing bodies, performance‑improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
• Assess patients using the nursing process, develop individualized plans of care, implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes.
• Ensure safe medication delivery per policies, physician orders, and current practice.
• Provide thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
• Make rounds throughout all hospital units to assess patient‑care requirements.
• Implement departmental staffing plans and serve as a resource for staff in solving clinical problems.
• Facilitate immediate follow‑up, documentation, and communication of incidents to appropriate managers.
• Respond to emergency situations and assist as needed.
• Identify and help solve administrative/operational problems, coordinating with external departments when required.
• Interpret and ensure adherence to hospital and nursing philosophy, policies, and procedures.
• Report significant incidents (e.g., patient/family concerns, physician issues, utility outages, security problems, media events, legal matters, regulatory calls, safety issues) to the on‑call administrator or DON/Nurse Manager.
• Provide ongoing verbal and written feedback to staff on performance, in collaboration with the DON/Nurse Manager.
• Assist with nursing personnel performance evaluations and identify staff continuing‑education needs.
• Deliver education, remediation, and competency assessments as directed.
• Monitor documentation for compliance with rules and regulations.
• Ensure environment‑of‑care requirements are met (quality logs, infection‑control practices, etc.).
• Utilize the nursing process to develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans, including discharge planning and crisis intervention.
• Provide patient and family education on identified learning needs.
• Maintain a therapeutic milieu in collaboration with patients and other health‑care providers.
• Administer medications safely, educate patients on them, and recognize adverse drug reactions.
• Review, revise, and update medical records within facility guidelines and timeframes.
• Transcribe and implement physician orders, documenting care accurately and concisely.
• Communicate incomplete assignments and current client needs to staff to assure continuity of care.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing (minimum).
• Current RN license in the state of employment.
• Minimum of 3 years of registered nursing experience.
• Required psychiatric nursing experience.
• Current CPR certification.
• Successful completion of Oceans’ approved behavioral health de‑escalation program.

Qualifications / Skills

• Ability to work effectively in high‑stress situations and assess potential patient escalation.
• Strong decision‑making skills for complex clinical scenarios.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Highly organized with sensitivity to culturally diverse and special‑needs populations (chronically mentally ill, geriatric, developmental disabilities).
• Basic knowledge of normal physical and emotional development.
• Critical‑thinking abilities applied to continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self‑confidence and conceptual thinking for leading and directing others.
• Professional handling of difficult situations involving patients, physicians, or others.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and 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 and long‑term disability.
• Life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Schedule

Night Shift