Nursing Supervisor - Full Time and Part Time Vacancies

About the role

The Nursing Supervisor position plans, assigns, and reviews the work of lower level professional and technical nursing and patient care staff in multiple units on an assigned shift. Work includes performing administrative functions and coordinating all care provided to patients on assigned units.

Responsibilities

• Assigns nursing staff to floor units and determines need for additional personnel because of staff vacancies or absences.
• Schedules relief personnel or contracted pool agencies.
• Consults unit nurse regarding patients' medical and social status, and problems encountered in providing patient care and determines need for reassignment due to staff shortages, breaks, emergencies, patient census or other situation.
• Follows established seniority rules in making such reassignments.
• Makes rounds with medical staff, checks and carries out physician's orders.
• Prepares records and discusses patient(s) progress with physicians and relatives.
• Makes rounds to observe patient(s) status and general condition, as well as staff needs/concerns.
• Identifies any evidence of problems, need for facility or equipment cleaning, maintenance or repair, or other action required.
• Aids unit nursing staff in the direct provision of patient care services and/or the direction of unit patient care activities, this includes but not limited to passing medications, completing admissions, performing treatments, etc.
• Maintains liaison with supervisory staff and personnel in other services on the shift.
• Covers nursing care needs and support requirements with those of related but different fields, such as therapy, pharmacy, social services, etc.
• Reviews patient care records, including medical records, medication sheets and nursing and staff notes and discusses with subordinate staff the overall adequacy of plan and any needed changes.
• Completes charts, census reports, medication use, and other reports required by facility, State or Federal regulations and/or as a condition for reimbursement.
• Determines need to notify medical, administrative or other staff of particular situations, depending on shift assignment.
• Evaluates subordinate staff performance.
• Receives complaints from employee review situation and resolves issue or refers to others for resolution.
• Gives verbal and/or written warnings for disciplinary cases and assesses overall nursing staff strengths and/or weaknesses in providing such care.
• Completes annual employee evaluations prior to deadline.
• Identifies need for training, revised practices or referral to higher level personnel.
• Demonstrates standard operations and practices to new nursing care personnel.
• Answers questions and otherwise advises and assists staff in providing care, especially more difficult situations.
• Supervises staff and assures survey compliance on a daily basis and provides guidance and support to staff to better plan departmental workflow.
• Assists in survey compliance and quality assurance duties as assigned.
• Maintains incident reports according to policies and procedures.
• Assists with infection control testing, as needed.
• Enters and participates in investigations for incident reports and state reports as necessary.
• Performs and directs fire drills and elopement drills as well as any required emergency preparedness drills.
• Prepares Nursing Administration (Director of Nursing/Assistant Director of Nursing) reports daily, communicating untoward events and concerns (resident/staff) in a timely manner.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of a high school, or general equivalency, diploma;
• Education equivalent to graduation from an accredited school of nursing;
• Four (4) years of practical nursing experience, two (2) of which shall have been as a supervisory or charge nurse on a ward, floor or unit of an inpatient facility;
• Possession of licensure as a Registered Nurse issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of: professional nursing principles, practices and standards; nursing methods and techniques commonly employed in inpatient nursing facilities; methods and techniques required for patient care documentation and reporting.
• Knowledge of: regulatory and other requirements for patient care coverage, patient-staff ratio, and related service provision matters; supervisory principles and practices.
• Ability to: plan and oversee overall staff and work assignment, evaluate care provided and coordinate work efforts with other facility functions and operations; establish and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, associates, other facility staff, and patients and their families; instruct, correct and advise lower-level nursing and patient care personnel in the performance of their duties; keep records of activities and prepare reports from them.
• Must be able to take lead on emergent situations in a calm manner, and direct workforce as needed.
• Must possess the ability to prioritize tasks and work under highly variable conditions.
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both verbally and in writing.

Tools and Equipment

• Telephone, personal computer (including word processing and other specialized software),
• Scheduling charts and blood pressure equipment,
• Thermometers, patient record charts,
• Syringe needles, blood glucose meter, surgical instruments, stethoscope, oxygen equipment, suction equipment, wound dressings, wound vac, specialty support surfaces, positioning devices,
• Medication cards, machinery for inhalation therapy,
• Calculator, fax machine, and copy machine.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, talk or hear and must possess agility and strength sufficient to lift, support, and maneuver heavy patients of limited physical capacity, as well as provide care.
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.