RN Supervisor

About the role

North Valley Behavioral Hospital is a new inpatient psychiatric hospital within the NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals network. We are seeking a Nursing Supervisor (RN) to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Planner, director, and evaluator of total patient care
• To assume management responsibilities for the nursing department
• Assesses the patient’s condition based upon observation and/or interview of patient, physician’s diagnosis, laboratory findings and other pertinent information
• Prepares nursing care plans consistent with assessment of patient’s condition and physician’s treatment plans
• Directs non-professional personnel in implementing nursing care plans, and provides guidance and demonstrates appropriate methods, as necessary, to correct deviations from established standards
• Makes nursing assignments appropriate to the skill level of employees and the needs of the patients
• Evaluates patient’s response to nursing care and modifies or revises treatment plans, and/or contacts physician’s as circumstances require
• Renders professional nursing care including administering medications, and initiating and maintaining intravenous fluids according to hospital policy and procedures
• Understands the pharmacology and recognizes the side effects of medications administered
• Performs lab draws and reports findings to appropriate personnel
• Maintains competency for testing and quality control procedures
• Reports lab results and documents in the patient chart
• Collects blood samples for laboratory testing according to lab procedures
• Performs both complex and routine treatments as prescribed by physicians or as warranted by patient’s condition
• Makes regular rounds of assigned patients independently and with physicians
• Observes and evaluates patient’s symptoms, progress and reactions to treatments and mediations
• Takes corrective actions as indicated
• Identifies problems and guides personnel to their solution
• Communicates with other hospital departments, as necessary, in order to resolve operational problems and make the most effective use of hospital

Requirements

• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing
• Bachelor's Degree in nursing (BSN preferred)
• Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Ohio
• One year of nursing experience required
• Prioritize nursing education and/or psychiatric and acute care setting experience is preferred but not required