RN Supervisor

Overview

NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals is a national leader in behavioral healthcare, specializing in patients with acute psychiatric and complex medical needs. Our hospitals use an interdisciplinary, multi-specialty approach that delivers high-quality, patient-centered care when it’s needed most. With locations in Indiana, Michigan, Texas, and Arizona, we're expanding access to our unique model of care across the United States.

Responsibilities

• Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients on the unit.
• Affirms the patient’s condition based upon observation and/or interview of patient, physician’s diagnosis, laboratory findings and other pertinent information.
• Uses professional judgement to prepare 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.
• Responsible to perform Point of Care testing as assigned and trained, maintain competency for testing and quality control procedures.
• Reports lab results and documents in the patient chart.
• Captures 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 resources.

Qualifications

• Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing; Bachelor's Degree in nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Must be a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Indiana.
• One year of nursing experience required.
• Prefers experience in the nursing education and/or psychiatric and acute care setting, but is not required.