Supervisor of Nurses

Duties & Responsibilities

• Schedules, assigns, guides, directs and instructs professional and allied nursing personnel in nursing activities.
• Selects and performs those therapeutic measures which are essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Develops, implements and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team.
• Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.
• Determines and assigns those components of the nursing regimen which may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.
• Provides teaching, guidance and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.
• Participates in defining, implementing, maintaining and interpreting standards of nursing practice.
• Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.
• Participates in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to the delivery of nursing care services.
• Participates in development and maintenance of a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices and procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences.
• Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.

Requirements

• A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State;
• Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA);
• Three (3) years of experience as a registered nurse.

Qualifications

• Department Preferences:
• Trauma experience from a Level 1 or 2 verified trauma center
• Degree from an accredited school of nursing
• Trauma Database/coding experience preferred (NTRACS, Trauma One, Lancel, ESC etc)
• AIS certification required
• Trauma Registry Course Completion Required
• Participate as a liaison to Registry vendor, maintaining technical needs of the data base, including updates of software.
• Responsible for submitting data to NTDB/TQIP and NY State registry.
• Maintains current knowledge of registry requirements and coding not limited to ICD10, AIS, TQIP through collaboration with peers, vendor and regulatory agencies by attending conferences, webinars or conference calls.

Pay

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Benefits

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Application

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