RN Supervisor

RN Supervisor needed- State-of-the-Art Nursing and Rehab Facility
3 - 11 Shift & Every other weekend

• Current license as an RN in NYS
• Minimum of 6 Month to 1 year experience as an RN supervisor in long term care
• Demonstrated competence as a nursing practitioner
• Demonstrated leadership and human relations skills

• Coordinates the planning, implementing and evaluating of resident care.
• Makes daily environmental rounds - identifying and correcting problems.
• Submits an "RNS Checklist " to ADNS for each unit every month.
• Makes a daily clinical rounds seeing every resident on report and every resident on precautions.
• Schedules comprehensive rounds with charge nurse to see and evaluate nursing care on every resident on a regular basis.
• Oversees that grooming and personal care needs are met on all residents.
• Reviews, with charge nurses, all required documentation, nursing care plans and transcription of medical orders.
• Evaluates every new admission and assures nursing care needs are met.
• Evaluates every resident experiencing an accident/incident and reviews documentation of same.
• Evaluates every resident experiencing a change of status in health (including transfers to hospital) and reviews documentation of same.
• Monitors administration of medications and provides corrective in-service for nurses requiring the same.
• Monitors meals to assure compliance with policies.
• Assists in the orientation of new staff.
• Evaluates work performance of nursing staff.
• Provides disciplinary action and participates in grievances/arbitration.
• May immediately suspend and/or require staff to clock out and leave the facility for such unacceptable actions as drunkenness, fighting, patient abuse, refusing an assignment, insubordination, etc.
• Assists in the recruitment, selection, promotion, and termination of employment of nursing personnel.
• Assures adequate staffing for all units calling replacement staff as necessary.
• Completes investigation sheets on all accident reports and submits to ADNS.
• Monitors for adequate supply of oxygen and for proper storage, ordering additional oxygen as needed.
• Monitors emergency supplies and emergency drug boxes assuring readiness for emergencies.
• Communicates clearly shift-to-shift for continuity of care and reports to DNS through daily verbal reports.