Nurse Supervisor: Mental Health Care Leader

Oceans Healthcare, L.L.C.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Daily pay

Paid time off

Competitive market compensation

Short/Long term disability

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Haven Behavioral Healthcare, an Oceans Healthcare Company, seeks a Nurse Supervisor to oversee patient care across hospital units and ensure adherence to nursing policies and procedures. The role supports the DON/Nurse Manager and department leadership in delivering psychiatric nursing care and maintaining regulatory compliance.

The Nurse Supervisor leads milieu management, ensures safe medication administration, documents patient progress, and guides staff development in alignment with Joint

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient care requirements on each unit by making rounds throughout all areas of the hospital (according to departmental need/activity)
• Ensure the departmental staffing plans are implemented appropriately
• Serve as a resource to staff for solving clinical problems
• Assist staff to efficiently utilize staffing and other resources to meet patient care requirements and other professional responsibilities
• Provide for immediate follow-up, documentation and communication of incidents to the appropriate manager and director
• Respond to emergency situations and assists as necessary
• Act as a resource in identifying and/or solving administrative/operational problems
• Contact representatives of departments not presently in the hospital for assistance with problem solving, timely and appropriately
• Act as a resource, interpret and ensure adherence to hospital and nursing philosophy, policies and procedures
• Report to the administrator-on-call or DON/Nurse Manager any significant incidents and problems such as unusual patient/family problems or concerns, physician concerns, major damage or utilityoutages, security problems, public relations or media events, fire, disaster, matters of legal importance, calls received from regulatory bodies, or safety issues
• Provide on-going timely feedback, verbal and written, to staff on performance in collaboration with DON/Nurse Manager. Assist with providing information necessary for conducting nursing personnel performance evaluations
• Identify and communicate staff needs for continuing education to the DON/Nurse Manager
• Provide education, remediation, and assessment of skills competencies as directed by the DON/Nurse Manager
• Monitor documentation for adherence to rules and regulations
• Ensure environment of care requirements are met (ie: quality logs, infection control practices, etc)
• Utilizes the nursing process: assessing, planning, and formulating nursing interventions directed towards development of an individualized plan of care and treatment modalities
• Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the client to include discharge planning; prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes; evaluates the effectiveness of interventions in relation to expected outcomes; conducts ongoing assessment of clients from admission to discharge; initiates medical/psychiatric crisis intervention to stabilize and ensure the well‑being of the patient's conditions.
• Provides individual patient teaching on all identified learning needs; facilitates in Family/Significant other education.
• Demonstrates knowledge of psychiatric disorders and appropriate nursing interventions; implements nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to the patient needs. Applies appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and addresses maintenance of wellness.
• Provides structure and maintains a therapeutic milieu in collaboration with the patient and other health care providers.
• Administers medications as prescribed safely; provides education on prescribed medications; recognizes signs and symptoms of adverse drug reactions.
• Reviews, revises, and updates medical records within facility guidelines and timeframes. Transcribes and implements physician's orders according to facility policy; documents care, progress, response to intervention in medical record in an accurate, thorough and concise manner.
• Follows up on client care responsibilities, communicates incomplete assignments, and current client needs to staff to assure continuity of care.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Job description

Haven Behavioral Healthcare, an Oceans Healthcare Company, seeks a Nurse Supervisor to oversee patient care across hospital units and ensure adherence to nursing policies and procedures. The role supports the DON/Nurse Manager and department leadership in delivering psychiatric nursing care and maintaining regulatory compliance.

The Nurse Supervisor leads milieu management, ensures safe medication administration, documents patient progress, and guides staff development in alignment with Joint