Nurse Supervisor Nights

Oceans Healthcare, L.L.C.; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $15,000

Job summary

Oceans Healthcare, L.L.C. in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Nurse Supervisor to oversee patient care across hospital units. You will apply nursing policies, provide leadership between DON/Nurse Manager and staff, and ensure safe, quality care for patients with psychiatric needs.

The role requires strong clinical skills, regulatory knowledge, and the ability to supervise staffing, document accurately, and respond to emergencies while promoting Oceans' mission and values.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in good standing.
• Strong leadership and supervision skills.
• Knowledge of hospital policies and procedures.
• Ability to document and report accurately.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient care requirements by rounds across hospital units.
• Ensure departmental staffing plans are implemented.
• Serve as a resource to staff for solving clinical problems.
• Assist staff to utilize staffing and resources to meet patient needs.
• Provide timely incident reporting to management.
• Respond to emergency situations and assist as needed.
• Act as a resource in identifying and solving administrative problems.
• Coordinate with departments for problem solving and support.
• Interpret and ensure adherence to hospital nursing philosophy and policies.
• Report significant incidents to administrator-on-call or DON/Nurse Manager.
• Provide feedback and assist with performance evaluations.
• Identify staff needs for continuing education with DON/Nurse Manager.
• Provide education and competency assessments as directed by DON/Nurse Manager.
• Monitor documentation for adherence to regulations.
• Ensure environment of care requirements are met.

Skills

Nursing supervision

Staff leadership

Clinical nursing

Policy compliance

Documentation

Medication administration

Emergency response

Education & training

Education

RN license

Job description

Albuquerque, NM

Up to $15,000 Sign on Bonus

The Nurse Supervisor provides supervision of all patient care areas I the hospital. The Nurse Supervisor is required to have a working knowledge of hospital and nursing policies and procedures and the ability to apply independent judgement in their interpretation. The Nurse Supervisor duties include the provision of managerial and clinical links between the Director of Nursing and/or Nurse manager and department direction in their absence. The Nurse Supervisor promotes the mission, vision, and values of the organization. The Nurse Supervisor also meets the requirements and essential functions of the Registered Nurse as indicated below:

The Nurse Supervisor assumes primary leadership accountability and responsibility for milieu management and directing patient care activities of other nursing staff. The Nurse Supervisor maintains standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards. The Nurse Supervisor assesses the patient utilizing the nursing process to formulate an individualized plan of care for each patient, implements interventions, and evaluates outcomes consistent with policy and appropriate to the current client’s condition, which promote, maintain, and restore physical and mental health, and prevent illness. The Nurse Supervisor interprets age/disability specific information in response to client population served. The Nurse Supervisor provides for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with the policies and procedures, physicians orders and/or current practice. The Nurse Supervisor is responsible for thorough, accurate reporting, and documentation of the patient’s symptoms, responses, and progress. The Nurse Supervisor assumes responsibility for professional development, continuing education and maintaining licensure. All duties to be done in accordance with Joint Commission, Federal and State regulations, Oceans' Mission, policies and procedures and Performance Improvement Standards.

Essential Functions:

1. Assesses patient care requirements on each unit by making rounds throughout all areas of the hospital (according to departmental need/activity)
2. Ensure the departmental staffing plans are implemented appropriately.
3. Serve as a resource to staff for solving clinical problems.
4. Assist staff to efficiently utilize staffing and other resources to meet patient care requirements and other professional responsibilities.
5. Provide for immediate follow-up, documentation and communication of incidents to the appropriate manager and director.
6. Respond to emergency situations and assists as necessary.
7. Act as a resource in identifying and/or solving administrative/operational problems.
8. Contact representatives of departments not presently in the hospital for assistance with problem solving, timely and appropriately.
9. Act as a resource, interpret and ensure adherence to hospital and nursing philosophy, policies and procedures.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Identify and communicate staff needs for continuing education to the DON/Nurse Manager.
13. Provide education, remediation, and assessment of skills competencies as directed by the DON/Nurse Manager.
14. Monitor documentation for adherence to rules and regulations.
15. Ensure environment of care requirements are met (ie: quality logs, infection control practices, etc)
16. Utilizes the nursing process: assessing, planning, and formulating nursing interventions directed towards development of an individualized plan of care and treatment modalities.
17. 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.
18. Provides individual patient teaching on all identified learning needs; facilitates in Family/Significant other education.
19. 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.
20. Provides structure and maintains a therapeutic milieu in collaboration with the patient and other health care providers.
21. Administers medications as prescribed safely; provides education on prescribed medications; recognizes signs and symptoms of adverse drug reactions.
22. 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.
23. Follows up on client care responsibilities, communicates incomplete assignments, and current client needs to staff to assure continuity of care.
24. Performs other duties and projects as assigned.