Residential Nursing Supervisor

Incompass Human Services; Chelmsford (MA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Incompass Human Services is seeking a Residential Nursing Supervisor in Chelmsford, MA. The role involves supervising nursing staff, developing policies, and ensuring high-quality healthcare delivery for residents with developmentally disabilities. Applicants should possess an RN license and relevant experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a community health setting.
• Prior experience working with developmentally disabled adults.
• Massachusetts RN License required.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and evaluates performance of LPNs and RN staff.
• Develops and monitors nursing policies and ensures compliance.
• Conducts nursing assessments and coordinates healthcare delivery.

Skills

Supervision

Collaboration

Training

Education

Registered Nurse

BSN preferred

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• Effectively recruits, hires, trains, directs, counsels, disciplines, and evaluates performance of residential Licensed Practicing Nurses (LPNs) and any additional registered nurses who are hired.
• Provides direct supervision, support, and guidance to LPNs. Assigns direct nursing care assignments and caseloads to ensure completion of documentation and reviews. Approves all documentation completed by LPNs.
• Serves as consultant for Shared living coordinators and program directors.
• Develops, implements, and monitors residential nursing policies and procedures as well as makes recommendations for improvement in collaboration with the director and interdisciplinary teams.
• Conducts nursing assessments and ensures that service delivery is in compliance with regulations and healthcare protocols
• Collaborates with day program nurses and other licensed clinician to ensure continuity of care.
• Acts as medical representative in situations of medical care, collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams across all program settings as needed
• Reviews and monitors Medication Administration Program (MAP) policies to ensure medication administration practices are compliant with all current regulatory requirements.
• Ensures that all nursing team members remain current with required medical licensures, certifications, and trainings. This also includes providing oversight to C.N.A certification process
• Monitors and assists with the coordination of each participant’s medical needs with external health care professionals, including when the participant is inpatient or receiving health care from an outside source.
• Supervises and supports the nursing team in the oversight and coordination of all therapy treatments for individuals as ordered by external health care professionals.
• Analyzes critical incident reports and data for trends, develops and implements corrective action plans as necessary
• Advises the Program Directors, clinicians, group home managers and direct support staff of any medical problems that may hinder a participant’s progress or that may be aggravated by activities/daily routines and makes recommendations for improvement of medical care.
• Oversees a medical auditing system across to monitor quality improvement initiatives
• Serves as the medical representative member of the agency PBS leadership team.
• Collaborates with the residential team on the intake process for new referrals.
• Collaborate with clinicians and other members of the residential team on the development of supportive and protective (S&P) devices, medical treatment plans, and as needed (PRN) support strategies, including presenting at Human Rights committee (HRC), Peer Review Committee (PRC) and program specific Safety Committee as needed.
• Responsible for oversight and completion of staff training regarding medical and nursing. This includes but is not limited to new employee orientation training, annual nursing training, and first aid and CPR.
• Participate in manager’s, clinical, and staff meetings as needed to review health care needs and global health care planning with all staff.
• Responsible for creation/maintenance of psychotropic medication treatment plans and supportive and protective devices and PRN support strategies, including presentation at Human Rights committee as required.
• Serves as mandated reporter as required by the DPPC.
• Performs direct support related tasks in emergencies or as requested by Residential Director.
• Fosters and maintains positive relationships with funding sources, involved families, and nursing staff teams across all agency settings. Manages family, Individual, staff, and community complaints quickly and proactively; informs the Clinical Director of major and/or unresolved issues.
• Ensures that human rights, safety and respect for Individuals supported by the agency are safeguarded in all medical interventions and interactions by program nursing teams.
• Ensures the proper documentation of emergency events is completed by all program nursing teams.
• Position will require on-call/weekend and evening responsibilities as needed.
  
  

Essential Job Functions

• Effectively recruits, hires, trains, directs, counsels, disciplines, and evaluates performance of residential Licensed Practicing Nurses (LPNs) and any additional registered nurses who are hired.
• Provides direct supervision, support, and guidance to LPNs. Assigns direct nursing care assignments and caseloads to ensure completion of documentation and reviews. Approves all documentation completed by LPNs.
• Serves as consultant for Shared living coordinators and program directors.
• Develops, implements, and monitors residential nursing policies and procedures as well as makes recommendations for improvement in collaboration with the director and interdisciplinary teams.
• Conducts nursing assessments and ensures that service delivery is in compliance with regulations and healthcare protocols
• Collaborates with day program nurses and other licensed clinician to ensure continuity of care.
• Acts as medical representative in situations of medical care, collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams across all program settings as needed
• Reviews and monitors Medication Administration Program (MAP) policies to ensure medication administration practices are compliant with all current regulatory requirements.
• Ensures that all nursing team members remain current with required medical licensures, certifications, and trainings. This also includes providing oversight to C.N.A certification process
• Monitors and assists with the coordination of each participant’s medical needs with external health care professionals, including when the participant is inpatient or receiving health care from an outside source.
• Supervises and supports the nursing team in the oversight and coordination of all therapy treatments for individuals as ordered by external health care professionals.
• Analyzes critical incident reports and data for trends, develops and implements corrective action plans as necessary
• Advises the Program Directors, clinicians, group home managers and direct support staff of any medical problems that may hinder a participant’s progress or that may be aggravated by activities/daily routines and makes recommendations for improvement of medical care.
• Oversees a medical auditing system across to monitor quality improvement initiatives
• Serves as the medical representative member of the agency PBS leadership team.
• Collaborates with the residential team on the intake process for new referrals.
• Collaborate with clinicians and other members of the residential team on the development of supportive and protective (S&P) devices, medical treatment plans, and as needed (PRN) support strategies, including presenting at Human Rights committee (HRC), Peer Review Committee (PRC) and program specific Safety Committee as needed.
• Responsible for oversight and completion of staff training regarding medical and nursing. This includes but is not limited to new employee orientation training, annual nursing training, and first aid and CPR.
• Participate in manager’s, clinical, and staff meetings as needed to review health care needs and global health care planning with all staff.
• Responsible for creation/maintenance of psychotropic medication treatment plans and supportive and protective devices and PRN support strategies, including presentation at Human Rights committee as required.
• Serves as mandated reporter as required by the DPPC.
• Performs direct support related tasks in emergencies or as requested by Residential Director.
• Fosters and maintains positive relationships with funding sources, involved families, and nursing staff teams across all agency settings. Manages family, Individual, staff, and community complaints quickly and proactively; informs the Clinical Director of major and/or unresolved issues.
• Ensures that human rights, safety and respect for Individuals supported by the agency are safeguarded in all medical interventions and interactions by program nursing teams.
• Ensures the proper documentation of emergency events is completed by all program nursing teams.
• Position will require on-call/weekend and evening responsibilities as needed.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Residential LPNs
  
  

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully the incumbent must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
• Education and Experience.
• Registered Nurse, registered with the MA Board of Registration in Nursing.
• BSN preferred but not required.
• 5+ years experience in a community health setting.
• Prior experience working with developmentally disabled adults.
  
  

Language Skills

• Mastery of the English language required as demonstrated by the ability to read and write instructions, ability to read, analyze and interpret field and/or professional journals, technical procedures, policy and procedure manuals and governmental regulations.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from individuals, families, staff or the general public.
• Demonstrated ability to comprehend and follow verbal/written instructions.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.
  
  

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Massachusetts RN License
• Valid driver’s license
• CPR certification
  
  

Travel

• Occasional local travel across agency program settings required.
  
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear and is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms and climb. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

This job description is not all-inclusive and does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent is required to follow/perform any job related instruction/duty/project as directed by their immediate supervisor.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations

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