RN Supervisor

Longleaf Hospital; Alexandria (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Longleaf Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse Supervisor for night shifts in a behavioral health setting. You will lead nursing operations, ensure staffing adequacy, and uphold patient safety while delivering compassionate care.

Responsibilities include coordinating care, mentoring staff, ensuring regulatory compliance, and overseeing admissions and discharges. This is a full-time night position with rotating weekends at a behavioral health facility.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in Louisiana.
• BSN preferred.
• 1+ year RN experience required; psychiatric/recovery experience preferred.
• Leadership/charge RN experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day nursing operations and staffing to ensure adequate coverage.
• Maintain patient safety and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• Coordinate care, physician orders, and diagnostic information; ensure appropriate consultations.
• Mentor and train nursing staff; lead admissions and discharges.
• Document care plans and administer medications per policy.

Skills

RN experience

Leadership

Communication

Patient safety

Empathy

Education

BSN from accredited school of nursing

Job description

Longleaf Behavioral is searching for a FT RN Supervisor for Nights!

Available shift: FT 6p-6a with rotating weekends!

Come join our team as a Registered Nurse Supervisor, at Longleaf Hospital. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about behavioral health. If you are interested in growth opportunities that are second to none in the industry and making a difference in the lives of people in our community, this position is right for you!

At Acadia Healthcare, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription drug plan, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, vision, dental, and voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage. Additionally, our well-being programs encompass employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more.

What We Look For

• Empathy and Compassion: Exceptional psych RNs have a deep sense of empathy and compassion for their patients.
• Strong Communication Skills: Effective communication is crucial in psychiatric nursing. Great psych RNs are skilled at active listening, as they need to understand their patients' thoughts, feelings, and concerns.
• Continuous Learning: The field of mental health is constantly evolving, and exceptional psych RNs embrace a mindset of continuous learning.
• Advocacy: Great psych RNs are strong advocates for their patients.
• Patience and Resilience: Mental health recovery can be a long and challenging journey, requiring patience and resilience from both patients and nurses.

Purpose Statement

Responsible for day to day oversite of nursing operations of the facility and ensures staffing is adequate to provide care. When scheduled, oversees the delivery of behavioral health/nursing services in a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times. As needed, collaborates with interdisciplinary treatment teams, other departments and administration to ensure that all residents' physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints. Provide leadership to assure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, as well as nursing practice standards. Recognizes that patient safety is a top priority.

Essential Functions

• Anticipates and effectively manage changes in census and acuity and allocates nursing resources based on measurement of patient acuity/care needed
• Role models expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety
• Enforce and interpret policies for the delivery of patient and resident care.
• Ensure proper staffing for each unit, keeping staff ratio, appropriate staffing for patient care needs, covering call-offs and vacation time.
• Ensure chart checks are completed, seclusion/restraint log is up to date and nursing assessments are completed, as well as MAR’s and report sheets are kept accurate and up to date.
• Rounds are completed at the beginning of shift and perform random audits.
• Assist nursing leaders to make sure all staff are oriented and competent to perform required duties. May include coaching staff.
• Provide mentoring and training as needed.
• Assist the nursing leadership team by ensuring facility compliance with professional, regulatory and governmental standards.
• Ensure the effective delivery of competent, compassionate and safe care by monitoring and evaluating patient care processes and outcomes on the patient care units.
• Coordinate all care rendered to patients, including physician orders and diagnostic information, and ensure consultations are ordered.
• Document medical, behavioral health information and nursing care.
• Administer medications and maintain records in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Assist in developing a plan of care with specific and measurable goals, objectives and interventions defining actions unique to each patient's needs. Assist in updating and revising the plan of care as goals/objectives are met or when the patient's condition changes.
• Prioritize tasks and delegate staff to ensure quality patient care.
• Leader on shift for all admissions and discharges, as well as informing physician of changes in the patient’s conditions. Adjusts staffing accordingly.
• Utilize administrator-on-call for situations that require additional attention.
• Provides direct care as needed.

Other Functions

Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

• BSN from accredited school of nursing preferred.
• Current registered nursing license in State of facility required
• Greater than 1 year of experience as an RN strongly preferred.
• 1 year of experience as an RN in any setting required.
• 1 year in psychiatric/recovery programs preferred.
• Some experience as a charge RN or other leadership position strongly preferred.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

Current certification or license to practice within the state where the facility is located.

CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

First aid may be required based on state or facility.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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