Nursing Supervisor

Nexus Family Healing•Minneapolis, MN

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing is looking to hire a Nursing Supervisor to join our newest youth crisis and stabilization center in Hennepin County! This new youth crisis and stabilization center is a 13-bed, short-term residential service is for Hennepin County youth with complex mental and behavioral health issues looking for appropriate care. The service will help to reduce the number of youth who are stuck in inappropriate care settings such as emergency rooms, police stations, juvenile detention or unstable home situations and provide treatment and therapeutic supports while triage, assessment, and transition planning take place with families. At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Valid Registered Nurse license
Minimum of 5 years related experience; preferably in a residential setting
First Aid/CPR/CPI/Infection Control certification.
Valid driver’s license required.
Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements

Nice To Haves

2 years of supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

Monitors the provision of medical services that promotes resident physical health and well-being and ensures related staff training is provided per licensing guidelines.
Coordinates medical aspects of admissions and ensures completion of annual physical exams; arranges necessary follow-up appointments and/or referrals.
Coordinates the nursing department’s effective delivery of medical services to the resident population while partnering closely with the program team.
Coordinates special needs appointments with external physicians and clinics.
Collects and assesses residents’ medical data in a systematic and ongoing basis, ensuring the medical records are always current.
Monitors acute and chronic medical conditions of residents; provides treatment or consultation, as needed and communicates with physicians with appropriate.
Gathers relevant information and provide appropriate care in emergency situations.
Directs others as necessary.
Serves as a resource to staff on an ongoing basis regarding resident medical issues.
Participate in new client diagnostic meetings to ensure that a cohesive individual diagnosis for each client is recognized in the client’s ITP.
Implement, monitor, and ensure the compliance of all medical service documentation.
Reviews and assesses Medication Administration Records (MAR’s) on a regular basis.
Supervises the provision of medication administration and documentation; reports any side effects of medication to physicians; reports documentation errors/omissions to appropriate staff management.
Coordinates and/or provides staff training in medication administration and infection control.
Monitors prescription and medical supplies for all programs and ensures orders are placed in a timely fashion.
Provides and ensures proper tracking of staff Hepatitis vaccines per contracting agency guidelines.
Provides first aid care and/or consultation to employees regarding work-related injuries as needed.
Supervises and participates in the formal process to orientate, mentor, train and develop staff within Nexus and licensing guidelines and ensures the process is consistently and effectively administered.
Leads, coaches and develops staff and provides skills training and education regarding resident issues, individual resident’s treatment plans and phases, the provisioning of direct services, behavior management techniques, compliance regarding Medicaid standards and the preparation and maintenance of resident case files and documentation.
Provides performance management for staff on an ongoing basis and conducts formal performance evaluations that are timely and constructive, that include employee development opportunities.
Consults with the Human Resources Department on employee performance issues and opportunities.
Demonstrates the ability to develop a cohesive and effective team, through the use of basic supervision and teambuilding components such as; communicating a clear mission to the team, outlining common goals and promoting shared accountability for outcomes; identifies problems that can inhibit team/staff development and chooses facilitation strategies to help achieve team goals.
Demonstrates the knowledge and understanding of all policies and procedures and enforces policies while holding staff accountable.
Sources and recruits top talent from local colleges and universities.
Develops an on-site curriculum for the Nurse rotational program.
Supervises and facilitates continuous education for internship program.
Provides feedback and updates to colleges regarding the Nurse rotational program.