RN Psychiatric Clinical Supervisor (NIGHT SHIFT)

Masonicare Corp•Wallingford, CT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Psychiatric Clinical Supervisor coordinates the daily clinical operations of a 50-bed behavioral health hospital unit and directs the delivery of patient care. The role oversees integrated care plans to ensure holistic medical, spiritual, and emotional care that supports quality, dignity, compassion, and confidentiality. The supervisor upholds nursing practice standards to achieve optimal clinical outcomes and promotes quality customer service in staff interactions. The supervisor provides clinical leadership, supports staff development and effective teamwork, coordinates assignments and staffing, and acts as a liaison among interdisciplinary team members. The position participates in treatment planning, patient-flow and acuity monitoring, incident reporting, shift-change processes, and unit environmental rounds. It also participates in a rotating on-call schedule to address immediate patient-care, environmental, staffing, or other unit needs.

Requirements

Graduate of a school of professional nursing.
BSN required or currently working toward a BSN.
Two years of acute-care clinical experience.
Current Connecticut State RN licensure.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the financial, regulatory, and legal aspects of healthcare is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as a role model for staff by promoting professional practice, team building, communication, and advocacy.
Identify opportunities to improve patient-care workflows and operations, and present evidence-based recommendations to the Director, Acute and Psychiatric Services.
Demonstrate critical thinking and effective nursing judgment and model these behaviors for staff.
Manage daily assignments by delegating work to appropriate staff, preparing patient assignments based on acuity and staffing factors, adjusting assignments as needs change, communicating changes, ensuring assigned tasks are completed, and reporting staffing variances.
Act as a daily liaison among interdisciplinary team members to support appropriate behavioral care plans and updated nursing care plans.
Attend team meetings as the clinical representative, help develop behavioral interventions, communicate plans to staff, share relevant patient information and concerns, and document and update treatment plans according to unit policy.
Coordinate scheduled discharges with the team and communicate discharge plans to assigned staff.
Communicate one-to-one observation status every shift and assess whether one-to-one observation can be discontinued, with a goal of no more than three patients on one-to-one observation at a time.
Participate in change-of-shift reports for first and second shifts and ensure reports begin on time and are received by all staff, including CNAs and staff assigned to one-to-one observation; ensure nursing staff have taped shift reports.
Round with unit staff throughout the shift to assess patient flow, admissions, discharges, changes in acuity, throughput issues, and other concerns.
Lead incident reporting and ensure required documentation and notifications are completed before final submission.
Update care plans and patient profiles when patient conditions change.
Ensure inter-shift environmental rounds are completed.
Report immediate patient-care, staffing, environmental, IT, and other concerns directly to the Director.
Manage staffing needs to maintain adequate unit coverage, including contacting staff to cover callouts and staffing gaps.
Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to address immediate patient-care, environmental, staffing, or other crises.