Supervisor, Nursing - Long Term Care (LTC)

Sanford Health•International Falls, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. This position supervises nursing home staff and nursing activities, including resident care and record-keeping. The role involves assisting in managing the nursing staff assigned to a particular shift within the nursing home and taking action regarding the provision of resources within the context of shifts or designated time frames. The supervisor assigns residents to available nursing staff, considering the resident's condition and the employee's skill level. The job description also includes monitoring resident care areas for cleanliness and readiness, potentially filling in for clinical support staff during staffing gaps, and serving as a point of contact for technical training and troubleshooting. The role requires utilizing and ensuring staff follow the nursing process for individualized care, collaborating with inter-professional colleagues, and managing personal care, medication administration, care planning, and scheduling. It also involves assisting with human resources administrative processing, budget information collection, and new staff training and orientation. The position requires knowledge of clinical practices, strategic planning, administrative and financial principles, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to react calmly in emergencies. The supervisor must interpret, adapt, and supply guidelines and procedures, follow up with risk management, and train clinical staff as needed. Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions is essential, as is participation in reviewing clinical performance assessments and implementing performance improvement policies.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
Thorough knowledge of the nursing practice act and standards of nursing care.
Working knowledge of administrative and management techniques.
Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
Nurses performing nursing practice over the telephone require licensure in the states where the patients being served reside.
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.

Nice To Haves

Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
For Rural Health Network facilities and Good Samaritan Society (GSS) locations only, employees who do not possess a Bachelor’s degree in the required field, leadership may consider an educational plan with proven continuous action toward achieving a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing within five years of hire into position.
Additionally for Rural Health Network facilities and Good Samaritan Society (GSS) locations, for current employees, leadership may have considered acceptable qualifications and work experience equivalency based on facility size, rural market, and business need, prior to new education requirements.
Previous leadership experience preferred.
Certification may be required depending on specialty or service area.

Responsibilities

Supervises nursing home staff and nursing activities, including resident care and record-keeping.
Assists in managing the nursing staff assigned to a particular shift within the nursing home.
Takes action regarding provision of resources within the context of shifts or designated time frame.
Assigns residents to available nursing staff, taking into consideration the resident's condition and the employee's skill level.
Monitors resident care areas and other nursing home facilities for cleanliness and readiness.
May fill in for clinical support staff when staffing gaps exist.
May fill in as a point of contact for technical training and troubleshooting for staff, dependent on staffing needs.
Responsible for utilizing and ensuring staff follow the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes/planning, implementation and evaluation) to provide individualized nursing care to clients.
Collaborates with other inter-professional colleagues, including providers to plan, implement and evaluate care.
Includes personal care management, medication administration, care planning, scheduling physician visits, setting up appointments, and working with clients, families, home health services, county and state offices to assure client needs are met.
Assists and supports human resources administrative processing and procedures with staff management.
May assist with providing feedback in the collection and preparation of required budget information.
Assists in conducting new staff training and orientation regarding operating rules and working standards.
Recognizes problems and recommends solutions.
Reacts calmly and effectively in emergencies.
Interprets, adapts and supplies guidelines and procedures.
Accountable to follow up with risk management and training of clinical staff as needed.
Participates in reviewing results of clinical performance assessments and recommends process improvements.
Implements established performance improvement policies and trains employees on these policies.
Functions within the scopes and standards of nursing practice as outlined in the Nurse Practice Act and Administrative Rules in state of practice and licensure.