Supervisor, RN, Part Time Days

NewCourtland•Philadelphia, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisor, RN is responsible for making daily compliance rounds on units to observe, examine, or interview residents, verify information from the ongoing shift, monitor regulatory compliance, and determine staff assignments. This role involves providing orientation to unit routines for new staff, describing care plan goals to direct care staff to ensure consistent implementation, and seeking input from nurse aides regarding residents' conditions and care approaches. The Supervisor monitors the delivery of care and services to ensure resident needs are met and the quality of work by direct care staff is acceptable. They administer medications, treatments, and provide direct care to residents according to physician orders and facility policies. Additionally, this role involves performing physical assessments, developing and implementing resident care plans with measurable objectives, coordinating care with all disciplines, and consulting with interdisciplinary team members. The Supervisor trains and develops staff, conducts skills observations, identifies learning needs, and reports information to DON Unit Managers for staff performance evaluations. They complete required documentation of care, services, special circumstances, and accident/incident reports. A written 24-hour facility report is also completed. The Supervisor gives and receives verbal shift reports, noting significant changes in resident condition, admissions, transfers, discharges, use of restraints, medication errors, loss of property, or resident/family dissatisfaction. They are responsible for immediately informing the resident, consulting with the physician, and notifying the designated family member or legal representative in cases of accidents with potential for physician intervention, significant changes in resident status, or decisions to transfer/discharge. Prompt notification to the resident, family, or legal representative is also required for changes in room or roommate. The Supervisor reports relevant information to the DON and Unit Manager, including interdisciplinary team functioning, regulatory compliance, resident risk factors, behavioral changes, dissatisfaction, treatment refusals, unexplained injuries, staff behavior, staffing needs, equipment/supply needs, and opportunities for policy improvement. They monitor staff compliance with OSHA mandates on workplace safety, provide first aid for exposures, and refer employees for post-exposure follow-up. The Supervisor takes job actions with staff members under appropriate circumstances, applies progressive discipline policies, and may remove staff from the unit if necessary to prevent endangerment. All job actions taken are reported promptly to the DON, ADON, and Unit Manager. They also assist the ADON with preparation for long-term care surveys and interact with state surveyors as instructed.

Requirements

Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
Current, active license as Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
One year experience providing direct care to residents in long term care setting.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as Charge Nurse or similar supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Makes daily compliance rounds on units at least at beginning and at end of shift to observe, examine or interview residents, to verify information from ongoing shift, to monitor regulatory compliance, to determine staff assignments, and provides /receives report.
Provides orientation to unit and unit routines to new staff members or staff from temporary agencies.
Describes care plan goals and approaches to direct care staff so that care plan is consistently implemented on all shifts by all caregivers.
Seeks input from nurse aides about residents’ condition, functional abilities, preferences and alternative approaches to care.
Monitors delivery of care and services throughout shift to ensure needs are met, tasks are completed and that work of direct care staff is of acceptable quality and quantity.
Administers medications, treatments and provides direct care to residents on unit according to physician orders and in compliance with facility policies and procedures.
Performs physical assessment (or gathers appropriate data) of new admissions and current residents as indicated by change in condition or as required by regulation.
Completes assigned sections of resident assessment instruments used in facility.
With participation of interdisciplinary team members and resident, to the extent practicable, develops, implements, evaluates and revises plans of care with measurable objectives and timetables to assist each resident to attain or maintain highest practicable physical, mental and psycho-social well-being.
Coordinates care and delivery of services with all disciplines.
Consults with and refers relevant resident care issues to attention of interdisciplinary care team members.
Modifies approaches in plans of care to accommodate resident needs and preferences, to manage risk factors for functional decline and to improve functional abilities.
Trains and develops staff by conducting skills observations of nurse aides identifying learning needs and taking advantage of opportunities to teach on the unit.
Reports information to DON Unit Managers as part of staff performance evaluations.
Completes required documentation of care and services delivered during shift including subjective findings, objective symptoms, interventions and resident responses to interventions.
Completes required documentation of special circumstances including accident/incident reports in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
Completes written 24 hour facility report.
Gives and listens to verbal shift report making special note of significant changes in condition, admissions, transfers, discharges, initiation or use of physical or chemical restraints, unnecessary use of any drug, incidents, medication errors, loss of resident property or evidence of resident or family dissatisfaction.
Immediately informs the resident, consults with the resident's physician and notifies the designated family member and/or the resident’s legal representative when there is an accident involving an injury which has potential for requiring physician intervention, i.e, a significant change in the resident's physical, mental or psycho-social status; a need to alter treatment significantly or a decision to transfer or discharge the resident from the facility.
Promptly notifies the resident, designated family member and/or resident's legal representative when there is a change in room or roommate.
Reports relevant information to the DON, and Unit Manager including, interdisciplinary team functioning and communication, regulatory compliance issues, resident risk factors, sadden changes in resident behavior, expressed dissatisfaction by resident or family, refusals of treatment, unexplained injuries, staff behavior (positive and negative), staffing needs, equipment and supply needs, opportunities to revise policies, procedures, improve quality.
Monitors staff for compliance with OSHA mandates on workplace safety including hazard communication and blood borne pathogens.
In cases of workplace exposure, provides immediate first aid and refers employee to appropriate facility staff member for post-exposure follow-up.
Takes job actions with staff members under appropriate circumstances.
Applies facility policies about progressive discipline correctly.
Removes staff member from unit if necessary to avoid endangerment to health or safety of residents or other staff members.
Reports all job actions taken to DON, ADON, and Unit Manager promptly.
Assists ADON with preparation for long term care survey.
Attends survey training, interacts with state surveyors as instructed by supervisor.