Nursing Supervisor Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Specifically trained for technical nursing functions via “on the job” training, in-service training, or formal nurse aide classes.
• Employment is in accordance with Cibola General Hospital’s policies on eligibility for employment (policy #105.102).
• Evidence of good health, grooming, and professional conduct.
• Desire and ability to cooperate with and/or under the direction of others.
• Possesses a sense of responsibility, initiative, and honesty.
• Ability to follow directions accurately.
• Appreciation of and desire to be part of a health care team dedicated to providing patients’ optimal care.

Responsibilities

• Administering direct patient care and performing other duties as necessary to ensure optimal patient care, under the direction of a Professional Nurse.
• Assisting Staff Nurses in the treatment and care of patients in accordance with established hospital methods and procedures.
• Administering daily care effectively and in a timely manner, including AM/PM care, backrubs, shaves, assisting with ambulation, elimination, dressing/undressing patients, and changing bed linen.
• Providing catheter care, special skin care, collecting specimens, monitoring intake and output, taking vital signs, and applying compresses (warm and cold).
• Assisting with preoperative and postoperative care, enemas, vaginal irrigations, and surgical preps.
• Providing patients and family members with encouragement and support.
• Functioning as a cooperative, active member of the health care team.
• Observing patient’s conditions and reporting any untoward signs, symptoms, or unusual occurrences immediately.
• Maintaining current documentation of patient’s status on the Treatment Sheet and giving reports to the Nursing Supervisor, assigned Staff Nurse, and relieving Nurse Assistant.
• Assisting in the admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
• Answering patient call lights quickly.
• Assisting in transporting patients to surgery.
• Accepting and completing special assignments in a timely manner, such as emptying trash, passing fresh linen, cleaning patient and employee food refrigerators, passing fresh water to patients, and cleaning the Nursing break room.
• Cleaning equipment after use and inspecting it for damage.
• Assisting other staff voluntarily in the completion of duties.
• Acting as a preceptor for new nursing assistants and reporting progress to the Nursing Supervisor.
• Ensuring patient safety by performing all procedures and conducting oneself in accordance with hospital and safety policies and procedures.
• Participating in the CPR program and completing necessary requirements.
• Maintaining constant vigilance over patients (q 1 hour), taking necessary safety precautions (rails up, call lights within reach, bed in low position).
• Maintaining patients’ rooms in a neat, orderly manner with clear walking areas.
• Assisting patients to their car at the time of discharge.
• Dressing and conducting oneself in a professional manner at all times.
• Recognizing and utilizing the chain of command appropriately to solve problems.
• Maintaining confidentiality of all patient, hospital, or physician-related information.
• Respecting patient privacy and maintaining provisions for such at all times.
• Reporting to work promptly at least 95% of the time, with less than 12 tardies per year greater than 5 minutes.
• Using sick time when approved and not considered excessive (defined as more than 7 per year).
• Demonstrating a willingness to learn new procedures and requesting explanations in areas where knowledge is limited.
• Relieving in other areas as necessary.
• Participating in In-service Education Programs and attending all mandatory classes unless other arrangements have been made.
• Relieving the professional nurse of clerical and non-technical duties when possible.
• Demonstrating proficiency in a task list of procedures, including answering intercom and unit telephone promptly and in a mannerly way.
• Serving and removing patient diet trays and feeding patients when necessary.
• Caring for water pitchers, forcing fluids when ordered, and accurately recording Intake & Output.
• Preparing and passing nourishments to patients.
• Correctly placing bedpans and urinals for patients and removing them correctly as soon as the patient is finished.
• Assisting patients with the use of bedside commodes.
• Giving correct oral hygiene, including special mouth care and denture care.
• Providing hair and nail care, including shampoos.
• Giving AM/PM care including back rubs and special skin care.
• Demonstrating correct positioning of patients and turning of patients for prevention of pressure sores.
• Demonstrating correct techniques for baths (sitz, partial, assist, complete, or shower).
• Demonstrating correct technique for bed making (occupied, unoccupied).
• Demonstrating correct technique in patient activity assistance (placing patient in chair, ambulating with assistance, cane, crutches, or walker).
• Transporting patients correctly (by wheelchair or stretcher).
• Demonstrating correct technique with mechanical devices (foot boards, linen cradle, trapeze set-up, K-pad or ice packs).
• Demonstrating correct technique for vital signs (temperature (oral, axillary, rectal), pulse, respiration, and blood pressure).
• Performing correct care of the patient after death (morgue preparation/belongings).
• Performing correct care of the room after discharge.
• Demonstrating correct technique for collection of specimens (sputum, stool, urine).
• Demonstrating correct technique for culture and sensitivity collection.
• Demonstrating correct procedure for collecting a urine specimen when a patient has an indwelling catheter.
• Demonstrating correct application and monitoring of restrained patients.
• Performing correct care of linens and prosthesis.
• Utilizing infection control and isolation techniques, including proper hand washing, gowning, gloving, and masking.
• Demonstrating correct procedure in caring for a pre- and postoperative patient.
• Understanding the role in fire/disaster/emergency situations.
• Performing Foley care.

Benefits

• Competitive wage
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Life insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan
• $0 generic prescription drugs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness programs
• Gym discounts
• Home Workout Program
• Sign on bonuses (for qualified positions)
• Relocation assistance (for qualified positions)