RN

Summary:

The RN Supervisor is responsible to maintain the nursing philosophy, objectives, and standards of quality nursing care; and ensure compliance with standards, codes, rules and regulations, and the policies set-forth by Mountainside.

b Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Administrative functions:

●Notifies the Director of Nursing and Administrator on call as required.

●Participates actively with IDT and follows-through on actions determined by the Team.

●Is responsible for every resident in the facility.

●Serves as a resident advocate and ensures resident rights are maintained.

●Supports the medical staff.

●Works collaboratively with all departments at Mountainside and MMH.

●Works with staff in the planning of the unit's services, programs, and activities.

●Ensures consistency between both floors in nursing care.

●Ensures staff comply with polices and standards of care.

●Ensures completeness of Accident and Incident reports.

●Promotes mission and values of Mountainside.

●Serves as a leader and resource for nursing staff.

●Participates in investigations as assigned.

●Ensures safe quality care is provided to the resident's daily, and essential information is communicated to provide appropriate continuity of care from admission to discharge.

●Is a liaison with residents, families, and other departments to adequately plan for and provide resident care.

●Guides LPN Nurse Managers, LPNs, and CNAs responsibilities.

●Ensures accurate, appropriate, and complete documentation by all nursing staff.

Care Plan, Kardex, MDS, and Assessment:

●Ensures accuracy of each.

●Completes timely as assigned.

●Effectively communicates the plan of care.

●Ensures that resident care plan is followed.

Communication:

●Ensures appropriate and ongoing communication to the resident, family, staff, MD, IDT, etc.

●Uses communication to enhance quality of resident care and staff working environment.

Personnel/Staff Development:

●Assists with employee evaluations, employee praise, and discipline as necessary.

●Actively participates with staff education.

●Promotes an environment of learning.

●Ensures staff attends mandatory in-services and meets minimum continuing education requirements.

●Conducts routine staff audits to ensure care is being delivered per care plan and medical staff orders.

●Ensures work consistency among staff.

●Promotes a positive, friendly work environment.

Equipment and Supplies:

●Ensures appropriate are available and monitors that supplies are utilized appropriately to avoid waste.

●Is cost-effective.

Policy and Procedure Manuals:

●Ensures staff awareness of manuals, including other departments (e.g. MSDS, emergency protocols).

●Uses manual and assists other staff on using policies as necessary.

Quality Assurance:

●Constantly strives to enhance the resident and staff experience.

●Reports and completes necessary paperwork for each resident incident/accident/change in condition.

Safety/Infection Control:

●Ensures staff compliance with standards and regulations.

●Reports potential outbreaks and takes appropriate measures to control/eliminate infection control exposures.

Staffing Coverage:

●Required to ensure appropriate coverage for the nursing department 24/7, including weekends, holidays, and off-shifts.

●Is RN on-call when there is not an RN in-house.

●Works beyond normal working hours, or in other positions temporarily when necessary (e.g. administers medications).

●Is subject to callback during emergency conditions.

●Takes RN on-call as needed.

Other specific requirements:

●Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and be enthusiastic.

●Must work harmoniously with others.

●Seeks out new methods and principles to incorporate into the nursing practice.

●Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment.

●Able to make independent decisions.

●Able to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures necessary to provide quality care.

●Promotes teamwork and collaboration among Mountainside staff members.

Ongoing education:

●Must continually strive to enhance knowledge, and ensure evidenced-based nursing is being practiced.

●Encouraged to attend an out-of-facility continuing education seminars.

• Other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Essential Job Qualifications

Education:

●Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing as a RN

Experience:

●2 years clinical experience

Training/License:

●NYS RN License

Other:

●BLS, basic computer skills