Nursing Supervisor
- Employer
- LifeStream Behavioral Center
- Location
- Leesburg, Florida
- Salary
- Open
- Posted
- Oct 25, 2016
- Closes
- Dec 24, 2016
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Category
- Healthcare, Nursing, Personal Care
- Hours
- Full Time
FUNCTION: Plans, organizes, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates client care provided by staff under his/her supervision. Accurately assesses client’s needs and prioritizes care. Develops effective client care plans. Utilizes knowledge to facilitate psycho-educational groups. Oversees and manages unit. Effectively supervises those employees assigned to the unit. Documents service provision in an accurate and timely manner.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Facilitates the maintenance of a therapeutic milieu with the cooperation of other disciplines. Ensures client activities take place as scheduled. Functions as a member of the multi-disciplinary team which develops and implements treatment plans and goals for all clients assigned to the unit. Administers medications as ordered by the physician. Interacts with clients to establish a therapeutic relationship and facilitates achievement of treatment plan goals in accordance with the nursing directives contained therein. Provides direction and supervision to RN’s, LPN’s, and Behavioral Technicians.
KNOWLEDGE AND JOB SKILLS: Clinical skills in psychiatric and basic medical/ surgical nursing and are fundamental to this position. Good assessment skills are key to this position. Knowledge of comprehensive or holistic approach to client care is helpful. Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team is vital to satisfactory job performance. Must have a functional knowledge of the Baker and Marchman Acts. Demonstrates skills that ensure safe and effective client care. Good verbal and written communications skills are fundamental to satisfactory job performance. Excellent crisis intervention and conflict resolution skills are key to this position. Managerial or supervisory skills are necessary. Excellent time management skills are vital to satisfactory job performance. Legible hand writing and good documentation skills are helpful.
CORE COMPETENCES:
- Age Specific: Assessment, Interpretation, Intervention, Knowledge, Developmental Stages, Enhances Family Involvement
- Basic Job Readiness: Courtesy, Flexibility, Reliability, Responsiveness
- Personal Effectiveness: Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Self-Management, Thinking Skills
- Organizational/Management: Compliance, CQI Commitment, Leadership, Linking/Networking, Management of Information, Organizational Participation, Safety
- Performance Specific: Assessment, Crisis Management, Customer Focus, Empowerment/Advocacy, Medication Issues, Psychosocial Interventions, Treatment/Service Planning.
JUDGMENT: Must be able to make sound psychiatric and medical decisions. Must be able to utilize judicious reasoning during times of crisis or conflict and move the situation to therapeutic resolution. Must be able to discern essential information to be shared with staff.
POSITION CONTENT: This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements, Management reserves the right to modify, and/or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Education: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing meeting minimum standards of the Florida State Board of Nursing as a Registered Nurse.
- Experience: Two (2) years’ progressive experience in nursing and one year (1) supervisory experience and working with children.
- Personal Qualities: Must be assertive and have a tenacious work ethic. Must be honest, dependable, well-organized, detail oriented, and self-directed. Must be able to work with a minimum of supervision. Must be able to work cooperatively with a variety of disciplines. Demonstrates leadership and is able to encourage and influence others in a positive, proactive manner. Must be flexible, patient and remain calm in crisis situations.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: RN’s, LPN’s and Behavioral Technicians.
- Special Factors: Advises Nurse Administrator(s) in matters of concern to nursing care and client’s needs. Must demonstrate the ability to interact cooperatively with multiple disciplines and personalities. Collaborates with other personnel to ensure a therapeutic environment. Assists with the performance evaluation of staff under his/her supervision.
- Essential Functions: Provides professional psychiatric nursing care, via own task functions and supervision of the task of other nursing personnel on their shift. Ensures all members of on his/her team provide quality and effective nursing care. Assists the Nurse Administrator(s) to improve inpatient nursing services care delivery systems.
- Staff Development: Completes all administrative and competency requirements as set forth in Individual Training Plan.