RN Supervisor

Essential duties and responsibilities: Provides leadership for the team through delegation of assigned duties and monitors all resident care and activities on the unit; Coordinates monthly work schedule and daily assignments to ensure the delivery of cost effective, quality resident care; Monitors and ensures completion of all medical record documentation, audits and infection control log; Ensures consistency of resident care through shift to shift rounds, every two hour rounds, change of condition report, and follow-up on doctor and family calls; Participates on the interdisciplinary team by ensuring that resident assessments and care plans are completed, reviewed and updated in a timely manner, and by attending scheduled care plan conferences; Monitors the Restorative Nursing Program under the direction of the Director of Nursing and the registered therapists; Admits, transfers, and discharges residents in coordination with other discipline; Interacts with discharge planners; Requests needed information from hospitals and responsible parties for admissions; Coordinates nursing services with facility and community resources; Orders and administers medications, performs treatments, schedules tests and other diagnostic work as ordered by physicians; Assures that residents receive the prescribed diets; Reports resident variations and implement nutritional interventions as appropriate; Documents weekly assessments focusing on care plan goal achievements following facility schedule; Reviews weekly assessments for completeness and accuracy; Initiates appropriate revisions. Documents significant occurrences in a timely manner; Demonstrates working knowledge of universal precautions and other infection control procedures; Documents all pressure sores, skin tears, and infections in Infection Control Surveillance Book; Supervises staff compliance; Demonstrates and demands required infection control procedures; Report breaks in technique to Director of Staff Development; Demonstrates ability to assist residents in achieving and maintaining highest level of independence; Supervises staff and encourages resident independence and autonomy.

Qualifications: Current licensure by the California Board of Registered Nursing; More than two years experience as a registered nurse in LTC with prior charge nurse or supervisory experience preferred; BSN preferred with documented seminars/course work related to management, supervision, advanced clinical skills, geriatrics, rehabilitation, Alzheimer?s management; Computer literate.