Acute Neuro Nurse Supervisor-Nights

This position serves as a supervisor and provider of care at the point of care to individuals and cohorts of patients within a unit. The supervisor evaluates nursing interventions by coordinating, delegating, and supervising care provided by the healthcare team of licensed nurses, registered nurses, and patient care technicians. This role is a resource for staff regarding patient care assessment, planning, and the evaluation of nursing interventions, facilitating problem resolution through collaboration with unit leadership and other supervisory staff.

Required – Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Bachelor’s Degree in Science of Nursing (BSN) required for all Ochsner Magnet Facilities.

Preferred – Bachelor’s degree in nursing.

• Required – 1 year of relevant experience as a registered nurse
• OR – 2 years of experience as an LPN in an acute care setting.
• Preferred – 2 years of relevant experience as a registered nurse.

• Required – Current registered nurse (RN) license in state of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association.

• Problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to assess the medical needs of a patient and find a solution to ensure their health and wellbeing.
• Ability to be self‑directed.
• Proficient in indicators of operational success such as unit productivity, expense management, regulatory requirements, and quality indicators.
• Proficiency in using computers, software, and web‑based applications.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and ability to present information clearly and professionally to varying levels of individuals throughout the patient care process.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to routinely manage priorities and projects involving multiple constituencies.
• Excellent time‑management skills and ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in priorities.
• Ability to work in stressful situations and always remain objective and professional.

• Administers medications, starts IVs, and discharges patients with their healthcare team.
• Organizes, plans, supervises, and provides coordinated patient care within the unit.
• Supervises, develops, and evaluates assigned departmental staff nurses and technicians.
• Promotes the adoption of nursing protocols and clinical practice guidelines to support evidence‑based practice.
• Manages conflict on assigned shifts and collaborates with other supervisors and unit leadership if further action is needed.
• Collaborates with patient quality, safety, and experience leadership and promotes patient quality, safety, and experience processes.
• Supports daily clinical operations on the unit by ensuring effective scheduling, staffing, and appropriate clinical supplies and resources are available for patient care.
• Adapts behavior to the specific patient population, including respect for privacy, method of introduction to the patient, adapting explanation of services or procedures to be performed, requesting permissions and communication style.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Medium Work – Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job may be rated Light Work when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree;

or when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; or when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood, body fluid and tissue.

The incumbent works in a patient care area; works in an area where patients enter; works directly with patients; and/or works with specimens that could contain communicable diseases. The incumbent has an occupational risk for exposure to all communicable diseases.

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