Supervising Nurse

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Possession of a NY State Registered Professional Nursing License AND either:

Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered four‑year college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and one year of experience in professional nursing activities including supervisory experience;

Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered two‑year college with an Associate Degree in Nursing and two years of experience in professional nursing activities, one year of which shall have been in a supervisory position.

Possession of license throughout employment

Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

. You must pay the required evaluation fee.

This position involves responsibility for maintaining high standards of professional nursing services in the Wayne County Nursing and Rehabilitation with an emphasis on geriatric and rehabilitative care. An employee in this class has charge of the professional and non‑professional personnel assigned to a shift in order to meet the total needs of the patient. This class is distinguished from that of Registered Professional Nurse (“RN”) by the added supervisory responsibilities or by independent responsibility for duties of advanced difficulty.

Work is performed under general supervision of the Director of Nursing Services and Assistant Director of Nursing with latitude allowed for instructing, planning and making assignments to subordinates. Does all other related duties.

• Responsible for the total nursing care of all patients during assigned tour of duty
• Observes condition of patients and records any mental and physical changes or supervises RNs performing such duties
• Supervises RNs in assessing nursing care needs and in carrying out a nursing care plan
• Conducts and attends related meetings
• Coordinator of RN staffing and consultant to facility staffing personnel
• Collaborates with medical staff in care and treatment of patients
• Instructs and assists RNs, Licensed Practical Nurses and auxiliary personnel on nursing problems, neighborhood management and related activities
• Assures adequate follow‑up of personnel issues, and staffing plan issues
• Coordinator of transportation, personnel, and outside appointments
• Supervises the activities of professional subordinates in the bedside care of patients and the administration of medications and treatments
• Maintains accurate and descriptive records of the medical treatment and nursing care of patients
• Acts as liaison to interdisciplinary team members, department heads, physicians, community services and hospital personnel
• Coordinates inter shift and interdisciplinary report process
• Orients new personnel and oversees participation in related staff development and in‑service training programs
• Makes scheduled rounds of nursing unit(s) and observes patient and/or resident condition and checks quality of nursing care and treatment
• Arranges staffing patterns and maintains related records of professional and non‑professional nursing services staff on nursing units
• Coordinates nursing assessment of patients and/or residents and oversees provision of supportive or restorative nursing care
• May perform in‑service, quality assurance,…