RN​/LPN Supervisor 11-7

Nurse Supervisor

The primary purpose of your job position is to supervise the day-to-day nursing activities of the facility during your tour of duty. Such supervision must be in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing Services, to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.

As Nurse Supervisor you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is an essential function of the position.

Administrative Functions

Assist the Director of Nursing Services (the “Director”) in directing the day-to-day functions of the nursing activities in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the facility.

Participate in developing, maintaining, and updating written policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day functions of the nursing service department.

Ensure that reference material (i.e., PDR’S, regulations, professional standards of practice, etc.) maintained at the nurses’ stations is current. Recommend written material that will assist the nursing service department in meeting the day-to-day needs of the resident.

Ensure that the Nursing Service Procedures Manual is current and reflects the day-to-day nursing procedures performed in this facility.

Ensure that all nursing service personnel comply with the procedures set forth in the Nursing Service Procedures Manual.

Make written and oral reports or recommendations to the Director concerning the operation of the nursing service department.

Periodically review the department’s policies, procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc. Make recommendations for revisions to the Director.

Assist in developing methods for coordinating nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the residents’ total regimen of care.

Ensure that all nursing service personnel comply with their respective job descriptions.

Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the facility’s quality assurance program for the nursing service department.

Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as requested by the Administrator or the Director.

Periodically review the resident’s written discharge plan. Participate in the updating of the resident’s written discharge plan as required.

Assist the Director in planning the nursing services portion of the resident’s discharge plan, as necessary.

Meet with the nursing staff, as well as support personnel, in planning the department’s services, programs, and activities.

Admit, transfer, and discharge residents, as required.

Complete accident or incident reports, as necessary.

Interpret the department’s policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and government agencies, as required.

Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.

Committee Functions

Attend various committee meetings of the facility (i.e., Infection Control, Policy Advisory, Pharmaceutical, Quality Assessment, etc.) as required.

Assist in preparing written and/or oral reports of the nursing service programs and activities to submit to such committee(s), as directed.

Provide information to the Quality Assurance and Assessment Committee, as requested.

Participate in developing the agenda for the Care Plan Committee meetings, as necessary.

Participate in regularly scheduled reviews of the discharge plans and make such plans available to the Care Plan Committee, as required or as may be necessary.

Implement recommendations from established committees as instructed by the Director.

Personnel Functions

Ensure that a sufficient number of licensed practical and/or registered…