RN Weekend Supervisor

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Nursing in organizing and directing day‑to‑day functions of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff.
• Admit, discharge, and transfer patients as requested.
• Perform documentation and billing supplies usage.
• Sends patients to the hospital as necessary.
• Knowledge of procedures if unable to reach physician.
• Develop work assignments for unlicensed staff.
• Make compliance rounds and report pertinent issues.
• Maintain effective lines of communication with attending physicians.
• Coordinate care planning/MDS process and committee meetings as needed.
• Participate in patient screening and selection process as requested.
• Monitor physician services (documentation and visits) in accordance with regulations.
• Follow up on consultant recommendations (pharmacy, dietary, etc.).
• Provide demonstration and education for licensed and unlicensed staff to perform job duties.
• Complete documentation procedures on patients using appropriate forms, timelines and Medicare documentation.
• Communicate with physicians, arrange transportation for doctor appointments, and contact families.
• Demonstrate effective supervisory skills with fair and uniformly applied corrective actions.
• Provide reports and documentation to support departmental updates and corrective actions.
• Assist in interviewing, screening and selection of associates within staffing budgets.
• Maintain personnel file documentation including reference checks, screenings, evaluations, verification, and other required documentation.
• Review and respond to complaints/grievances from associates, patients, or families regarding the department.
• Maintain inter‑departmental communication to foster positive working relationships.
• Monitor licensed and unlicensed staff for compliance with procedural guidelines and protocols.
• Maintain a working knowledge of current licensure standards and the survey process.
• Monitor work of other nursing staff in the unit for thoroughness.
• Make rounds to provide proper care and cleanliness of patients.
• Coordinate the care of patients and assist nursing staff members according to needs.
• Implement Education Program, Infection Control Program and/or Quality Assurance Program.
• Promote the image and reputation of the System by exhibiting servant leadership and direct, open lines of communication.
• Contribute to committees, work groups, project management, and other collaborative efforts of the System.
• Perform other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the System.

• Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills.
• Effective and professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Communicates well with colleagues, patients, family members, and visitors, providing a warm and friendly greeting and an approachable attitude.
• Responds to expressed concerns with a helpful, caring demeanor and professional manner.

• A Nursing degree from an accredited college or university, or graduation from an approved RN program.
• Active RN license to practice in the State of Georgia.

• Provides oversight and direction for unlicensed nursing personnel.

• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Write routine reports and correspondence.
• Speak effectively before groups of customers or associates of the organization.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram format.
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word

• RN nursing degree from an accredited college or university.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• Sit, talk or hear regularly.
• Walk frequently.
• Use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Stand occasionally.
• Close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus required.

• Quiet noise level in the work environment.