RN Supervisor

Job Requirements:

Provides supervision and medical oversight to ensure that clients are being served effectively and safely and supervises all client care and services.

• Responds to calls within 30 minutes

• Conducts supervisory visit at least once every 60 days

• Ensures services are delivered as indicated on the client’s care plan

• Conducts initial evaluation of clients

• Assesses, evaluates, and monitors clients’ needs, current status, and environment

• Implements appropriate interventions

Documents accurately, appropriately, and in a timely manner

• Prepares progress notes

• Documents, signs, and dates supervisory visits notes

• Documents evaluation of client’s health status and needs

• Documents interventions and outcome of those interventions

• Completes client’s discharge summary when indicated

Maintains clients’ clinical records in accordance with acceptable professional standards and guidelines

• Conduct audit on clients’ record monthly (end of month)

• Ensures clients’ records are readily accessible and organized

• Ensures confidentiality of clients records

• Instructs staff on proper charting protocols

• Reviews, signs, and dates all entries made by non-licensed staff

• Reviews Level of Care and Placement Instrument at least

Maintains ongoing and effective communication with Care Coordinators, clients, caregivers, staff, physicians, and all other relevant parties

• Communicates problem approaches, changes to client care plans, and other pertinent information to staff

• Communicates recommendations for changes in the clients’ care to Care Coordinator

• Obtains Care Coordinator’s approval prior to making changes in client’s services

• Reports problems regarding clients’ health services to Care Coordinator in timely manner

• Submits notification of start of care to Care Coordinator within 2-3 days

Monitors client’s medications

• Is aware of all client’s prescription and over-the-counter medications

• Reports concerns about client’s medications to Care Coordinator and client’s physician

• Instructs staff on level of assistance clients needs with medications

• Reviews, signs, and dates client’s medication administration record at least every 60 days

• Provides written instructions to staff regarding signs and symptoms of potential drug reactions

• Records any client reactions to medications in the client’s clinical record

Initiates, reviews, and revised Client’s Care Plan

• Coordinate supervisory visit every 60 days

• Initiates client’s care plan within 60 days of initial evaluation of client

• Reviews, signs, and dates client’s care plan at least every 60 days

• Ensures client’s care plan identifies specific physical, mental, and social health problems/needs

• Lists personal care tasks needed on client’s care plan

• Re-writes the client’s care plan at least once per year

Coordinates and participates in learning opportunities for staff and clients

• Conduct interview for potential LPN and RN with General Manager

• Schedules, coordinates, and presents monthly in-service training to staff

• Ensures appropriate health related topics are presented to staff

• Instructs client and other care-givers about clients’ health needs

Assists with continuous quality improvement program

• Evaluates quality of client care during face-to-face evaluation with clients

• Conducts monthly compliance visits

• Reviews policies and procedures at least twice per year

• Recommends revisions to policies and procedures as needed

• Reviews at least 10% of client clinical records each month

• Ensures staff compliance with infection control policies and procedures

• Ensures staff compliance to fire and safety policies and procedures

• Presents neat, professional appearance

• Demonstrates positive attitude

• Promotes teamwork

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