RN Supervisor (FT 11p-7a) - Cedarbrook Senior Care & Rehab

Cedarbrook Senior Care & Rehab is seeking a FT RN Supervisor for it's Allentown Location.

This is professional nurse work at the second-line supervisory level in a County nursing care facility. Positions in this class supervise first-line professional and technical nursing and resident care personnel on more than one unit on an assigned shift.

Typical Examples of work:

• Identifies staffing needs.
• assesses staffing patterns and assigns nursing staff to work units.
• determines need for reassignment because of staff vacancies or absences.
• Consults Unit Managers/Charge Nurses regarding residents' medical and social status, and problems encountered in providing resident care.
• assesses overall nursing staff strengths and/or weaknesses in providing such care.
• answers question and otherwise advises and assists staff in providing care, especially more difficult situations. Makes daily unit rounds with Unit Managers/Charge Nurses to observe quality of care.
• Responsible for the immediate supervision of assigned Unit Managers/Charge Nurses and assists them in carrying out their responsibilities in the management of the nursing unit/nursing care.
• Assists, instructs, and offers suggestions to Unit Managers/Charge Nurses on dealing with employee, resident and resident families concerns.
• Evaluates work performance of Unit Managers/Charge Nurses; assists Unit Managers/Charge Nurses in unit staff performance evaluations.
• Evaluates the residents' conditions; when necessary, acts as a liaison between the Unit Manager/Charge Nurse and the on-call physician, and ensures that new orders are carried out.
• monitors and evaluates situations to ascertain the need for additional services.
• Interdisciplinary approach to solve difficult resident/family issues and to determine appropriate unit replacement of residents.
• works with ancillary departments to meet resident needs and facility goals.
• attends meetings, works on special projects, and chairs committees as assigned by the Director of Nursing Services or Assistant Director of Nursing.
• Performs related work as required.

(Full job description upon interview)

Required Knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices and standards.
• Thorough knowledge of nursing methods and techniques commonly employed in nursing facilities.
• Knowledge of regulatory and other requirements for resident care coverage, resident-staff ratio, and related service provision matters.
• Knowledge of methods and techniques required for resident care documentation and reporting.
• Basic knowledge of supervisory principles and practices.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, associates, and residents and their families.
• Ability to plan, assign and review the work of lower-level nursing and resident care personnel.
• Ability to instruct, correct and advise lower-level nursing and resident care personnel in the performance of their duties.

Acceptable Experience & Training:

• Education equivalent to graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Three to five years of professional nursing experience, one year of which shall have been at the first-line supervisory level.
• Or any equivalent combination of acceptable training and experience which has provided knowledge, skills and abilities cited above.