Nursing Shift Supervisor

Nursing Shift Supervisor - Registered Nurse, Full Time, 3rd shift

Are you a Registered Nurse (RN) looking for a leadership position in geriatric or long term care? If so, the Adrian Dominican Sisters are looking to add a strong and knowledgeable leader to our amazing Nursing team. We are looking for a 3rd shift Full Time Shift Supervisor for our nursing department.

Who we are: We are a team of caregivers and nursing support staff who provide an enriching and compassionate environment to the Adrian Dominican Sisters in their home at the Dominican Life Center, our nursing/retirement home environment on the Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse campus. At The Dominican Life Center, our continuum of care facility, we provide long term care to Sisters who are in assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing communities. We employ over 300 people who take great pride and joy in working for and with the Sisters to provide them with exceptional care in their retirement.

Pay: 38.89/hr. plus 1.50/hr. shift premium to start with incentives, overtime after 8 hours a day.

Hours: 3rd shift, Monday – Friday, 11pm – 7:30am, 64-80 hours per two week pay period. Every Other Weekend & Holidays hours are 12 hour shifts (7pm – 7:30am).

Why choose us?

• Our work place is an amazing and safe home-like atmosphere where you will truly feel like a valued part of the team.
• We have tons of employee incentives and perks! Our Benefit package includes:
• At a very low cost to you if you chose - medical, dental, vision insurance and retirement options.
• We pay for: short/long term disability, life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, sick pay, bereavement pay, and jury duty pay.
• Our Management is supportive and thoughtful and will help you develop professionally.
• Our campus is a unique environment that you will enjoy with beautiful historic buildings, garden and permaculture areas, walking paths and beautiful grounds to explore on your breaks, an exercise and gym space and break rooms with food and drinks to purchase.
• You can grow with us! We encourage you to explore new opportunities where you can transfer departments or move up with us.
• We celebrate every chance we get!....Halloween costume contests, yearly employee recognition parties/cook outs, spirit week, bake sales, chili cook offs, employee and Sister craft shows, fall family festivals, Christmas celebrations and that is just to name a few!
• We have a great resident to nurse ratio and getting to know the Sisters is the best part!
• We can maintain your licensing and help you grow.
• The Sisters are truly amazing to work for and treat us like family!

Check us out at http://www.adriandominicans.org

What you will be doing: The Nursing Shift Supervisor performs professional supervisory nursing practice in the care of the Sisters residing on the campus of the Adrian Dominican Sisters. The position is responsible for maintaining the quality and adequacy of nursing practice, for coordinating nursing and training programs, for recognizing and assisting in solving professional, administrative and supervisory problems in an assigned area. Position exercises considerable judgment in applying professional knowledge in solving nursing problems within established policies and practices. The position has the responsibility on the assigned shift to promote quality care by monitoring the nursing care of residents and supervising nursing co-workers.

Resident Care Responsibilities:

• Make contact with all nurses on duty.

• Provide feedback regarding implementation of care plans as requested.
• Respond to community nurse's requests for assistance in assessing and evaluating resident's medical status.
• Make recommendations to Director of Nursing regarding resident room placement and room changes.
• Work with community nurses to complete resident admission process.
• Consult with community nurse regarding plan of care for residents who are seriously ill, who are medically unstable, or have special needs and assess these residents.
• Review 24-hour reports and incident reports daily. Perform follow up on these when appropriate.

Supervision of Co-workers:

• Monitor day to day performance of commmunity nurses and nursing assistants on assigned shift for compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Monitor team effectiveness and take steps to strengthen nursing teams on assigned shift.
• Complete performance appraisals on community nurses.
• Participate in counseling nurses and nursing assistants on assigned shift when necessary.
• Utilize appropriate supervision and communication skills to accomplish work through direct and indirect means.
• Conduct shift meetings as needed on individual communities. Encourage 24 hour team building.

Staffing:

• Monitor utilization of co-workers and recommend staffing levels.
• Work with co-workers to creatively develop acceptable methods of accomplishing the work while practicing good stewardship of resources.
• Work with co-workers to address relationship issues between staff that result in tension.
• Assist in replacement of call-ins for nursing co-workers.
• Make adjustments in co-worker assignments when necessary.
• Foster relationships with co-workers on a regular basis to ensure satisfactory performance.

Communication:

• Regularly consult with Director of Nursing as indicated for direction, problem solving, and giving suggestions for improved quality of care, staff relationships, new policies and general sharing of information.
• Make periodic contact with each resident and nursing co-worker on assigned shift.
• Keep informed of significant events throughout the building.
• Follow established guidelines in notifying appropriate persons re: emergencies, unusual incidents, or other significant events.

Responsibilities for The Dominican Life Center (Maria, Regina and Weber) residents:

• Respond to Sister's emergency and non-emergency needs as appropriate.
• Assures residents' needs are met during emergencies until 911 personnel are on the scene.
• Use established methods of communicating with the appropriate nurse regarding needs of and interventions with residents.

Other:

• When appropriate, evaluate Dominican Life Center co-worker's incidents/injuries which occur while on duty, and assess need for medical care by our Worker's Compensation medical professional.
• Be available for community nurse replacement as needed.
• Is scheduled to work every other weekend.
• Demonstrate professional growth and development.
• Ensures all Sisters receive the same high standard of care each shift without showing favoritism or forming excessive attachments to any one Sister.
• Establishes and maintains professional boundaries with Sisters regarding emotional involvement, personal relationships, gifts, social media, and off-hours contact.
• Limits personal disclosures to Sisters. When sharing, ensure it is for a therapeutic purpose and not to burden the Sister with the co-worker's own issues.
• Adheres to the attendance policy. Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position to ensure operations continue smoothly and to facilitate teamwork and appropriate resident care.
• Demonstrates proper leadership and reinforces a positive attitude towards safety in the workplace by providing a good example of safe behavior, by intervening to correct inappropriate behavior and conduct training, and by enforcing all health and safety policies in a proactive manner.
• Demonstrates basic computer skills - e-mail and Word processing. Along with understanding of ECP system.
• Performs other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Registered Nurse graduate of an accredited nursing program. Current license to practice nursing in the State of Michigan.

Experience: Minimum of five years of nursing experience with at least two years being in the geriatric field. Previous supervisory experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Possesses strong written and verbal communication and relational skills to interact with nursing personnel and other departments. Strong leadership skills. Ability to function as a member of a team and able to support the whole team. Must be flexible and able to accept and adjust to change. Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality. Ability to perform efficiently and calmly in emergency situations. Ability to use tact and good judgement in order to work with and lead a variety of personalities. Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.

Physical:

• Must be able to walk 12 hours.
• Must be able to perform bending, stooping, reaching above shoulder level, and lifting 50 lbs. without assistance, on a regular basis.
• Must be in generally good health to provide immunity to common communicable organisms.
• Must be sighted and capable of hearing.
• Annual influenza vaccination is required for this position.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Willingness to be flexible in working hours and various job responsibilities; varied schedule. Must be able to adjust to numerous interruptions.

Other Related Titles: Nurse, RN, Registered Nurse, Geriatric Nurse, Nurse Supervisor, Nursing Supervisor, Shift Supervisor, Nurse Manager.