Nurse Supervisor

at State of Vermont in Barre, Vermont, United States

Job Description

As a Nurse Supervisor, you'll be responsible for providing leadership to clinical and non-clinical staff members, and ensuring quality patient care, environmental milieu, therapy and activity programs, nutrition, and patient comfort. 

Specific responsibilities of the Nurse Supervisor will include:

Monitoring and providing support for a safe and therapeutic environment facility wide during assigned shift
Providing feedback and ensuring staff accountability for all aspects of care, including documentation to meet facility and regulatory standards
Supervise nursing staff in all aspects of duties and may direct non-nursing staff
Ensuring adherence to professional standards, licensure, certification, state and department rules, regulations, policies, procedures and clinical skills
Providing guidance for resolution of minor discipline issues, employee environmental concerns, and maintaining effective employee working relationships
Advocating for resources necessary for patient care or those necessary to support work of the staff.

Duties primarily performed in a clinical and office setting. Work may require travel off-site. Exposure to communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, potentially physically and verbally violent patient population and other stressful situations may occur. May be required to work evenings, nights, weekends and extended shifts as the need arises.