Registered Nurse Supervisor

Description:

MAJOR TASKS:

• Prioritizes emergent issues and provides direction and support to RPN and PSW staff concerning resident care, resident social issues and resident home area operations. Ensures care is provided as per each resident care plan and ensures continuity of care.
• Develops, evaluates and modifies care plans for residents using RAI-MDS within the required timelines.
• Provides nursing care, including counselling, instruction, and the coordination of resident care.
• Examines, measures, and records resident vital statistics including, serum levels of glucose, weight, and neurological assessments using appropriate methods and equipment.
• Administers and interprets results of assessments such as mental status, fall risk, pressure ulcer risk, wound care, continence etc., as a component of the overall nursing assessment of resident health status and care planning.
• Assesses the physical, emotional and psychological well-being of residents through observation and analysis of test and physical health indicators to evaluate care plan and identify modifications which may be required.
• Chairs Annual and Admission Care Conferences and unit meetings as required.
• Accompanies physician on rounds, providing information on resident condition and progress, advocacy, and assists with examinations, e.g. positioning, dressing and undressing residents.
• Transcribes verbal or written physician’s orders for medication or other treatment.
• Prepares and administers resident’s medication in accordance with physician’s orders and the standards of practice from the Ontario College of Nurses, including narcotic and controlled drugs.
• Maintains inventory, ensuring medications are properly stored, safe and secure.
• Administers prescribed treatments as ordered by the physician, such as catheterizations, respiratory therapies, suctions, exercise, and wound irrigations.
• Administers first aid and emergency health measures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Prepares and applies clean and sterile dressings and bandages and replaces as required.
• Cleanses wounds and lesions. Removes stitches and clips. Implements appropriate tools as legislated for monitoring and ensures protocols are adhered to.
• Practices sterile techniques and other infection control procedures to minimize the transmission of infection.
• Monitors and participates in the personal care of residents/clients, as required; for example, hygiene, feeding, positioning, transferring, ambulation, toileting, in accordance with Ministry standards and Valleyview policy and procedures.
• Liaises, refers and advocates with community resources to coordinate admittances, transfers, and discharges/deaths: hospitals (acute care, rehabilitation, and palliation), public health department, home care program, long term care facilities, ambulance services, diagnostic services, the coroner’s office and social services.
• Prepares and maintains documentation such as care plans, health care records, medication administration and narcotic record, nursing records, statistics and reports.
• Performs delegated Medical Acts (duties), i.e. vaccinations, inoculation, eye irrigations, death pronouncement etc.
• Counsels, instructs, and confers with resident/client and family in planning care: provides emotional support; responds to enquiries and resolves complaints.
• Participates in Quality Improvement and Risk Management activities.
• Performs administrative duties such as staff scheduling in off hours, building safety and initiating emergency response.
• Executes Resident Abuse Legislation after hours and on weekends and stats, in the absence of management, including Mandatory Reporting, if applicable.
• Complies with all provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, related to “Duties of a Supervisor” and “Duties of a Worker”.
• Other duties as assigned.