Nursing Supervisor- (Casual) - Lawrenceville

Job Description

Are you interested in building a rewarding career in nursing? Canterbury Place is looking for dedicated nurses like you to help enhance the lives of our residents. As the Nursing Supervisor, you will assist the nursing team in delivering the highest quality of care to the residents. You will represent nursing leadership in off-hours, manage emergencies, customer service issues, and ensure staffing coverage.

Canterbury Place, located in vibrant Lawrenceville, has a beautiful and unique charm with exceptional care and excellence in service. This has made it one of Western Pennsylvania's leading providers of geriatric care. Canterbury Place offers world-class medical care and an array of geriatric services including personal care, skilled memory support, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in scheduled meetings.
• Inform the Director of Nursing and/or Unit Managers of any potential disciplinary issues and resident/family issues (evening/nights/weekends).
• Maintain personal professional competency and clinical skills through participating in continuing education and in-services.
• Promote achievement of organization goals and objectives through knowledge of goals, assisting in collecting data, completing audits, participating in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement programs, etc.
• Assist the nursing team in providing resident care when professional nursing skills/judgment is needed.
• Collaborate with nursing leaders to ensure consistency in the application of policies and procedures for off-shifts.
• Ensure any staffing changes are in alignment with the budgeted staffing plan.
• Promote regulatory compliance through demonstrating a working knowledge of long-term care regulations and participating in efforts towards consistent survey readiness and assisting with completing a plan of correction.
• Identify the learning needs of staff and participate in educational opportunities in collaboration with the Staff Development Coordinator and nursing leaders.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to staff when needed.
• Round on each nursing unit and respond to issues as needed/requested.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills and positive service excellence behaviors when dealing with all customers.
• Ensure the safety of residents, customers, and facility through awareness of and conscientious application of policies and procedures and emergency responses.
• Identify opportunities for enhancing quality.
• Complete necessary documentation and submit within the required time frame.
• Demonstrate professional role model behaviors.

Qualifications:

• 2 years nursing experience in LTC/Acute Care setting required
• 1 year of experience in a leadership capacity required (e.g. Charge Nurse)
• Professional contribution required
• BSN preferred

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Act 34
• OAPSA

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.