Nursing Supervisor

Job Description

Nurses Make a Difference!
Now offering Recruitment and Referral Incentives at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)!
$10,000.00 recruitment incentive for:
Registered Nurses
Advanced Practice Nurses
Nurse Consultants
Nursing Supervisors
Compliance Nurses
$7,500.00 recruitment incentive for Licensed Practical Nurse
$5,000.00 recruitment incentive for Certified Nurse's Assistant

Referral bonuses of $1,000 are available to referring DHSS employees.
You must be a new employee to the State of DE to be eligible for this program.

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) seeks to increase the number of applicants for clinical nursing positions by offering a recruitment incentive to eligible Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Consultant, Nursing Supervisor, Compliance Nurse, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and Certified Nursing Assistant candidates in accordance with the DHSS Recruitment and Referral Incentive Program.

The program provides incentives as follows:
Recruitment incentives will be paid in quarterly installments over the first year of hire and will begin after the first quarter of employment. New employees accepting this recruitment bonus must commit to two consecutive years of employment with DHSS. You must be a new employee to the state to be eligible for this incentive.
Referral bonuses of $1,000 are available to current DHSS employees who refer new hires to the state in the following classifications: Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Consultant, Nursing Supervisor, Compliance Nurse, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and Certified Nursing Assistant. Referral bonuses of $1,000 will be paid in quarterly installments over the first year of hire of the referred applicant.

NOTE: This program is administered by the Department of Health and Social Services. The program may be terminated by the State at any time.

The Nursing Supervisor manages Nursing staff and CNA direct care staff on the shift, including
scheduling, performance reviews, and plans of staff. Duties include documentation review and
training needs for staff, management of staff in eSTAR timekeeping system,
resident chart review and hospitalization summaries, clinical rounding,
preparing and managing staff meetings, communication with interdisciplinary team,
review of resident records, review physician/NP orders for accuracy, medication
reviews, nursing monthly summaries, leadership and teambuilding, daily census
reports, attendance reports, promotion of Infection Control Program, attendance
to mandatory meetings, scheduling of staff training, review of time and
attendance audits, completion and submission of disciplinary reports and recommendations
to Nursing Administrator, resident advocacy, support of Person-Centered Care Model, review
and revision of resident care plans, familiarization and completion of Nursing
Supervisor forms with a strong understanding of facility and Division policies
and procedures, strong clinical skills and mentoring of staff, and all other
roles/responsibilities deemed appropriate for the leadership of a shift Nursing
Supervisor.

Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of every job duty for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

Provides or evaluates direct nursing care.
Develops, implements and/or reviews nursing care plans.
Provides health care instruction and guidance to individuals, families, community groups and/or nursing home facilities in the management of their health care needs.
Maintains an effective working relationship with other members of the treatment team.
Prepares and submits records, reports, evaluations and forms.
Participates in and make recommendations regarding quality assurance activities.