Registered Nurse Supervisor A bei State of Louisiana, LA

About the Department

Position Duties

Minimum Qualifications

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Other Qualifications

Job Duties:
As a Registered Nurse Supervisor A, you will supervise activities of clinics to ensure that patients receive needed services, program requirements are maintained, and appropriate follow-up appointments or treatment are provided.

In this role, you will also:

• Serve as charge nurse and assume responsibility for staffing and/or care of patients within a unit.
• Assist in maintaining patient care standards by supervising and directing activities of subordinate nurses engaged in quality assurance, infection control, and utilization review activities.
• Receive physicians' instructions regarding patient care and ensure that orders are transmitted to other units as needed.
• Oversee delegation of simple nursing and other therapeutic procedures to lower-level professional and paraprofessional employees.
• Make regular patient rounds to observe and assess patients' physical conditions and behaviors, evaluate the quality of care provided, and ensure proper documentation of treatment and nursing observations.
• Review the nursing plan of care for all patients within a unit and ensure that treatments and therapies specified in the plans are carried out.
• Administer oral and intramuscular medications, begin intravenous therapies, and perform medical tests as needed in the absence of subordinate professional staff.
• Provide specialized nursing care, i.e., ventilative care, special equipment, triage, or multiple system failures, etc.
• Admit patients or receive patients following admission by conducting a Nursing Assessment and Initial Treatment Plan.
• Evaluate patient care practices according to established standards and implement quality assurance methods to ensure that standards are met.
• Plan, develop, and oversee the implementation of programs and courses to meet specific or general needs for orientation and ongoing training of staff.
• Direct nursing staff development and in-service education.
• Establish long-term goals and objectives for staff development and education.
• Determine needs for training through direct observation, results of quality assurance reviews, and consultation with other supervisors and directors.
• Participate in the design and conduct of special research projects.
• Participate in the development and update of nursing policies and procedures.
• Maintain records of employees' participation in in-service and continuing education programs.

• Work may involve shift work.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:
For further information about this vacancy, contact:
Jamaile Burton

Human Resources Analyst

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