Nurse Supervisor

Join a purpose-driven team at Caron Treatment Centers, where for nearly 70 years, we’ve been helping people find a path to recovery from addiction and rebuild their lives. We offer real careers with real opportunities for growth, comprehensive training, and a commitment to work-life balance. Our benefits include generous paid time off, company-paid life and disability insurance, professional growth and development, tuition reimbursement, a competitive 401(k) plan, and robust medical, dental, and vision plans. We’re proud to foster a diverse and inclusive environment, with a culture of teamwork, compassion, and dedication to our mission. Start a career that saves lives at a company that values yours!

$42/hour and up depending on experience!  Plus shift differential! 

Tuesday- Saturday 7:00pm-3:30am

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversees the supervision of nursing personnel (i.e.: RN, LPN, C.M.A., C.N.A.) to ensure quality care of patients.
• Responsible to assure adequate staffing, orientation, training, communication and compliance with facility policies; administration of work rules, regulations and, when necessary, disciplinary action for the team they supervise. Assures staff attendance at required in-service, meetings and trainings.
• Receives and provides accurate and thorough shift reports at shift exchange.
• Monitors the implementation of nursing processes to ensure safe and effective patient care.
• Through chart review, audits nursing documentation (i.e.: assessments, progress notes) to assure quality standards of care are met.
• Ensures patients are properly assessed and monitored for changes in medical and/or mental health status and level of care requirements. Ensures escalation of notable information to appropriate individuals.
• Plans and assists in patient education.
• Monitors and/or performs diagnostic testing within their scope of nursing care, as ordered by Physician.
• Through chart review and/or audits, assures that all physician orders are acknowledged and implemented appropriately. Participates in quality review of records and incident report findings.
• Regularly provides feedback to direct reports on performance and completes appraisals on employee performance.
• Facilitates communication between staff and Director of Nursing.
• Ensures the functionality and availability of necessary equipment and supplies.
• Serves on Nursing Work Groups.
• This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions and does not prescribe or restrict the tasks or expectations to perform all other duties that may be assigned.
• Ensures newly hired employees are properly oriented to facility/unit, policies/procedures, understand job description and job expectations, and receive adequate training prior to being given an independent assignment.
• Ensures fiscal responsibility by minimizing waste of supplies, medication, staff productive/non-productive work hours, equipment, and other vital resources.
• This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions and does not prescribe or restrict the tasks or expectations to perform all other duties that may be required or assigned.   

Physical Requirements:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lifting: up to 50 pounds on occasion.
• Standing: up to several hours at a time, this may include walking, climbing steps, and descending steps.
• Walking: must be able to ambulate throughout the assigned facilities on Caron properties.
• Sitting: up to several hours at a time for data entry into the computer or medical record documentation.

EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current state license as a Registered Nurse required.
• Current CPR/First Aid training/certification required.
• 1-3 years’ experience in leading or supervising a team required.
• Previous experience in a hospital and/or with substance use disorder preferred.
• Certified Addictions Registered Nurse (CARN) certification preferred.
• Working knowledge of addictions with age specific patient populations preferred.
• Working knowledge of personal computers and basic computer software required.
• Requires a current, valid, unrestricted driver’s license.
• If in recovery, 2 years’ continuous sobriety preferred.

Competencies / Measurements:

• Demonstrated knowledge of commonly used withdrawal and psychotropic medications and their side effects - Competency exam.
• Demonstrated knowledge of chemical dependency symptoms, process and treatment modalities - Competency exam.
• Ability to utilize medical equipment including EKG machine, glucometers, aerosol treatment machines, oxygen tanks, and suction machine - Annual training, proficiency demonstration
• Demonstrated ability to administer medications correctly and document thoroughly - Quality control occurrence report.
• Meets expected standards of Medical/Nursing documentation - Quality control of medical documentation according to predetermined standards.
• Ability to perform diagnostic screening tests such as identified waived testing - Proficiency demonstration.
• Ability to effectively manage staff – including hiring, training, performance management, etc. - Proficiency demonstration.