Nurse Supervisor RN

Summary

The RN Nurse Supervisor provides day-to-day clinical supervision, resident care coordination, and nursing support within the community’s health services setting. This position supervises and directs assigned RN, LVN/LPN, CNA, and care team members; helps ensure resident care is delivered safely and consistently; and supports compliance with care plans, physician orders, documentation standards, regulatory requirements, and HumanGood policies and procedures.

The role serves as a clinical resource and working supervisor for nursing staff, residents, families or responsible parties, physicians, medical providers, and interdisciplinary team members. The RN Nurse Supervisor uses professional nursing judgment to assess resident needs, identify changes in condition, coordinate follow-up, support quality care, and promote a safe, respectful, and person-directed care environment.

Schedule: 7:00 AM–7:00 PM | Every other weekend | 2 shifts per pay period

Pay: Starting at $40/hour, with an additional $3/hour on weekends and $3/hour for second-shift hours. Higher starting rates available based on experience.

Primary Duties & Essential Functions:

The following list includes essential functions that are fundamental to the role. The organization will engage in an interactive process to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.

• Supervises, directs, and supports assigned RN, LVN/LPN, CNA, and care team members by providing work direction, clinical guidance, coaching, training, and follow-up to promote safe, timely, and consistent resident care.
• Coordinates and facilitates nursing care for residents, including daily rounds, monitoring of resident needs, response to call lights or care concerns, and follow-through on changes in condition, resident/family concerns, and physician or provider instructions.
• Assesses resident needs at admission and throughout the resident’s stay; evaluates changes in condition and uses the nursing process to identify needs requiring additional assessment, intervention, physician notification, family communication, or care plan revision.
• Coordinates resident plans of care with the interdisciplinary team, physicians, medical personnel, residents, and families or responsible parties to support continuity of care, timely communication, and appropriate follow-through on clinical needs, physician orders, and care plan updates.
• Responds to urgent and emergency situations; leads assigned staff during emergency response; carries out physician orders within scope of practice; documents events, interventions, notifications, and outcomes; and ensures appropriate leadership notification after hours or on weekends.
• Provides direct nursing care as needed, including medication administration, treatments, personal care support, vital signs, specimen collection, monitoring of intake/output, resident education, and other nursing procedures within the RN scope of practice.
• Reviews, receives, transcribes, and follows through on physician orders in accordance with policy, regulatory requirements, and resident safety standards.
• Maintains accurate and timely clinical documentation, including assessments, progress notes, care plans, medication and treatment records, risk management documentation, weekly summaries, consents, incident follow-up, and documentation corrections related to record audits.
• Monitors nursing staff performance and care delivery to ensure assigned duties are completed, residents’ rights are protected, resident needs are addressed timely, and care is provided in accordance with applicable regulations, policies, procedures, and person-directed care expectations.
• Participates in quality assurance and performance improvement activities, including QAPI, medical record audits, risk review, incident follow-up, regulatory readiness, and identification of opportunities to improve resident safety, care quality, and service consistency.
• Supports resident admissions, move-ins, move-outs, and care transitions by helping identify nursing needs, coordinating clinical information, responding to admission inquiries when appropriate leaders are unavailable, and communicating relevant information to the Director of Nursing and interdisciplinary team.
• Communicates professionally and effectively with residents, families, physicians, medical providers, nursing staff, community leadership, and other departments, including pharmacy, laboratory, dietary, social services, activities, facilities, radiology, and information technology.
• Supports nursing department operations by assisting with staff assignments, onboarding, training, performance feedback, employee injury documentation, disciplinary recommendations, and escalation of administrative or resident/family concerns to the Director of Nursing.
• Checks resident care equipment and supplies for proper operating condition and reports maintenance, safety, supply, or equipment concerns to the appropriate team member or department.
• Attends and participates in required in-service training, staff meetings, and community meetings; maintains required licensure, certifications, and knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
• Promotes and protects resident rights, confidentiality, privacy, infection control practices, safety standards, and HumanGood’s mission, values, service expectations, and Philosophy of Person-Directed Care.

Decision Authority & Scope

• · Provides day-to-day clinical supervision and work direction to assigned RN, LVN/LPN, CNA, and care team members.
• Uses professional nursing judgment to assess resident needs, identify changes in condition, determine appropriate interventions, and escalate concerns to physicians, providers, families, the Director of Nursing, Administrator/Health Services Administrator, or emergency services as appropriate.
• Assigns, reviews, coordinates, and follows up on the work of assigned nursing and care staff to support safe and effective resident care.
• Participates in staff coaching, training, performance feedback, performance appraisal input, and corrective action recommendations; final employment decisions are made by appropriate leadership.
• Recommends changes to care plans, resident service needs, staffing assignments, clinical processes, documentation practices, and quality improvement actions.
• Handles confidential resident, employee, and organizational information in accordance with HIPAA, privacy requirements, and HumanGood policies.
• Escalates complex clinical, regulatory, staffing, resident/family, employee relations, or operational concerns to the Director of Nursing or other appropriate leader.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.
• Current Registered Nurse license in the state of employment.
• Current CPR/BLS certification, or ability to obtain within the required timeframe.
• One or more years of professional nursing experience in skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, senior living, post-acute care, acute care, or another related health care setting.
• Prior charge nurse, lead nurse, supervisory, preceptor, or related nursing leadership experience.
• Knowledge of nursing assessment, care planning, medication administration, treatment protocols, physician orders, resident rights, infection control, documentation standards, and applicable health care regulations.
• Ability to assess resident conditions, recognize changes in status, respond to emergencies, and communicate effectively with physicians, providers, residents, families, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Ability to supervise, coach, and direct the work of nursing and care staff in a professional and respectful manner.
• Proficiency using electronic health records, clinical documentation systems, and standard office technology.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform the essential functions of the role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Two or more years of nursing experience in skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, post-acute care, or senior living.
• Prior supervisory or charge nurse experience in a skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, or senior living environment.
• Experience with QAPI, care plan review, medical record audits, regulatory surveys, incident review, staff training, or resident care quality improvement.
• Knowledge of person-directed care practices and senior living community operations.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Works in a senior living, skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, or health services environment with frequent interaction with residents, families, visitors, physicians, vendors, and team members.
• Regularly works in resident rooms, clinical areas, nursing stations, common areas, offices, and other community settings.
• May be exposed to blood, bodily fluids, infectious conditions, medications, cleaning agents, chemicals, and other health care-related environmental risks; requires use of standard precautions and personal protective equipment as appropriate.
• Requires walking, standing, sitting, reaching, bending, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and moving throughout the community for extended periods.
• Requires the ability to assist with resident care, repositioning, transfers, emergency response, and movement of supplies or equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Requires use of nursing equipment, medication and treatment supplies, electronic health records, phones, computers, and standard office equipment.
• May require participation in weekends, holidays, evenings, after-hours response, or emergency coverage depending on community needs.
• Requires the ability to manage multiple priorities, respond calmly to urgent situations, communicate clearly, and maintain professionalism in a resident-centered care environment.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Duties may change or be assigned as business needs evolve, consistent with applicable law. The organization will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.

This job description is maintained by Human Resources and may be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect business needs and organizational changes.