Registered Nurse Supervisor 1, Stroke Unit

Registered Nurse Supervisor 1, Stroke Unit

Job No : 496478

Department : NURSING ADMINISTRATION

Local Title : Registered Nurse Supervisor 1, Stroke Unit

Budget Title : Senior Staff Assistant

Work Type : Full Time

Location : Brooklyn, NY

Categories : Management and Professional, Nursing, Clinical, Patient Care

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers.

As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world.

We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.

S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit : Job Summary :

Job Summary :

The Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse Supervisor 1, Stroke Unit.

The Registered Nurse Supervisor 1 (T&RC) is supervisory level and provides administrative and clinical supervision to lower-level registered nurses and direct care staff;

oversees and coordinates nursing services for an assigned unit; and may be involved in teaching and orientation functions.

Illustrative Duties

• Supervise and coordinate the activities of assigned nursing and direct care staff.
• Direct and review the work of nursing staff; completes performance evacuations; and initiates appropriate counseling and disciplinary action.
• Identify staff development needs for training on clinical nursing related topics; and evaluates the effectiveness of in-service education and guidance programs.
• Ensure that staff have met requirements for first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and other agenda-specific required training in concert with nurse educators.
• Serves as a liaison to community providers, families, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Maintains established standards if nursing care in accordance with State, Federal and accreditation agency requirements.
• Make rounds and ensure the maintenance of a safe, sanitary, and therapeutic environment and that individuals' safety, well-being and care needs are met.
• Inform staff of and ensures that implementation of policies, procedures and trends in nursing practice.
• Monitor and review nursing documentation, such as progress notes and medication charts, to ensure accuracy and quality;

and follows up with nursing staff when needed to resolve discrepancies.

• Assess the quality of nursing care and assists in the development and implementation of quality control programs for nursing care.
• Ensures medical inventories are properly maintained and stored.
• Ensures compliance with State and Federal laws, rules and regulations, including facility policies on restraints, seclusion, levels of Intensive supervision, abuse and incident reporting.
• Formulate corrective action plans in response to identified regulatory problems and ensures the implementation of such.
• Participate in the management and administration of nursing services; assists in planning and program development activities;

and meets with managers to review, update and ensure the effectiveness of nursing policies, protocols and procedures.

Assist in preparing budgets and monitor expenditures; participate on committees and workgroups; and perform the duties of a lower-level Registered Nurse and cover staff assignments, if necessary.

Required Qualifications :

• Possession of a NYS license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State; and 3-years of post-licensure acute care clinical nursing experience.
• A Bachelor's Degree in Nursing can substitute for 1-year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; and a Master's Degree in Nursing can substitute for 2-years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

Preferred Qualifications :

Work Schedule :

Variable Days; Variable Hours (Full-Time)

Salary Grade / Rank :

SG-22

S alary Range :

As per civil service guidelines

$114,691 to $140,597 based on years of experience and education (includes Location Pay & Geographic Differential) plus shift and / or inconvenience pay of $575 to $5,375, if applicable.

E xecutive Order :

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.

If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at [email protected].

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement :

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at [email protected]

Advertised : August 27, 2024 Eastern Daylight Time

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