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Wage plan: $49.00 $67.00 per hour starting wage based on a sliding scale for experience and education.

Sign on bonus: $2,500 paid in full during the first year of employment.

Block scheduling: 12-hour shifts in block-style schedules available for Part-time and Full-time employees.

Retention plan: Annual merit increase and annual retention bonus of $2,500/year.

Relocation Assistance: RN House Supervisors who are hired have access to a relocation reimbursement of up to $5,000.

Attendance incentive: Up to $1,000/year bonus for consistent work attendance.

Tuition reimbursement: up to $5,000 per year is available for qualifying employees as they work to further their education.

Benefits: In addition to 401k and other flexible benefit opportunities, SBHH offers full Medical, Vision, and Dental health coverage for part-time and full-time employees (the complete Signature benefits plan is available upon request).

New Grads Welcome!

Do you love the feeling at the end of the day, knowing you have changed someone's life?

Are you looking to become part of a family, instead of becoming just another employee?

Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is an Acute Psychiatric Hospital that caters to patients who suffer from a wide variety of Mental Health diagnoses. We pride ourselves on our Patient-Centered care while maintaining an engaging environment for our staff. Our Vision Statement "Empowering people to embrace healing for fulfilling and productive lives" pertains not only to our patients but also to our visitors and employees. The Hospital believes in bettering the lives of everyone who walks through our doors. The Registered Nurses (RN) top priority is to deliver high quality safe care to psychiatric patients in an acute facility. The RN provides direct care and coordinates the care provided by other nursing personnel. The Registered Nurse plans and coordinates each patients multidisciplinary treatment plan (MDTP). The RN embraces Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare mission, vision and value statements and upholds all the hospital policies. The RN understands the regulations that govern hospital services and provides clear direction to the team to meet all regulation requirements.

POSITION TITLE: House Supervisor (Registered Nurse)

REPORTS TO (TITLE): Director of Nursing

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: The RN House Supervisor performs key responsibilities and meets position requirements as outlined in the hospitals RN job description. Outside of regular business hours, the RN House Supervisor (HC) is also responsible for overseeing admissions and discharges, unit operations, fiscal and staff management, and managing patient care services. The HC will support and direct nursing staff assignments and facilitate communication with other disciplines, departments and community resources.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Admissions and Discharges

• Work closely with Assessment and Referrals (A&R) to provide oversight of admissions and discharges. This includes timely assessments and inpatient admissions.
• Oversee unit operations including (but not limited to) timely completion and review of multidisciplinary treatment plans (MDTP); checking logs (refrigerator, emergency cart log, POC testing, legal tracking logs); accuracy of patient Kardex; and PYXIS discrepancy resolution.
• Audit all seclusion or manual hold interventions on assigned shift.
• Monitor inventory of office, medical, and patient care supplies. Request replenishment of supplies as needed.
• Alert the Administrator on Call (AOC) when urgent or extreme events occur. Examples include, but are not limited to, AWOL patients, 911 or urgent ambulance transfers, patient injuries, staff injuries, and incidents involving law enforcement.
• Gather and compile data for daily shift and routine reporting. Prepare shift report and review with oncoming Nurse Manager or House Supervisor and forward copy to CNO. Routine reports include Shift Summary, Bed Control, and Incident Reports.
• Prepare and investigate Incident Reports (IR) in an accurate and timely fashion; follow up with staff education to prevent reoccurring incidents.
• Maintain a clutter-free working environment.
• Responsible for assisting with educational and staff development requirements for the Nursing Department.
• Directly supervise nursing staff on assigned shift. Provide staff feedback on performance. Contribute to formal introductory and annual employee evaluations to Nurse Manager and to CNO.
• Support CNO, NM, and RNs to provide a high quality orientation and ongoing education for clinical staff. Continually educate staff on key issues relating to hospital policies and procedures and health care regulations.
• Ensure accurate and timely shift-to-shift reports.
• Monitor clinical issues for high acuity patients or patients with unusual problems.
• Coordinate offsite tests, emergency room visits, admission and discharges, lab processes, work orders and audits.
• Address and resolve patient and family complaints. Proactively work with NM when a complaint becomes a potential grievance and alert the hospitals Internal Patient Advocate.
• Manage Patient Care Services and Unit Operations

Fiscal and Staff Management

• Oversee staff assignments to prevent unnecessary overtime and ensure appropriate staffing levels based on census and acuity assessments. Manage appropriate staffing levels in conjunction with Staffing Coordinator. Report any staffing concerns to Nurse Manager (NM) or AOC. Document approved overtime on employee time adjustment forms.

Requirements

Education/Licensure

• Current RN License
• Current CPR certification
• CPI obtained within 30 days of hire
• Knowledge and experience of psychiatric diagnosis and associated risks, medications, biological systems, nursing process, treatment planning, and leadership. New RN graduates may meet these requirements if they have completed a psychiatric rotation as part of nursing school or have psychiatric experience in another role.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

The RN House Supervisor will pass initial and annual competency evaluations including (but not limited to): suicide prevention, safe use of restraints, de-escalation interventions, medication knowledge, code blue/emergency interventions, infection prevention, and appropriate use of seclusion and manual holds. The House Supervisor will need to complete additional competencies related to managing patient care, staffing systems, and internal reporting requirements.

The House Supervisor has a high level of knowledge of Policies, Procedures, Unit Operations, Hospital Operations, Health Care Regulations and educates staff on key issues. The HC will demonstrate that, in addition to being competent, they are skilled in applying knowledge and competency in their daily nursing practice.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following:

• Stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and stand for sustained periods of time.
• Walk, push, pull, lift, carry objects from a lower to higher position or horizontally from position to position or otherwise move objects.
• Feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
• Express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly.
• Perceive the nature of sound with no less than a 40 dB loss @ 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz with or without correction.
• Exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently.
• Able to provide manual and mechanical restraints for patients who are physically acting out and are potentially dangerous (at times this occurs on the floor).
• Minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction.
• While worker may possibly be subjected to temperature changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.

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