Nurse Supervisor (F/T)

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

About Us:

For over 32 years, CPS Healthcare has been more than a healthcare provider—we’ve been a trusted partner to the communities and correctional facilities we serve. As a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), we bring both expertise and heart to every patient interaction, knowing that thoughtful care can change lives. Every day, our team works side by side to provide compassionate, evidence-based medical and behavioral health services that make a real difference for those who need it most.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dedicated RN Nurse Supervisor to deliver high-quality patient care at our Bristol County Jail location in N. Dartmouth, MA. The Nurse Supervisor will provide direct nursing care and/or oversight in a jail setting while observing and maintaining the requirements of security.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for oversight of all aspects of inmate’s/detainee's care.

• Ensure physician’s medication orders and treatments are implemented appropriately. Complete audit rounds in the medical housing units and the HSU at least two times/week and complete documentation, as required.

• Apply knowledge of drugs and therapeutics for medications in a jail setting. Maintain security of medications, continually cognizant of the potential hazard of drug hoarding and trafficking among inmates.

• Monitor procedures for patient transfers to medical facilities or outside health providers.

• Prepares regularly scheduled reports and special reports as necessary.

• Oversees the proper storage, accountability and wasting of all sharps.

• Participate in in-service education, obtaining at least 40 hours annually and provide documentation.

• Follow all security rules and regulations.

• Cover vacant shifts when necessary.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Notifies the DON or designee immediately on any emergent send-outs or significant events.

• Pager Coverage/ Rotation as determined by D.O.N. and/ or H.S.A.

• Monitor intake/ sick call/ chronic disease/ healthcare needs of inmates.

• Monitor and manage nursing schedule, when needed.

• Attend meetings with the D.O.N. and/ or H.S.A. as requested.

• It is an essential part of the job that CPS can ask the employee to work beyond his/her regularly scheduled hours.

• Checking/ responding to nursing emails.

• HSU cleaning inspection as assigned.

• Assist with training as assigned.

• Assist with other duties as assigned

Schedule:

Monday–Friday, 3:00 PM–11:00 PM. No scheduled weekends or holidays. One weekend of on-call coverage is required each month.

Rate:

Competitive rates based on experience and licensure

Benefits: (Available to eligible employees):

401(k) retirement plan

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Health insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid time off

Voluntary Benefits including:

Life insurance

Accident insurance

Disability insurance

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Regularly required to stand; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear.

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds; occasionally lift and/or move over 35 pounds.

• Regularly able to adequately perform CPR.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred but not required.

• Current, active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

• Holds current CPR certification.

• Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to apply principles of nursing care.

• Recognizes signs and symptoms of mental illness, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbances, and substance use disorders.

• Demonstrate the ability to draw blood and administer PPD tests.

• Recognizes signs and symptoms of mental illness, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbances, and substance use disorders.

• Demonstrate the ability to draw blood and administer PPD tests.

Thank you for your interest in CPS Healthcare! We look forward to connecting with you to learn more about your goals and explore this opportunity together.

Thank you for your interest in CPS Healthcare! We look forward to connecting with you to learn more about your goals and explore this opportunity together.