State of Maryland

A Registered Nurse Supervisor Psychiatric MDH36 is the supervisory level of work in the provision of direct nursing care in a State facility for a ward, cottage or unit on a twenty-four hour basis or for several wards or cottages during one shift.  Employees in this classification are primarily responsible for psychiatric nursing care.  Employees in this classification supervise lower-level Registered Nurses and other assigned licensed and non-licensed nursing care staff.

Employees in this classification receive general supervision from a Registered Nurse Manager, Assistant Director of Nursing or Director of Nursing.  Employees may be assigned to day, evening, night or rotating shifts which may include holidays and weekends.  Employees may be subject to call-in and overtime based on staffing needs.  The work is usually performed in a residential or inpatient treatment facility providing twenty-four care.  Employees are required to observe infection control precautions in order to prevent contamination and spread of disease.  The work may require the lifting and positioning of nonambulatory patients and the lifting of wheelchairs and other heavy duty equipment.  The work may require long periods of standing, walking, bending and reaching.

Positions in this classification are evaluated by using the classification job evaluation methodology.  The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the class specification.

A Registered Nurse Supervisor is differentiated from a Registered Nurse Charge in that the Registered Nurse Supervisor is responsible for twenty-four hour supervision of a unit or is a shift supervisor for several wards, cottages or units and supervises the Registered Nurse Charge while the Registered Nurse Charge is responsible for nursing care for a ward or unit on one shift.  The Registered Nurse Supervisor is differentiated from the Registered Nurse Manager in that the Registered Nurse Manager plans and coordinates nursing care for an entire nursing division composed of several wards, cottages or units for all shifts and supervises Registered Nurse Supervisors.

Supervises lower-level Registered Nurses and assigned licensed and non-licensed nursing care staff in providing direct nursing care;

Implements, evaluates and maintains nursing program and standards of nursing practice for designated areas or for a shift;

Prepares reports of onsite reviews and evaluations;

Makes patient care assignments consistent with the level of preparation of staff and needs of patients;

Participates in recruitment, selection and assignment of personnel necessary to implement the nursing program;

May provide direct nursing care as needed;

Performs other related duties.

Knowledge of the principles, practices, and theory of the registered nursing process;

Knowledge of clinical practice and interdisciplinary collaboration;

Skill in explaining long-term and short-term goals of nursing care to team members, patients, and families;

Skill in observing and measuring the effects of nursing intervention;

Skill in providing accurate documentation and record keeping;

Skill in assessing physical, emotional and social needs of patients;

Skill in developing a plan of care for the patient;

Ability to develop, analyze, implement, and evaluate staffing patterns for the optimum use of health care services provided by nursing personnel;

Ability to coordinate the nursing administrative function with supervisory personnel from other disciplines;

Ability to supervise and provide instruction to professional nursing and non-professional healthcare staff;

Ability to make decisions and to appropriately delegate responsibility for the implementation of those decisions;

Ability to communicate effectively with patients and their representatives, facility staff and health department personnel as well as other community health, welfare and educational agencies;

Ability to establish effective working relationships with community health, welfare and educational agencies, patients and their families, and the general public.

Education:   Determined by the Maryland State Board of Nursing under the licensing requirements for Registered Nurses.

Experience: Three years of experience as a Registered Nurse to include one year in a supervisory, administrative or teaching capacity and two years in the Psychiatric option.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or a related field from an accredited college or university for one year of the required general experience.

2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master’s degree in Nursing or a health related field from an accredited college or university for two years of the required general experience.

3. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Nursing classifications or Nursing and Hospital Administration specialty codes in the Nursing field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

1. Candidates for positions in this classification must possess a current license as a Registered Nurse from the Maryland State Board of Nursing, 4140 Patterson Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21215 or possess a current multi-state license in party states that candidates have declared as primary states of residence.

2. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of an automobile. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

3. Employees in this classification may be required to successfully complete cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and maintain current certification.

Class specifications are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies.  Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

This is a Professional Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Professional Service positions.  Some positions in Professional Service classifications may be designated as Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit, as indicated by the designation of S (Supervisor), M (Manager), T (Agency Head), U (Board or Commission Member), W (Student), X (Used by Agency or Excluded by Executive Order), or Z (Confidential).  As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.