Marketing Statement
Kings County Hospital Center has a rich legacy for its pioneering role in medicine. Today, with over 625 beds, our hospital remains on the cutting edge of technology and provides the most modern procedures with state-of-the-art equipment. Built in 1831 as a one room infirmary for publicly supported care of the sick, Kings County Hospital Center continues to be a leading healthcare facility whose mission is to provide care to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. The hospital provides a wide range of health services, and specialties are offered in all fields of modern medicine. More than 200 clinics provide a wide array of ambulatory care services.
Marketing Statement
Kings County Hospital Center has a rich legacy for its pioneering role in medicine. Today, with over 625 beds, our hospital remains on the cutting edge of technology and provides the most modern procedures with state-of-the-art equipment. Built in 1831 as a one room infirmary for publicly supported care of the sick, Kings County Hospital Center continues to be a leading healthcare facility whose mission is to provide care to everyone regardless of their ability to pay. The hospital provides a wide range of health services, and specialties are offered in all fields of modern medicine. More than 200 clinics provide a wide array of ambulatory care services.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.
Duties & Responsibilities
Purpose of Position:
Assists with the planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and evaluating of nursing service of a health care setting within the Department of Nursing. Ensures optimal utilization of resources, service delivery, safe patient care, and compliance with all applicable local, state, federal and NYC Health + Hospitals rules and regulations and nursing standards of care to improve outcomes and the patient experience.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Oversees daily nursing clinical operations and patient care delivery for one unit/department. Ensures structured safety huddles and appropriate patient assignments.
- Assists in developing policies, objectives and standards of nursing service. Assists in reviewing and recommending revisions, as needed, to unit-specific policies and procedures and interprets policies and objectives of nursing service to staff and other disciplines.
- Participates in planning, organizing, and evaluating of nursing service and/or health programs. Monitors delegation, care coordination, and escalation pathways.
- Assists in implementing organizational plans for nursing service that delineate nursing functions, define relationships with other departments/disciplines and ensure maintenance of competent nursing staff.
- Oversees daily staffing, scheduling, and equipment coverage. Makes staffing adjustments and manages overtime to achieve departmental goals and objectives, as necessary. Ensures effective use of resources within budgetary guidelines.
- In collaboration with nursing leadership, develops strategies to identify nursing candidates, retain and engage staff to ensure quality care while maintaining staff and patient satisfaction. Ensures staff are properly oriented.
- Assists in the development of administrative procedures and programs of patient care. Identifies and investigates issues or variances in practice and/or operations by participating in the Root Cause Analysis process and implements corrective action plans, as necessary.
- Directs, supervises, and evaluates activities of Supervisor of Nurses and other nursing personnel. Conducts staff performance reviews to ensure that standards of quality care are met and monitors unit-level quality indicators and patient outcomes. Supports performance management and competency validation and promotes evidence-based practice and professional development.
- Prepares and makes periodic and daily reports on administrative matters relating to staff and patient management.
- Monitors information technology infrastructure and corrects gaps in clinical nurse documentation. Reinforces policy adherence and documentation standards.
- Maintains readiness for regulatory surveys and audits.
- Participates in the direction and implementation of a quality assurance program for nursing. Leads staff participation in quality and safety initiatives and required compliance measures.
- Assesses nursing services through rounds, chart reviews and observation/evaluation of patient care.
- Participates in departmental and other relevant activities, meetings, and health care events, as required.
- Ensures adherence to established protocols during emergencies and declared disasters, while maintaining staff preparedness through clear communication of roles, responsibilities, and required training.
- Effectively applies ICARE values: Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.
- May have responsibility for planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and evaluating the nursing service in a health care setting participating in selection, placement and follow-up of patients transferred to homes.
- May assume responsibility for planning, directing, coordinating and evaluating nursing service on the weekend/evening and/or night tours. Provides guidance to nursing administrators to ensure continuity of patient care on off tours.
Minimum Qualifications
- Valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State; and
- Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in Nursing Administration or a related nursing discipline; and three (3) years of satisfactory nursing experience, one (1) year of which must have been in an administrative or supervisory capacity, which may include managing a specific department or nursing unit within a hospital or health care setting, overseeing patient care, staff management and the day-to-day operations of the department, as well as demonstrating clinical competency in relevant clinical area; or
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in Nursing; and four (4) years of satisfactory nursing experience (i.e., clinical care), two (2) years of which must have been in a clinical supervisory capacity (i.e., Head Nurse, Supervisor experience), as well as demonstrating clinical competency in relevant clinical area.
- May require Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA) depending on assignment/health care setting. If required, BLS must be obtained within sixty (60) calendar days of appointment to the title and maintained for the duration of the assignment.