Assistant Head Nurse - Emergency Services (Adult)

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals is seeking a Staff Nurse to provide professional nursing care within an assigned unit. You will lead a team, develop and evaluate care regimens, and ensure accurate care plans and progress notes.

Collaborative care with interdisciplinary teams is essential to deliver high-quality patient outcomes. The role requires an active NY RN license, current BLS certification, and at least six months of RN experience.

Qualifications

• Valid New York State RN license and current registration.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Six months of experience as a registered nurse.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional nursing care to patients within an assigned unit.
• Serves as a team leader and guides nursing personnel in care activities.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates nursing regimens for patients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes for continuity of care.
• Interprets patient responses and reports them to the health team.
• Participates in planning a comprehensive patient care program with the health team.
• Coordinates nursing care with allied personnel and directs their tasks.
• Provides teaching and guidance to allied nursing staff.
• Participates in setting and maintaining nursing practice standards.
• Contributes to departmental and interdisciplinary policy discussions related to nursing practice.
• Supports development and evaluation of nursing care systems.

Skills

Nursing care

Team leadership

Patient education

Care planning

Continuing education

Education

RN license (NY)

BLS certification

Job description

Purpose of Position

Under supervision, provides professional nursing care to patients/clients within an assigned unit. Diagnoses and treats responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case finding, health teaching, health counseling and the provision of care supportive to and restorative of life and wellbeing. Serves as a team leader and assists Head Nurse in guiding and directing nursing personnel in nursing care activities.

Examples of Typical Tasks

• Performs major duties and functions as described in the Staff Nurse position description.
• Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho-social signs and symptoms, selecting and performing therapeutic measures essential for effective nursing regimens.
• Develops, implements and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes to ensure continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports patient responses to appropriate members of the health team.
• Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.
• Determines and assigns components of the nursing regimen that may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.
• Provides teaching, guidance and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.
• Participates in defining, implementing, maintaining and interpreting standards of nursing practice.
• Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.
• Participates in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to the delivery of nursing care services.
• Participates in the development and maintenance of a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices and procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel.
• Interprets philosophy and objectives of the agency and Nursing Department to patients/clients, families and other groups.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences.
• Assists in coordinating, guiding and directing the development, implementation and continuous evaluation of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients and others within the unit.
• Conducts conferences to develop nursing care plans and to promote staff development.

Minimum Qualifications

• A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
• Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association.
• Six (6) months of experience as a registered nurse.