Assistant Head Nurse-Med/Surgery

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kings County Hospital Center, part of NYC Health + Hospitals, seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to provide professional nursing care on an assigned unit.

Under supervision, you diagnose and treat health problems using nursing methods such as health teaching and counseling, and serve as a team leader guiding nursing staff. The role emphasizes maintaining professional competence through continuing education and coordinating, guiding, and evaluating nursing care.

Qualifications

• Valid New York State license and current RN registration.
• BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
• Six months of experience as a registered nurse.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care to patients within an assigned unit.
• Diagnose and treat health problems using nursing methods and education.
• Serve as team leader and assist Head Nurse in directing nursing staff.
• Develop and implement nursing regimens and care plans for patients.
• Record, monitor and update nursing care plans and progress notes.

Education

Registered Nurse (New York State license)

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Job description

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

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. Selects and performs those therapeutic measures which are essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Develops, implements and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team.
• Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.
• Determines and assigns those components of the nursing regimen which 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 development and maintenance of a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices and

procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel.

• Interprets philosophy and objectives of agency and Nursing Department to patients/clients, families and other groups.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences.
• Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.
• 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.
• Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.

Minimum Qualifications

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