Assistant Director of Nursing

Queens Hospital Center is making good on its promise to the people of southeastern and central Queens to maximize both patient convenience and positive clinical outcomes. Residents of Queens can count on the delivery of quality medical care right in their own borough. In 2002 the hospital opened a state-of-the-art, 261-bed facility that includes the Queens Cancer Center, the first comprehensive cancer treatment center in the borough.

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.

Work Shifts

7:00 A.M - 3:00 P.M

35 Hours

Alternating Weekends

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:
1. Oversees daily nursing clinical operations and patient care delivery for one unit/department. Ensures structured safety huddles and appropriate patient assignments.
2. 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.
3. Participates in planning, organizing, and evaluating of nursing service and/or health programs. Monitors delegation, care coordination, and escalation pathways.
4. 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.
5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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.
9. Prepares and makes periodic and daily reports on administrative matters relating to staff and patient management.
10. Monitors information technology infrastructure and corrects gaps in clinical nurse documentation. Reinforces policy adherence and documentation standards.
11. Maintains readiness for regulatory surveys and audits. 12. 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.
13. Assesses nursing services through rounds, chart reviews and observation/evaluation of patient care.
14. Participates in departmental and other relevant activities, meetings, and health care events, as required.
15. Ensures adherence to established protocols during emergencies and declared disasters, while maintaining staff preparedness through clear communication of roles, responsibilities, and required training.
16. Effectively applies ICARE values: Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence.
17. 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.
18. 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
1. Valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State; and
2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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.

Benefits

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program
• Union Benefits for eligible titles
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs

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