Assistant Director of Nursing - Behavioral Health

About NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff.

It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown.

We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology.

In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source.

Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include : Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU);

Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer 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.

Job Description

Purpose of Position :

The Assistant Director of Nursing is an integral member of Nursing Services Administration.

Under the general supervision of the Director of Nursing, the requested Assistant Director of Nursing (ADN) will be an integral part of the Behavioral Health Department to maintain continuity after hours, weekends and holidays as well as daily operation of the department.

The ADN provides significant administrative support and assumes administrative responsibilities and clinical oversight for Patient Care Services in Adult Behavioral Health Department with latitude for independent judgment and initiative.

The Assistant Director of Nursing will coordinate patient care and operational activities under the direction of the Director.

Responsibilities of the Assistant Director of Nursing :

Promotes a positive and pleasant attitude conducive to the workplace, which promotes customer service and enhances and furthers the hospital's Mission, Vision and Value statement.

Patient Care Management / Unit Operations

Collaborates with the Director of Nursing in planning and developing programs to improve patient care and employee performance.

Periodically monitors employee's performance relative to patient care and nursing practice, e.g. compliance to policy / procedures relative to patient care assignments and the related documentation, narcotic count, code cart assessment sheet, medication administration and documentation, etc.

• Communicates patient care and service related problems on the tour to appropriate individuals timely, Assists in corrective actions / follow-up.
• Makes frequent, purposeful rounds with / without HEAD NURSE / CHARGE NURSE to assess units.
• Evaluates staffing plan and ensures that staffing is adequate to meet patient care needs.

Collaborates with peers and head nurse in developing mechanisms that improves continuous feedback relative to the current status of patient care / nursing practice issues in order to comply with hospital policy / procedure, regulatory agency mandates and standards.

Meets frequently with peers (nursing leaders / personnel) in order to :

Maintain open channels of communication.

Explore resolutions to problems.

Review / analyze quality improvement reports and effectiveness of corrective action plans / follow-up.

Periodically assess / review the master staffing plan.

Review customer service / patient satisfaction patterns.

Reviews status of disciplinary process of chronically absent / late employees.

Reviews annual and probationary evaluations of all nursing personnel on assigned tours.

Writes annual performance evaluations for staff and reviews with associates.

Periodically apprises DON of performance.

Communicates orally and in writing any problematic issues to the Director timely.

Is familiar with hospital / nursing policies and procedures / standards of practice.

Interprets policies / procedures for staff, when indicated.

Communicates to staff all new directives / policies timely.

Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor and / or designee as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Licensed and currently registered to practice as a professional nurse in New York State, plus (2) or (3), below.

2. Masters Degree in Nursing Administration, Education, Clinical Specialty or equivalent field and five years of satisfactory nursing experience, of which three years shall have been in a supervisory or teaching capacity;

or a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing and six years of satisfactory nursing experience, four years of which shall have been in a supervisory or teaching capacity.

3. A satisfactory equivalent of education and experience. However, all candidates must be licensed and currently registered to practice as a Professional Nurse in New York State.

How To Apply

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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
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs
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