Assistant Director of Nursing - Pediatric Primary Care

About the Facility

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is a 457-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The facility has earned numerous Center of Excellence designations, accreditation, and recognition for its renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, regional Stroke Center, Snakebite Treatment Center, Breast Health Center, Bariatric Surgery Center, and Cancer Service. The facility also offers the region’s only multi-person hyperbaric chamber, allowing up to nine patients to dive together at one time. Jacobi’s Ambulatory Care Pavilion is a modern, state-of-the-art complement to its inpatient acute care, providing high-quality service in a contemporary environment.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, the mission is to deliver high-quality healthcare 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.

Responsibilities

Under general supervision of the Associate Director of Nursing, assists with the planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and evaluating of nursing service and education programs of the hospital, diagnostic and treatment center, or a major unit within the Department of Nursing.

• Assists in developing policies, objectives, and standards of nursing service and education.
• Assists in the preparation of personnel, supply, and equipment budgets.
• Assists in the development of administrative procedures and programs of patient care.
• May have responsibility for planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and evaluating the nursing service in a major clinical division or a home health agency, including patient selection, placement, and follow-up.
• Assists with the planning, organization, and conduct of a nursing education program.
• May assume responsibility for planning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating nursing service on evening and night shifts.
• Directs activities of Supervisor of Nurses.
• Prepares and makes periodic and daily reports on administrative matters relating to staff and patient management.
• Participates in the direction and implementation of a quality assurance program for nursing.
• Attends and chairs regular staff meetings with nursing personnel.
• Assesses nursing services by making rounds, conducting chart reviews, and evaluating patient care.

Requirements

• Licensed and currently registered to practice as a professional nurse in New York State.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing Administration, Education, Clinical Specialty, or equivalent field, plus five years of satisfactory nursing experience, of which three years shall have been in a supervisory or teaching capacity; or
• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing and six years of satisfactory nursing experience, four years of which shall have been in a supervisory or teaching capacity.
• A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience. All candidates must be licensed and currently registered to practice as a Professional Nurse in New York State.