Assistant Patient Care Director, Operating Room

About the role

HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment. Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.

Employment Status: Regular Full time

Responsibilities

• Provides unit leadership and serves as role model/resource; develops and sustains effective working relationships and works collaboratively to develop and sustain constructive, effective working relationships with staff on unit, service and departments to achieve optimal quality of patient care.
• Promotes the Professional Practice Model; provides, monitors and evaluates patient care and participates in providing, monitoring and evaluating the care provided to the targeted patient population through daily patient rounds.
• Establishes and maintains a nursing care delivery system consistent with the overall philosophy and goals of the department.
• Establishes and meets deadlines such as staff evaluations, action plans, staff meetings, schedules and interdisciplinary projects.
• Upholds standards/expectations of HSS staff; maintains satisfactory attendance record.
• Supports the shared governance model, facilitates staff involvement in shared governance and hospital wide committees, and maintains active engagement in council membership, serving as a co-chair to a council and committees.
• Understands the Magnet Program and integration of Magnet standards into the nursing department infrastructure.
• Supports clinical operations of the unit and department as needed, including assuming Charge nurse role, taking clinical assignments, and reviewing/adjusting staff assignments.
• Serves as a resource; posts minutes of staff meetings and other pertinent meetings monthly, establishes regular communication with entire unit staff (at minimum monthly staff meetings), rounds and maintains regular presence on off shift.
• Maintains and updates Arthroplasty and Spine materials in collaboration with Patient Care Director.
• Collaborates with the team to coordinate the plan of care for all complex patients.
• Reviews policies, post-op education material, and pediatric education/medication for all clinical areas.
• Supports staffing for all areas.
• Facilitates staff involvement in hospital wide committees.
• Maintains active engagements, council memberships and serves as co-chair on councils.
• Collaborates with Patient Care Directors and Professional Development team to facilitate staff orientation and development; assists with orientation coordination for new hires and training of float staff.
• Works collaboratively with the Patient Care Director/Nursing Supervisor to provide coverage for the unit; in their absence, will provide coverage as needed.
• Partners with Patient Care Director and works in implementing operational policies and procedures and ensures operational efficiencies.
• Works collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to improve workflow and enhance patient experience.
• Facilitates coordination and collaboration between all Inpatient units to improve patient experience and processes, including completing/monitoring NDNQI audits in collaboration with CNIIs, completing/monitoring Nursing Tracer and Environmental Tracer unit audits, utilizing the performance improvement model (Plan-Do-Study-Act) to improve patient outcomes, developing quality management and performance improvement activities, and addressing areas of weakness and developing plans for improvement.
• Utilizes the performance improvement model (Plan-Do-Study-Act) to improve patient outcomes.
• Develops and leads performance improvement activities (at least 1 per year) to address identified gaps, working in collaboration with the Patient Care Director and clinical staff.
• Completes/monitors NDNQI audits and unit specific audits that include Nursing, Environmental and clinical practice.
• Understands the Magnet Program, culture and nursing principles; supports nursing excellence and the integration of Magnet standards into the nursing and organizational infrastructure.
• Assists with driving the Magnet Model components of transformational leadership, structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge and innovations, and works to support projects addressing empirical outcomes.
• Participates in the culture of mentorship, succession planning, and drives professional development for themselves and their team.

Requirements

• 3 years of experience required.
• Strong clinical knowledge and OR experience.
• Master's degree required or currently enrolled. Program of Study: Nursing.
• Registered Nurse License (New York).
• BLS.
• CNOR Certification, or Orthopedics recognized by ANCC.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Strong clinical knowledge and experience.

Pay

The base pay scale for this position is $110,000.00 - $167,500.00. In addition, this position will be eligible for additional benefits consistent with the role. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be determined based on various factors, including but not limited to: scope of role, level of experience, education, accomplishments, internal equity, budget, and subject to Fair Market Value evaluation. The hiring range listed is a good faith determination of potential compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.

Schedule

• Sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about.
• Sitting in a comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about the department and traverse the hospital campus.
• Located in a comfortable indoor area.
• OSHA Category 3: Tasks that involve no exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues, or other potentially infectious materials, and Category 1 tasks are not a condition of employment.