Director, Nursing- Acute Care

About the role

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Director, Nursing- Acute Care - NSG-CNO Office - Full-Time - 08:00 AM - 04:00 PM. In this role, the successful candidate provides clinical leadership and management of a designated care area(s) on a twenty-four-hour basis, consistent with the philosophy, goals, and mission of NYU Langone Health. Assumes responsibility and accountability for all facets of nursing practice and performance within said designated area(s), and for meeting all pertinent organizational goals and targets. Develops, fosters, and sustains an environment of excellence in patient/family service, staff growth and development, quality nursing care, and staff engagement and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Fosters a culture embedded in NYU's tripartite mission: to serve, to teach, and to discover. (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Collaborates with interprofessional team to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
• Develops positive and productive relationships across disciplines to establish strategic partnerships to achieve shared goals. (AONL-Communication & Relationship Management)
• Participates in developing and implementing interdisciplinary outcome standards.
• Participates in and/or leads interdisciplinary quality and performance improvement projects pertinent to departmental and organizational goals and objectives. (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
• Fosters positive and productive work and care environments, founded in the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion to attract and retain staff.
• Demonstrates a steadfast commitment to engaging and meaningfully recognizing staff. (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
• Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong professional growth and development (AONL-Leader Within)
• Conducts interviews, hires, develops, and evaluates departmental leadership from orientation through termination, if necessary, according to established standards. (AONL-Business skills & Principles)
• Evaluates the performance of personnel in a fair and transparent manner. (AONL-Communication & Relationship Management)
• Serves as role model by demonstrating visibility, accessibility and effective communication that conveys a strong sense of advocacy and support for staff and leadership. (AONL-Leader Within)
• Participates in establishing the strategic areas financial plan and utilizes data to make strategic recommendations to senior leadership. Establishes the operational and capital budgets for the strategic area (salary and non-salary where applicable), in conjunction with the clinical leaders; monitors expenses as balanced with patient volume and other indicators; and evaluates outcomes, making modifications and adjustments as indicated. (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
• Coordinates care delivery using labor productivity data to plan and evaluate staffing patterns, discharge and/or volume targets, and to assist clinical leaders to plan and to validate staffing patterns. (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
• Holds self and others accountable for the delivery of exemplary care in a cost-efficient manner. (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Coordinates and facilitates activities to promote service and interdisciplinary teamwork. Role models service standards in actions and communications with patients, families, staff and other disciplines. Functions as a respectful leader of the health care team. (AONL-Professionalism, AONL-Communication & Relationship Management)
• Designs, implements, and evaluates programs and activities to ensure compliance with accreditation, regulatory standards, service standards and policies at the organizational, local, state, and federal level (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Participates in the development, approval, and implementation of nursing and organizational policy, incorporating the precepts of shared governance (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment, Communication & Relationship Management)
• Collects, analyzes, and utilizes data to drive practice changes that integrate quality, safety, patient experience, and productivity metrics to achieve excellence in patient and nursing outcomes. (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Participates in and fosters staff involvement in nursing research and evidence-based practice efforts. (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Develop