Head Nurse-Behavioral Health Services

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 stunning complement to its inpatient acute care, allowing staff to provide patients with high-quality service in a modern, state-of-the-art environment.

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

Responsibilities

Under general supervision, directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of the nursing regimen for patients/clients within an assigned unit involving the diagnosis and treatment of responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case-finding, health teaching, health counseling, and the provision of care supportive to and restorative of life and well-being. Schedules, assigns, guides, directs, and instructs nursing personnel in nursing activities.

• Performs major duties and functions as described in the Staff Nurse position description:
  • Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho-social signs and symptoms.
  • Selects and performs those therapeutic measures essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
  • Develops, implements, and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
  • Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.
  • Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team.
  • Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.
  • Determines and assigns those components of the nursing regimen which may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.
  • Provides teaching, guidance, and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.
  • Participates in defining, implementing, maintaining, and interpreting standards of nursing practice.
  • Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.
  • Participates in determining conditions, resources, and policies essential to the delivery of nursing care services.
  • Participates in development and maintenance of a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices, and procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel.
  • Interprets philosophy and objectives of agency and Nursing Department to patients/clients, families, and other groups.
  • Maintains professional competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences.
  • Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.
• Coordinates, guides, and directs the development, implementation, and continuous evaluation of the nursing regimen for patients/clients within the unit.
• Coordinates the preparation and maintenance of nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.
• Reviews and analyzes trends pertinent to delivery of nursing care services within the unit and initiates appropriate innovations or makes recommendations for needed changes.
• Develops and maintains a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices, and procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel within a unit.
• Conducts conferences to develop nursing care plans and to promote staff development.
• When assigned to continuing education for Nursing Service, assists in planning, preparation, implementation, and evaluation of training and educational activities for nursing practitioners and allied nursing personnel.
• Coordinates and ensures unit participation in interdisciplinary health teams and conferences pertaining to health care setting and/or Systemwide initiatives, which affect nursing practice.
• Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.

Requirements

• A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
• Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).
• One (1) year of experience as a registered nurse.