Head Nurse - Medicine, Surgery

Since 1875, South Brooklyn Health has established its reputation for clinical excellence and culturally competent care. It holds designations as a Certified Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Center, an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, an accredited Baby-Friendly Hospital, and a U.S. News & World Report high-performing hospital. The hospital's staff is as diverse as the patients they serve, with interpreter services available 24/7 in over 130 languages. At NYC Health + Hospitals, the mission is to deliver high-quality healthcare services without exception. Every employee embodies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships.

Responsibilities

Under general supervision, directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of the nursing regimen for patients/clients within an assigned unit. This involves diagnosing and treating responses to actual or potential health problems using nursing methods and techniques such as case-finding, health teaching, health counseling, and providing restorative care.

• Schedules, assigns, guides, directs, and instructs nursing personnel in nursing activities.
• Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho-social signs and symptoms.
• Selects and performs therapeutic measures essential for executing the nursing regimen.
• Develops, implements, and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes to ensure continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports patient/client responses to appropriate health team members.
• Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan comprehensive patient care programs.
• Determines and assigns components of the nursing regimen that 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.
• Engages in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.
• Participates in determining conditions, resources, and policies essential to delivering nursing care services.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of a system for evaluating nursing care, practices, and procedures, including personnel evaluation.
• Interprets the philosophy and objectives of the agency and Nursing Department to patients, families, and other groups.
• Maintains professional competence through continuing education and other 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 within the unit.
• Reviews and analyzes trends pertinent to the delivery of nursing care services and initiates appropriate innovations or recommendations.
• Develops and maintains a system for evaluating nursing care, practices, and procedures, including personnel evaluation within the unit.
• Conducts conferences to develop nursing care plans and promote staff development.
• When assigned to continuing education, assists in planning, preparation, implementation, and evaluation of training activities for nursing practitioners and allied personnel.
• Coordinates and ensures unit participation in interdisciplinary health teams and conferences affecting nursing practice.

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 Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).
• One (1) year of experience as a registered nurse.