Nurse Manager, Ambulatory Surgery Center

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the borough, and is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nurse Manager of our brand-new Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC). This leadership role is accountable to the Senior Director of Perioperative Services at NYU Langone-Brooklyn. A successful candidate will oversee nursing teams in the OR and pre/post areas of the ASC, including responsibilities for opening the ASC such as staffing and workflow implementation. Strong people leadership skills are essential.

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. The role involves responsibility and accountability for all facets of nursing practice and performance, fostering 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.
• Collaborates with inter-professional teams to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
• Develops positive and productive relationships across disciplines to establish strategic partnerships.
• Fosters positive and productive work and care environments, emphasizing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong professional growth and development.
• Conducts interviews, hires, develops, and evaluates departmental leadership from orientation through termination.
• Evaluates the performance of personnel in a fair and transparent manner.
• Serves as a role model by demonstrating visibility, accessibility, and effective communication.
• Participates in establishing the strategic area's financial plan and utilizes data for strategic recommendations.
• Establishes operational and capital budgets, monitors expenses, and evaluates outcomes.
• Coordinates care delivery using labor productivity data to plan and evaluate staffing patterns.
• Holds self and others accountable for delivering exemplary care in a cost-efficient manner.
• Coordinates and facilitates activities to promote service and interdisciplinary teamwork.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates programs to ensure compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards.
• Participates in the development, approval, and implementation of nursing and organizational policy.
• Collects, analyzes, and utilizes data to drive practice changes for quality, safety, and patient experience.
• Participates in and fosters staff involvement in nursing research and evidence-based practice efforts.
• Ensures staff compliance with maintaining licenses, certifications, and mandated learnings.
• Fosters high reliability concepts within the unit/organizational structure.
• Communicates with clarity and integrity to build trust with all stakeholders.
• Leads and supports innovation and transformation with a focus on the future.
• Leads the development of new insights for complex situations and innovative designs.

This role requires flexibility to work across a variety of surgical specialties and peri-operative care areas, including the ambulatory surgery center and the main operating rooms.

Requirements

• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
• Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association.
• Master's degree in nursing required.
• At least three years of pertinent clinical practice.
• Certification in nursing leadership required upon eligibility.
• Ability to apply nursing process toward achievement of specific outcomes.
• Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, organization, critical thinking, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1-2 years of leadership or supervisory experience.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Benefits

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn provides a comprehensive benefits and wellness package designed to support employees and their loved ones at any stage of life. Offerings include:

• Financial security benefits.
• A generous time-off program.
• Employee resource groups for peer support.
• Access to a holistic employee wellness program focusing on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care well-being.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $185,850.00 - $187,200.00 annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. This range does not include bonuses, incentive pay, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.