Assistant Head Nurse - Ambulatory Care

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services. At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care 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.Job DescriptionPurpose of Position:Under the direction of the Head Nurse/Assistant Director/Associate Director of Nursing is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and evaluating the quality of care rendered to Behavioral Health Adult patients. As the AHN, s/he has the authority and responsibility of managing the unit to ensure quality care for every patient in the unit and is held accountable by the use of the nursing process. S/he is responsible for the implementation of the Nursing Department philosophy and objectives of Nursing Care through the use of the Departmental and Nursing Policies and procedures. Serves as a team leader and assist Head Nurse in guiding and directing nursing personnel.Responsibilities:- Assist with direct nursing care of patient when required.- Checks time and attendance for employees (tardiness, unscheduled absences) and reports concerns to Head Nurse.- Collaborate with other health care professionals in the care of patients and includes the family.- Coordinates all patient care activities in the unit.- Conduct meetings with staff to communicate the implementation of policies, care innovations, new/revised/discontinuance of practices, policies, equipment, supplies, etc.- Conducts interdisciplinary rounds, huddles, conferences and referrals as needed.- Conducts, participated in the disciplinary process.- Contribute to employee performance appraisal on the off shift.- Coordinates all patient care activities in the unit.- Creates staff assignments based on census, acuity and staff experience and skill level of the staff.- Delegates staff to perform the following assignments including but not limited to vital signs, checking of code carts, checking logs (Refrigerator, Defibrillator and other unit specific logs).- Follows up staff educational profile compliance in coordination with Head Nurse/ Assistant Head Nurse.- Develops a plan of care that is individualized for the patient reflecting collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.- Observes symptoms or changes in patient's care status and responds appropriately.- Review and assist with the balancing of the staff schedule.- Request and receives reports from staff. The conditions of patients and significant occurrences observed.- Reports directly to the Head Nurse/Assistant Director of the Unit/Department.Minimum Qualifications1. A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State; and2. Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA); and3. Six (6) months of experience as a registered nurse.NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per weekRetirement Savings and Pension PlansLoan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employeesPaid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contractsCollege tuition discounts and professional development opportunitiesMultiple employee discounts programs