Director, Nursing- Acute Care

NYU Langone Health•Patchogue, NY

1d•$128,980 - $217,137

About The Position

The Director, Nursing provides clinical leadership and management of designated acute care areas on a 24-hour basis, consistent with NYU Langone Health’s philosophy, goals, and mission. The director is accountable for nursing practice and performance in the designated areas and for meeting organizational goals and targets. The role develops and sustains an environment that supports excellent patient and family service, staff growth and development, quality nursing care, and staff engagement and satisfaction. The position is full-time, with a stated schedule of 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. It includes leadership of nursing operations, staff and budget management, quality and performance improvement, regulatory compliance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and support for evidence-based practice and nursing research.

Requirements

Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
Master’s degree in Nursing.
Certification in nursing leadership.
Ability to apply the nursing process to achieve specific outcomes related to patient and family satisfaction and quality indicators.
Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, organizational, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Pertinent clinical knowledge is preferred.
Three to five years of leadership or supervisory experience is preferred.
A doctoral degree in clinical nursing practice or research is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Foster a culture aligned with NYU’s tripartite mission to serve, teach, and discover.
Collaborate with interprofessional teams to improve quality, patient experience, and efficiency, and build productive cross-disciplinary partnerships.
Participate in developing and implementing interdisciplinary outcome standards and lead or participate in quality and performance improvement projects.
Promote positive, productive, diverse, equitable, and inclusive work and care environments that support staff attraction, retention, engagement, and recognition.
Pursue lifelong professional growth and development.
Interview, hire, develop, and evaluate departmental leaders from orientation through termination, as necessary.
Evaluate personnel performance fairly and transparently.
Model visibility, accessibility, effective communication, advocacy, and support for staff and leadership.
Contribute to strategic financial planning, make data-informed recommendations to senior leadership, establish operational and capital budgets with clinical leaders, monitor expenses, and adjust plans based on outcomes and indicators.
Use labor productivity data to coordinate care delivery and plan and evaluate staffing patterns, discharges, and volume targets.
Hold self and others accountable for exemplary, cost-efficient care.
Coordinate activities that promote service and interdisciplinary teamwork, model service standards, and lead respectfully as part of the healthcare team.
Design, implement, and evaluate programs and activities to ensure compliance with accreditation, regulatory, service, and organizational, local, state, and federal standards and policies.
Participate in developing, approving, and implementing nursing and organizational policy, incorporating shared governance.
Collect, analyze, and use data to drive practice changes and improve quality, safety, patient experience, productivity, and patient and nursing outcomes.
Participate in and foster staff involvement in nursing research and evidence-based practice.
Foster high-reliability concepts within the unit and organizational structure.
Communicate clearly and with integrity to build trust with stakeholders.
Foster inquiry, innovation, and transformation with a future-focused approach; support development of new insights, designs, programs, and processes for complex situations.
Maintain knowledge of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement and respond to Step 2 grievances in a timely manner.