About NYC Health Hospitals

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 Description

Purpose of Position:

Under the guidance and direction of the Director of Nursing, the A.D.N is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and evaluating the quality of care rendered in the E.D. The A.D.N has the authority and responsibility of managing the unit in order to guarantee the quality of care for every patient assigned to the unit and is held accountable by the use of the nursing process. She/he is responsible for the implementation of the Nursing Department's philosophy and objective of nursing care into management of nursing care on the patient's unit.

Job Responsibilities:

- Receives report by making walking rounds with incoming/outgoing staff.

- Coordinates patient care by collaborating with the multidisciplinary team.

- Assess each patient needs and establishes appropriate plan of care based on Nursing Assessment and diagnosis.

- Maintains standards of care by ensuring that an individualized plan of care for each patient is developed and implemented.

- Evaluates nursing care, the patient's response to intervention and make modifications as needed.

- Delegates assignments based on staff competence and priority of patient care utilizing the departmental triage classification system.

- Supervises and assists the staff in patient assessments, documentation, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.

- Supervision of professional and non-professional personnel.

- Completes performance evaluation for assigned staff.

- Maintains attendance profiles on personnel, which will be reviewed periodically.

- Other tasks as assigned by Supervisor or designee.

Minimum Qualifications

. Licensed and currently registered to practice as a professional nurse in New York State, plus (2) or (3), below.
2. Masters Degree in Nursing Administration, Education, Clinical Specialty or equivalent field and five years of satisfactory nursing experience, of which three years shall have been in a supervisory or teaching capacity; or a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing and six years of satisfactory nursing experience, four years of which shall have been in a supervisory or teaching capacity.
3. A satisfactory equivalent of education and experience. However, all candidates must be licensed and currently registered to practice as a Professional Nurse in New York State.

How To Apply

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NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20 hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs