Clinical Director RN

NYU LANGONE HEALTH is a world‑class, patient‑centered, integrated academic medical center, known for its excellence in clinical care, research, and education. It comprises more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children’s hospital, three emergency rooms and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Assistant Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery, Evening Shift. In this role, the successful candidate Provides clinical leadership and management for a designated time period (shift) for a patient care unit (or clinical service in operative and ambulatory settings), consistent with the philosophy and goals of the institution, Departments of Nursing, unit, or program.

Assists the Nurse Manager to develop and sustain an environment of excellence in patient / family service, growth and development of staff, and to apply evidence based practice to improve patient care.

• Collaborates with the Nurse Manager and Instructor in identifying, addressing, and utilizing available resources to meet the learning needs of professional and ancillary staff members.
• Identifies, initiates investigation and proactively responds on an immediate basis to potential and actual risk management issues per standards and institutional policies, reporting same to Nurse Manager and to leadership on duty as indicated. Works with the Nurse Manager and other nursing leadership to facilitate and support a 24 hour environment conducive to creativity in practice and cooperation with all members of the health care team.
  
  Participates in interviewing and selecting staff for the unit or clinical service.
• Functions as a respectful member of the health care team. Ensures pertinent communication of patient care and unit related issues from nursing staff on surrounding shifts. Coordinates patient care services for optimal efficiency with nursing leadership and other disciplines as indicated.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the organizations Service Standards and incorporates them into the performance of responsibilities.
• Assists Nurse Manager with scheduling and staffing for optimal availability of resources. Establishes, and adjusts as needed, the assignment of nursing staff to patients based on unit specific standards, staff competency, and acuity of patients. Provides leadership for coordination of unit activity, serving as a role model and resource during a designated period of time (shift).
• Supports the mission, philosophy, standards, goals and objectives of the institution, department, unit, and service line.
• Participates in the development, promulgation, and implementation of process standards for the delivery of patient care relevant to area of practice.
• Serves as a role model for staff in considering needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups. Serves on the Airway Team as designated, and responds to clinical or other emergencies as needed.
• Assists in facilitating a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to achieve optimal patient care outcomes.
• Demonstrates awareness and recognition of the clinical plan of care on a twenty‑four hour continuum. Ensures and participates in providing ongoing patient / family education to facilitate discharge planning consistent with the individual needs of the patient/family.
• Provides direct patient care as needed to support the clinical operations of the unit.
• Asumes…