Asst Director Nursing - Medical K5

We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care.

The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties;
Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

Under the Direction of the AVP of Nursing, the Assistant Director of Nursing directs the clinical and administrative functions of assigned nursing units to ensure high quality, effective patient care and effective use of labor and non-labor resources. Works with the senior nursing management leadership team to evaluate nursing services and patient care; assists with planning, developing, and implementing policies, procedures and standards for patient services and monitors reporting units for compliance.

Participates in the selection and development of effective leadership teams of clinical managers and professional staff.

Works with the senior nursing management leadership team in establishing unit goals and objectives and periodically evaluates progress towards goals, consistent with Maimonides Health’s goals. Assists with planning, developing, and implementing policies, procedures and standards for patient services and monitors reporting units for compliance. Participates in designing protocols and documentation tools for assign Nursing area(s); defining nursing responsibilities and roles in new procedures.

Works with the senior nursing management leadership team and members of the healthcare team to develop, monitor, implement and evaluate nursing standards. Evaluates training and educational needs of staff, in conjunction with the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) orientation programs and in-services for nurses and other Emergency Medicine Staff. Documents develops and implements nursing conferences and meetings as appropriate. Provides and communicates information to members of the healthcare team on a variety of clinical and administrative matters (e.g., new products, equipment and techniques);

assesses and evaluates the process of new programs, and makes recommendations to management on implementation and/or acquisition of new products/techniques; conducts in-services as required. Assists the senior nursing management leadership team in identifying CQI projects. Works with leadership in developing, implementing and monitoring quality assurance projects as well as analyzing data. Participates in the selection, hiring, and supervision of clinical leadership and professional staff;

initiates disciplinary action, carries out annual performance appraisal of employees, recommending promotions, raises, training, etc. Assists the Director of…