Chief Nursing Officer

Marketing Statement

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 700,000 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.

Duties & Responsibilities

As a member of the executive cabinet reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is mutually responsible for the provision of high quality and cost effective patient/family care with other executive cabinet members in fulfilling Bellevue Hospital Center's mission„ She/he keeps the executive team centered on the core product and processes of Bellevue: Patient Care, She/he is accountable for assessing the care delivery system and designing structures and processes within the culture and context of Bellevue Hospital that achieves the goals and outcomes of a patient/family centered operational model The CNO achieves this through establishing productive working relationships with the medical staff, support department and being responsive to the community needs The CNO provides leadership by setting and sustaining standards for clinical practice, transmitting patient centered values and principles, developing and implementing policies, initiating programs and systems and managing resources. She/he is responsible for the development of competent staff that provides care and services in alignment with clinical and regulatory standards in a manner that is focused on patient and family needs and expectations and is satisfying to both the patient and family and staff,

I- Develops a Written Philosophy And Objectives For The Nursing Department, Which Is Compatible With The Mission, Vision, And Goals Of Bellevue Hospital Center

• Provides for the participation of staff members in developing and revising the philosophy and objective,
• Develops a plan for communicating the philosophy and objective to all members to determine the manner in which the philosophy and objectives will be used to guide the nursing program,
• Communicates and interprets the philosophy and objectives, their implementation to administration, the medical staff and other appropriate departments.
  
  

II- Establishes and implements standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice which ensures and therapeutically nursing care of patients

• Provides for the participation of staff members in the formulation of the nursing care of patients,
• Make provisions for all members of the nursing service to know the standards and their personal responsibility in upholding them,
• Establishes a plan by which each patient's nursing care is planned, given or supervised and evaluated by a professional nurse,
• Develops nursing service policies that focus on the care of the patient, favor the practice of nursing and help attract and retain qualified nursing service personnel.
• Participates in the establishment and promotion of administrative policies which enhance the practice of nursing and provide a climate which helps nursing personnel increase their professional technical and psychosocial skills,
• Participates in reviewing and revising the personnel policies of the health care facility and establishes criteria and procedures for the recruitment, selection, promotion and termination of employment of nursing personnel,
• Determines a staffing plan which will accomplish the stated objectives and standards of the nursing services and will promote the maximum utilization of all nursing personnel,
• Directs the nursing personnel and the activities of the Nursing Department,
• Organizes the Nursing Department to delineate authority, functional responsibilities, lines of relationship and communication to provide safe therapeutically effective nursing care,
• Evaluates nursing care and the climate in which it is practiced to identify achievement and problems and to provide date for forecasting and planning,
• Develops and maintains an effective system of nursing record and reports,
• Collaborates with the administrative staff, other department personnel and representatives of allied groups in planning for coordinated services to patient,
• Participates in the assessment of community health care resources for provision of continuity of care for patients within the agency on discharge and on referral to another health or nursing care facility,
  
  

III- Recommends a Departmental Budget To Implement Stated Objectives

• Makes a provision for personnel, supplies and equipment necessary to meet nursing needs of patients.
• Provides for orientation and in-service educational needs of nursing personnel, including the Performance Improvement program.
• Initiates promotes and participates when necessary in studies and research designed to assess nursing administrative practices and nursing care,
• Promotes utilization of the applicable findings of studies and research designed to assess nursing administrative practices and nursing care,
  
  

IV- Collaborates In Other Suitable Studies And Research

• Identifies the elements which may pose problems to the researchers, nursing personnel and or patients.
• Stipulates the standards of nursing care and practice that must be maintained for patients and personnel involved in research activities.
• Monitors and evaluates the Performance Improvement Program in the Department of Nursing.
• Communicates Quality Improvement findings and recommendations to the hospital wide
• QI committee and to the Governing Board.
• Participates in activities that promote one's own professional growth and development.
• Participates and promotes membership interest and participation in the activities of the professional nursing association in allied health organization and supportive of community activities.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN) issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED); and,
• A Masters Degree in Nursing Administration or a related field; and,
• Eight (8) years of satisfactory nursing experience, six (6) years of which must have been in administration or management; or,
• A satisfactory equivalent of education, training and experience. However, all candidates must have at least a Baccalaureate Degree or higher in Nursing, and be licensed and currently registered to practice as an RN in New York State.
  
  

Department Preferences

• Thorough knowledge of fundamentals of hospital organization, administration and standards, regulations and laws applicable to hospital operations, knowledge of management functions, processes and ability to direct and supervise personnel
  
  

How To Apply

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