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Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.
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Job Summary:
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The Department of Nursing Administration at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Assistant Director of Nursing.
Incumbents in this position function as day to day general Nursing service administrators responsible for a given unit or across several units on the evening or night shifts.
- Provides the supervision, guidance and evaluation to nursing personnel.
- Functions as consultant to staff in the management of emergent patient care or staff problems.
- Serves as a point of contact for ancillary departments in the provision and evaluation of direct services to patient care units.
- Function as liaisons with medical faculty and community physicians in matters pertaining to clinical practice.
- Responsible for the hiring, firing and evaluation of nursing personnel.
- Interprets hospital policies and procedures to staff.
- Communicates with the Associate Nursing Directors in the follow-up of identified problems.
- Assists in the preparation and monitoring of the nursing budget.
- As off-shift nursing administrator, functions as the representative of hospital administration in such matters as coordinating disasters, handing the media, resolving visitor/patient problems.
- Maintains and evaluates Quality Assurance activities and utilizes the results of these monitoring activities to initiate corrective actions and continuing education and skill development of the staff.
- Adjusts the staffing patterns to reflect the changes in patient acuity levels.
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Executive Order:
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Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu
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