Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.
With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.
As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.
Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none.
Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Medisys Health Network) is a 408-bed fully accredited community teaching hospital, with a Level I Trauma Center, located in Queens, NY. We currently have an Assistant Head Nurse career opportunity in our Telemetry Department. Job Duties: The will Assistant Head Nurse report to Clinical Nurse Manager. Selected candidate will manage a 39 bed Telemetry unit. He/she will be responsible for creating an environment in which autonomy is nurtured, encouraged and reflected in a highly competent workforce capable of providing quality care. Job Responsibilities: · Coordinates care delivery and assignment of staff based upon identified patient care needs and clinical competency for optimal unit operation and patient outcomes. · Manage staff shift assignments (i.e. validate incoming shift assignment and scheduling staff for extra/open shifts). · Conducts daily start of shift huddles with staff to ensure high-quality patient care services is being provided and staff performance is consistent with departmental program and organizational goals. · Conducts patient experience rounds on all patients to address concerns and provide service recovery in real time to ensure excellent clinical patient care service outcomes. · Assist and support staff with clinical tasks and duties. · Collect data on performance Improvement (PI) projects and monthly assessments on Sepsis review tool. Employees of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center are committed to serving our patients and the community in a way that is second to none by embracing a compassionate care environment throughout our entire organization. We are a caring group of colleagues, passionate for creating positive patient and colleague interactions by fostering a culture that respects and embraces diversity and inclusion. If you are dedicated to caring for the well-being of others and share our same values, we welcome you to join our JHMC family! Job Type: Full-time > Salary: $44.00 to $46.00 /hour
• Registered Nurse License-NYS, • Current ACLS, BLS from American Heart Association • BSN degree required, Master's Degree in Nursing or health-related area preferred • Three years of clinical practice in the care of patients requiring Telemetry monitoring • The ability to apply nursing process toward the achievement of clinical outcomes and objectives • The ability to work inter-professionally to organize and address patient/family satisfaction
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