Assistant Head Nurse – Telemetry Department – NIGHT SHIFT

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 Assistant Head Nurse will 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.

Job Type: Full-time > Salary: $44.00 to $46.00 /hour 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!