ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING - PER DIEM

The Assistant Director of Nursing maintains standards of the practice for nursing as defined by the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice and Nursing's Social Policy Statement.
The Assistant Director of Nursing actualizes the vision, mission, values, balanced scorecard and performance measures for Montefiore Medical Center.
The Assistant Director of Nursing participates in performance improvement/research activities; maintains professional practice standards and clinical expertise; and demonstrates leadership skills. The Assistant Director of Nursing demonstrates core and unit specific competencies based on the patient population served. The position is responsible for all administrative issues and the coordination of fiscal, human
and other resources needed to provide patient care services within the medical center. The ADN role models service excellence. They participate in performance improvement and research activities; maintains professional practice standards; and demonstrate leadership and management skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Integrates the standards of excellence into daily clinical practice.

-Identification of actual and potential high-risk situations and quality issues with appropriate intervention as needed including resolution, recommendation, referral, escalation and reporting.
-Facilitate patient access.
-Assessment of patient and family needs. -Appropriate intervention in the management of patient care.
-Management of fiscal, human and other resources to provide appropriate patient care and in alignment with the MMC Balanced Scorecard Measures.

REQUIREMENTS:

- NY State Registered Professional Nurse License and current registration.
- Baccalaureate degree in Nursing or related field.

- Minimum of 3 years management experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral).
- Effective management skills necessary to organize direct and evaluate the activities of patient care off shift operations.
- Ability to apply and utilize the balanced scorecard measures (customer service, financial, innovation and growth, and performance improvement).
- Critical thinking and analytic skills necessary for problem solving and clinical decision-making.
- Computer literacy.

PREFERRED QUALITIES:

- Master of Science degree in Nursing or related field preferred.
- American Nurses Credentialing Center Certification in Nursing Administration or Advanced Administration preferred.