Head Nurse - Psychiatry

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 500,000 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.

Job Description
• Direct the development, implementation and evaluation of the nursing regimen for patients/clients within an assigned unit involving the diagnosis and treatment of responses to actual potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case finding, health teaching, health counseling and the provision of care supportive, restorative and well-being.
• Coordinates the preparation and maintenance of nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients. Assess each patient needs and establishes appropriate plan of care Based on Nursing Assessment and diagnosis.
• Maintains standards of care by ensuring that an individualized plan of care for each patient is developed and implemented.
• Coordinates patient care by collaborating with multidisciplinary team to develop plans to meet the needs of patient and family.
• Initiates patient care rounds with physicians and participates with team in developing priorities of patient care.
• Communicates effectively with the patient/family, medical, nursing, and other staff during treatment planning and implementation of the plan.
• Schedules, assigns, guides, direct and instruct nursing personnel in nursing activities.
• Monitors Quality improvement activities and ensures that staff collects data and submits written reports monthly.
• Supervises professional and non-professional personnel.
• Demonstrates ability in performing Psychiatric Nursing skills proficiently.

Minimum Qualifications
1. A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State; and
2. Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA); and
3. One (1) year of experience as a registered nurse.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs