Job: Director of Nursing Medical Surgical Services
Job Type: Full Time
Company Name: United Health Services
Location: New York
Category: Medical Director
Expiration: December 15, 2025
Sign‐on incentives:
Up to $25,000 sign‐on bonus for candidates who meet eligibility criteria.
Up to $5,000 relocation reimbursement for candidates who meet eligibility criteria. Talk to your recruiter to learn more.
Position ResponsibilitiesCommunication and Relationship Management:
Builds Collaborative environments by developing trusting relationships balancing concerns of individuals with organizational goals and objectives.
Communicates in a respectful manner listening to key stakeholders and following up in a timely manner.
Facilitates shared decision making through support of Shared Governance and driving decision making to the lowest level of the organization while maintaining alignment to organizational strategic goals.
Knowledge of Health Care Environment
Demonstrate knowledge of current nursing practice including roles and responsibility of the patient care team.
Aware of patient care standards as set by accrediting bodies and state guidelines. Ensures practice within areas of responsibility aligns with standards.
Develop and Maintain nursing policies and procedures backed by evidence‐based practice.
Leadership:
Provides visionary thinking promoting the art and science of nursing practice.
Remains open to new ideas and knowledge promoting curiosity and exploration of new ways of meeting patient and staff needs.
Applies self‐reflection as a tool for ongoing growth and development.
Professionalism
Contribute to the advancement of the profession through involvement in professional organizations locally, regionally or nationally.
Promote utilization of specialty knowledge from the standards of specialty professional organizations. This includes but not limited to staffing models, policies and procedures and recruitment and retention.
Promotes advancement of profession through professional certification.
Business Skills
Develop and manage annual operating budget and capital expenditure plans.
Interpret financial statements and manage financial resources.
Participate in workforce planning and provide creative solutions to manage workforce while monitoring financial impacts.
Masters in Nursing or Bachelors in Nursing and Masters in Business or HealthCare related field.
New York State Registered Nurse License or eligible
Five (5) years of clinical nursing experience
Two (2) years of nursing management experience
Professional certification in Nursing Executive (NE‐BC) or Nursing Executive Advanced (NEA‐BC). Required within 2 years of accepting position.
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Work Environment
- Work is performed in an office environment, meeting rooms, and patient care areas which require working in proximity to other employees and patients. Rooms are lighted, air conditioned, and heated.
 - Frequent sitting, walking, and standing.
 - Fast paced environment with frequent interruptions.
 - PPE (Eyewear, Masks, Face shields, Shoe covers, and Gloves) as required by UHS Hospitals Infection Control policies.
 
Age of Patients Served
- All Age Groups
 
HIPAA Roles‐Based Access to Patient Information
- All ‐ Access to patient information, including restricted information ‐ Level 4
 
Staff Supervised
- Nurse Managers (WMC and BGH ORs, Ambulatory Surgery units, PACUs, Pre‐admission Testing, and GI Lab)