Job Description

The Nurse Manager is responsible for managing the nursing practice and operations on a designated unit/service and ensuring the delivery of comprehensive health care following the philosophy, standards of practice, objectives, and policies of the Department of Nursing and the MSHS. The Nurse Manager is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of common problems related to the treatment, management, and rehabilitation of patients with pressure injuries, ostomies, wounds, and continence problems as well as patient education and competency assessment, counseling, and education of nursing staff.

This includes, but is not limited to, the management of clinical nursing practice, staff recruitment, retention, labor relations, supply chain and budget, staffing, employee performance evaluation, quality improvement, staff education, medical records, and internal and external regulatory and survey requirements.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor of Science with a major in nursing required

2. Master's Degree in Nursing required

3. Graduate of accredited Wound, Ostomy, Continence Educational Program or equivalent

4. Board Certified as a Wound, Ostomy, Continence Specialist or eligible and in process

5. Bi-lingual preferred

6. Licensed as a registered nurse with current registration in New York State

7. 2 years minimum demonstrated clinical and administrative expertise in the area of nursing practice assigned

8. Basic Life Saver (BLS) Issuing Agency: AHA

9. Age of specific Competencies: Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric

Non-Bargaining Unit, BIW - Nursing Administration - STL, Mount Sinai St. Luke's

Responsibilities

Clinical/Technical/Service

Demonstrates the ability to perform clinical/technical/service/administrative tasks:

• Develop, revise, and evaluate standards of care

• Assist in the selection of supplies, technology, and equipment

• Assure appropriate rental product utility while maintaining optimal patient safety and outcomes

• Develop, provide, and evaluate staff education programs, ie. Orientation, in-services and continuing education

Health Assessment, Treatment, and Maintenance

• Demonstrates a competent level of technical skill.

• Conducts health assessment interviews focused on the wound, ostomy, continence-related care

• Performs focused physical assessment.

• Develops a plan of care based on the diagnosis and individual client needs.

• Recommends medications and treatments as appropriate and works in partnership with medical staff to complete a medical order. Note: A credentialed NP in this role can act independently in writing medical orders..

• Works collaboratively with the health care team and makes referrals to other disciplines as indicated.

• Records, reports and interprets the patient’s responses to the plan of care.

• Teaches, counsels, and assists individuals and families to assume responsibility for the prevention of complications as they relate to patients with pressure injuries, ostomies, wounds, or continence problems

• Provides individualized devices and treatments for hospital-acquired and community-acquired pressure injuries and wounds for in-hospital patients

• Provides individualized fitting for appropriate medical equipment for in-hospital ostomy patients

• Identifies available community resources helpful to clients, and refers and assists clients in utilizing such resources.

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned areas.

Organizational/Managerial

• Demonstrates an awareness of the philosophy, standards, objectives and policies of the Patient Care Services Department and the Mount Sinai Health System.

• Provides feedback of policies affecting practice is provided to Nursing Management and the Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery as appropriate.

• Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of information.

• Participates in the department’s quality improvement activities.

• Participates in special projects and committees.

• Participates in Nursing and Hospital/System committees.

• Interviews and hires Per Diem WOCNs and participates/oversees in any disciplines if necessary of the wound care nursing team.

• Performs Performance Appraisals accordingly.

• Assesses staff nurses knowledge and skills related to wound care management

• Participates in counseling and discipline of nursing staff in accordance with organizational standards.

• Provides presentations and educational offerings.

Educational/Professional Development

• Participates in inservices, orientation, and continuing education of staff.

• Meets regulatory, licensure and annual health assessment requirements.

• Participates in research.

• Acts as a preceptor for selected students and staff.

• Maintains collaborative practice agreement with physician as required by NYS law if in a Nurse Practitioner role.

• Utilizes theories and principles of education to meet the learning needs of families, staff and self.

• Avails self of educational opportunities to maintain/enhance competence and knowledge in advances of health care delivery.

• Attends relevant workshops, conferences, and seminars.

• Determines own professional needs through ongoing self-assessment, peer and care team feedback, and evaluation of role performance and assumes responsibility for meeting those needs.

• Provides presentations and educational offerings.

• Maintains Membership in professional and related organizations is encouraged.

• Mentors and develops staff.

• Serves as a role model and resource person for professional and paraprofessional staff.

• Displays courtesy, tact and patience during interactions with all members of the hospital staff and extended community.

• Practices as a member of the interdisciplinary care team via effective and respectful communication and collaboration.

About Us

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

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Compensation Statement

Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $115494 - $173241 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.