Episcopal Health Services
Episcopal Health Services, Inc. (EHS), located in Queens, New York, seeks nominations and applications for its Director of Nursing, Oncology. This is an exciting opportunity for a quality-focused nursing leader to guide patient care in oncology services throughout the region, while partnering with medical staff to ensure a focus on delivery of care and superb outcomes. The Director of Nursing, Oncology will be a nursing leader, with exceptional knowledge on all aspects of patient care and the delivery of oncology services.
Reporting to the Ambulatory Executive Director of Nursing and up to the Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, the Director of Nursing, Oncology will collaborate with nursing leaders, nursing staff and physicians across the service line to position EHS as a community-focused and high-quality care provider of oncology services.
Priorities for the new leader include delivering exceptional patient care (in coordination with EHS' medical and administrative leadership) across the oncology service line. Accountabilities include supporting patient outcomes relative to patient flow, clinical outcomes, patient engagement, overall clinical efficiency, and the delivery of culturally competent and consistent care across the service line (in coordination with EHS' care continuum). The ability to develop productive relationships with nursing staff, physicians and EHS' Executive Leadership Team will be key deliverables for the new leader.
The Director of Nursing, Oncology has responsibility for unit management, as it relates to patient safety, patient care standards, and adherence to relevant regulatory and compliance standards.
EHS, the largest employer on the Peninsula, has a dedicated team of more than 400 physicians, over 1,500 employees, and many committed volunteers. St. John's Episcopal Hospital is Episcopal Health Services, Inc.'s main campus location. The 257-bed acute care facility is widely recognized as the only hospital providing emergency and ambulatory care to the densely populated surrounding communities that are culturally and economically diverse and medically underserved. EHS is dedicated to promoting health care equity and ensuring that all oncology patients have access to high quality care, regardless of their background, circumstances or ability to pay.
The successful candidate will be a nursing leader with at least five years of experience in a progressive healthcare nursing leadership role and a minimum of three years of experience in an oncology nursing leadership role. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and ONC certification are required. The expected salary for this position is $215,000.
Confidential expressions of interest, nominations and applications are welcomed and can be submitted via the WittKieffer candidate portal.