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The Jewish Board of Children and Family Services Supervising Nurse in Bronx, New York

Make a bigger difference

At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you'll love working with us:

  • If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.
  • We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.
  • With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.
  • Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.
  • We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.
  • You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

The Agency Operated Boarding Homes (AOBH) program consists of 4 homes located in the Bronx. Each home provides a home like setting for 6 youth either ages 14-17 years old or ages 17-21 years old. Two of the homes serve male residents and the other two serve youth who identify as LGBTQAI+. All youth are referred to us through ACS. Our residents have experienced significant trauma, resulting in behavioral and emotional issues. The AOBH offers a small home like setting, physical and emotional support, family connections and visitation, educational, social and clinical support and opportunities, age appropriate recreational activities, and aftercare planning for youth and young adults. The Supervising Nurse will be responsible for the day to day coordination of client medical care, oversees all administrative functions in the program medical department. Supervises all RN in the department..

Some responsibilities include but not limited to:
  • Oversee all aspects of the medical/nursing department(s) in the program.
  • Implement and integrate medical protocols into the management of client medical diagnoses.
  • Directly supervise nurses assigned to this supervisor. Will meet weekly with each of these nurses and document each meeting. Complete weekly Dayforce for this staff, and annual evaluation.
  • Administer medication to clients within scope of practice. Provide support to staff who oversee client's medication administration procedures.
  • Venipuncture for lab draws.
  • Medical representative at interdisciplinary team meetings.
  • Oversight and supervision of nursing staff.
  • Coordination of AMAP training with the director of medical quality.
  • Assist in addressing the medical component of audits conducted by regulatory bodies and COA as well as internal audits.
  • May coordinate, prepare and distribute all routine administrative medical reports, as required by any licensing and / or regulatory bodies.
  • Participate in client education programs on relevant health related issues.
  • Provide staff ongoing education and tools in order to ensure appropriate responses to medical concerns at all times.
  • Assist in pharmacy reviews and medication security procedures.
  • Collaborate with community hospital leadership and staff to promote collaboration and continuity of care across settings for clients during all phases of hospitalization.
  • Work closely as a liaison with program psychiatric and primary care prescribers.
  • Coordinate with school nurses to facilitate nursing care and medical requirements for all residential clients who attend outside educational facilities.
  • Participate in ongoing agency medical leadership meetings.
  • Perform ongoing Electronic Health Record reviews to ensure both regulatory compliance as well as opportunities for Quality Improvement.
  • Assure that any medical problems / issues are communicated to the Primary Care Practitioner and Administrator(s) as necessary, including a follow-up.
  • Upon successful completion of CPR and/or any other train the trainer programs as directed by leadership the RN will perform certifications for staff as needed.
  • Able to respond to after-hours medical crisis calls to provide telephone guidance to Program Staff and follow up appropriately.
  • Other tasks as indicated by leadership.

TO QUALIFY:
  • Excellent leadership skills.
  • Excellent resident engagement skills
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work independently as well as with a team
  • Valid driver's license

EDUCATION / TRAINING PREFERRED:
  • Minimum education level of a BSN or RN.
  • Position may require specialized expertise in the area of mental health, developmental disorders, crisis intervention, AIDS or infectious disease or other areas as deemed appropriate for the program's needs.
  • Should be familiar with standard reporting requirements as dictated by those bodies to whom the division is accountable.

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:
  • Generous paid time off in addition to agency holidays and 15 sick days
  • Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
  • Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
  • Free continuing education opportunities
  • 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
  • Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
  • 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee
Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

Other details
  • Job Family Clinical Staff [300s]
  • Job Function Supervisors
  • Pay Type Salary
  • Employment Indicator 8833 - Hospital - Professional Employees
  • Min Hiring Rate $115,000.00
  • Travel Required Yes

Minimum Salary: 16 Maximum Salary: 115000.00 Salary Unit: Yearly

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