Director, Nursing - Forensics

Director, Nursing - Forensics

Summary : The Director position provides daily operational administration for nursing and other patient care in the Forensic Program at Westchester Medical Center. The Director supervises, coordinates, implements and directs ongoing administrative aspects of an assigned service line. This position will have oversight of recruitment, onboarding, training / preceptorship, competency assessment, data collection, communication with internal and external related departments, invoicing / data collection / DOH reporting and grant acquisition efforts. This position will also cover on-call for open shifts at the Valhalla and MidHudson Campuses and overall supervision of the 3 campuses, Valhalla, MidHudson and Health Alliance. The Director will recommend to the Sr. Director / Vice President of Patient Care Services those areas of clinical practice and administration requiring evaluation and change and implements nursing and other patient care programs. In the absence of the Sr. Director, incumbents are responsible for the administration of these service lines. Supervision is exercised over a large number of nursing, professional, clerical, and ancillary personnel.

Responsibilities : Academic :

• Completion of Forensic Acute Care Team – Child Abuse Pediatrics & Forensic Medicine Collaborative Practice.
• Maintain DOH and IAFN certification;
• Conduct on-site educational sessions for WMC providers and referral sources as needed

Administrative

Validate Payroll and create invoices for each FACT Examiner on a bi-monthly basis. Timely preparation of monthly invoices includes, but not limited to :

Training and Recruitment

Quality and Performance Improvement

Clinical

Education and Experience : Possession of a valid license and current registration, issued by the New York State Department of Education, as a Registered Professional Nurse, an Associate degree

Preferred : Department of Health (DOH) NY-SAFE certification and completion of SANE-A and SANE-P courses.

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