Nurse Leader - PACU

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. 

Nurse Leader - M2 PACU

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: In collaboration with the multidisciplinary perioperative leadership team, the peri-anesthesia Nurse Leader is responsible for the planning, directing, and managing of clinical and operational functions of the Memorial 2 Post Anesthesia Care Unit (M2 PACU). The Nurse Leader provides clinical leadership for nursing and nursing support staff by developing and implementing programs, services, procedures, and quality nursing standards to ensure exemplary care for patients undergoing surgical, endoscopic and image guided procedures at MSK. The Nurse Leader is pivotal in offering transformational leadership by creating and sustaining a healthy work environment that supports, fosters, and promotes excellence in patient care, clinical nursing practice, and patient safety.

Role Overview:

• Work in a highly collaborative inter-professional practice environment
• Plan, direct and manage the clinical and operational functions of the M2 PACU during all hours of operation.
• Will play a pivotal role in offering transformational leadership by creating and sustaining a healthy work environment that supports, furthers and promotes excellence in patient care, clinical nursing practice, and patient safety

Key Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years recent Peri-Operative experience required.
• A Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master's degree is required (MSN preferred). Matriculating candidates will be considered.
• A NYS Registered Nurse (RN) license and registration
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Related certification required.

Core Skills:

• A cultivator of innovation who creates and champions new ways for the organization to be successful
• Excited to work effectively in a fast paced, highly productive clinical environment.
• Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with divisional, departmental, and organizational goals.
• Enthusiastic about fostering talent and supporting people in meeting their career goals and the organization's goals.
• Adaptable in approach and demeanor to meet the changing demands of evolving circumstances.

Additional Information:

• Shift: Days Monday-Friday, with weekend rotation.
• Location: Main Hospital; 1275 York Ave, New York, NY

Pay Range:

• $164,100.00-$270,900.00

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