Job Summary
Job Description
Callen-Lorde is seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Nursing to lead the nursing operations at our Brooklyn location. The Director of Nursing will oversee clinical and operational nursing services, ensuring high-quality, inclusive, and comprehensive patient care. This leadership role is central to promoting wellness and preventive health, driving quality improvements, and fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the nursing team.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact by leading a dedicated team in delivering compassionate and innovative care to a diverse patient population, including LGBTQ+ individuals and those living with HIV.
Benefits:
Salary will be based on experience and will be accompanied by a comprehensive benefits package including an exceptional low cost medical plan option for you, your spouse/domestic partner and/or your family, dental insurance, vision insurance, no cost life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Tuition Assistance, commuter benefits, a generous paid time off plan, and a 403B retirement savings plan.
Job Responsibilities
Nursing Team Leadership: Oversee recruitment, training, supervision, and performance evaluation for the nursing team, including RNs, LPNs, MAs, Pharmacy Technicians, and other nursing staff. Foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.
Patient Care Oversight: Ensure the delivery of high-quality, sensitive nursing care, including triage, health education, medication administration, and laboratory services
Quality Improvement and Efficiency: Lead clinical quality improvement initiatives in collaboration with the Quality Management team. Continuously evaluate and optimize clinic workflows for maximum efficiency and productivity.
Staff Development: Conduct performance reviews for nursing administration staff. Serve as a role model for professional competence and ethical standards.
Administrative Duties: Oversee scheduling, inventory management, and purchasing of medical supplies, vaccines, and medications. Maintain quality control for laboratory services and CLIA-waived testing.
Infection Control and Safety: Obtain and oversee Infection Control certification for the Brooklyn site
Interdepartmental Collaboration: Partner with other departments to implement new programs, workflows, and interdisciplinary care models
Education and Training: Collaborate with the Research Department to develop health education materials and training curricula. Identify or create patient educational resources to enhance health literacy.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
Five plus years of supervisory/leadership experience
Three years’ experience in an outpatient clinical setting preferred.
Familiarity with infection control, DOH and OSHA regulations
Experience serving Callen-Lorde’s target populations preferred.
Experience managing diverse teams of medical professionals preferred.
Current BCLS certification.
Strong computer competency.
Desired Skills
Experience or interest in working within an LGBTQ-inclusive environment preferred.
Ability to work within team-based structure
Strong, proven ability to work with diverse populations.
Timely, effective, and attuned communicator in a matrix environment
Excellent judgment and discretion.
Demonstrated leadership and administrative/organizational skills.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills and professional demeanor.
Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred.
Commitment to the mission of Callen-Lorde.
Working Hours