Nurse Manager/full-time, Office-Based Procedures (OBP) - Integrated Medical Professionals PLLC/Solaris Health (Acquired by Cardinal Health) - Bethpage, NY
(2025-05)
Responsible for and oversees the entire operations of 3 office-based procedural suites at 3 sites (Bethpage, New Hyde Park, and Bronx). There are approximately 50-80 OR cases conducted weekly. Cases provided include prostate fusion biopsy, transperineal non-fusion prostate biopsies, REZUMs, Urolifts, cystoscopy, vasectomy, Seed Implants, Space Oar.
- Manage the entire OBP staff and employee relations. Provides work schedules for all employees. Reinforces employee compliance with mandatory organization requirements.
- Is the direct hiring manager for vacant positions within the OBP department.
- Accountable for overseeing the scheduling of OR cases and all issues relating to re-scheduling, cancellations, bookings, patient inquiries/requests
- Order all clinical and office supplies to maintain operations at all 3 sites, and address all procurement needs.
- Utilizes systems such as ENVI for ordering, ALLSCRIPTS PM for scheduling Bookings, Clinical Modules for EHR.
- Supports all organizational initiatives and facilitates any process and procedural changes required, as per QUAD A and regulatory requirements.
- Assists the staff with any direct care needs to render patient care.
Nursing Supervisor/per-diem - St. Mary's Hospital for Children - Bayside, NY
(2015-11 - 2019-06)
Accountable to supervise and oversee the nursing care of pediatric patients and daily operations of the 124 bedded facility on-shift.
- Works with Nursing Education as a Nurse Educator and Preceptor when needed by providing in-servicing and facilitating mandatories to various levels of nursing staff.
Nursing Supervisor/per-diem - St. Mary's Hospital for Children - Bayside, NY
(2023-05)
Assistant Director of Nursing/Flex Staff - Northwell - New Hyde Park, NY
(2025-03)
Assumes direct management and administrative responsibility for the overall operation of the Nursing Department and facility in the absence of leadership during their shift, including educating, and managing staff and developing staff.
- Carries out the System, Hospital and Nursing Service mission, vision, values and the overall strategic plan, clinical management, patient care, and quality management in all areas of the hospital as facilitated by leadership.
Director of Nursing/full-time - ACLD - Bethpage, NY
(2023-05 - 2024-12)
- Ensures adequate nursing oversight is provided to each person supported based on their healthcare needs and program requirements in accordance with OPWDD and other related NYS and Federal regulations.
- Evaluate and redistribute nursing support to respective programs based on program/individual need.
- Ensure all nurses receive training on internal policies, OPWDD, DOH and other NYS and Federal regulations.
- Ensure the consistent implementation of diet orders and diet modifications through supervision and coordination with the Dietitians.
- Ensure timely and quality medical care by coordination with internal and external medical providers.
- Participate in internal self-surveys and OPWDD certification surveys of all programs and act as a liaison between the auditors and the clinical/management team. Participate in the development and implementation of all corrective actions and ensure their ongoing regulatory compliance.
- Provide clinical and administrative direction to nursing staff through the on-call system (24 hours per day and 7 days a week).
- Develop and implement policies/procedures that promote nursing best practices in all programs.
- Analyze trends in the clinical field and respond appropriately within programs.
- Develop and manage the Nursing Department budget to ensure the fiscal integrity of the department.
- Maintain collaborative relationships with other ACLD programs and departments to maximize service coordination and integration.
Assistant Director of Nursing/full-time - St. Mary's Hospital for Children - Bayside, NY
(2019-07 - 2023-05)
Directly supervises and evaluates all services of the Nursing Department. Oversees 2 clinical units with 52 total beds.
- Responsible for monitoring appropriate job performance and completion of evaluations and coaching of all staff.
- Supports mission to provide the highest quality care by complying with regulatory guidelines, meeting facility standards, and obtaining appropriate certification.
- Participates in quality improvement programs and ensures the implementation of departmental quality activities.
- Assists the DON to maintain adequate supply of qualified staff and participation in the recruitment, interviewing, selection and development of frontline and leadership staff.
- Utilizes interpersonal understanding and uses effective communication skills to facilitate the mission of the hospital.
- Uses own knowledge and clinical experience base and other resources as necessary to make logical decisions and solve problems and contribute to the operation of the facility.
- Uses KRONOS scheduling and payroll system for approving PTO, approving payroll for staff.
- Uses the VITALACY hand hygiene system to gather and evaluate data regarding staff's compliance with hand hygiene practices in all patient care areas.
- Technology used: VOCERA and PSS (Patient Safe Solutions) communication phone.
Assistant Director of Nursing/per-diem - Northwell Huntington Hospital - Huntington, NY
(2015-12 - 2020-12)
Accountable to supervise and oversee the nursing care of in-patients of an acute care facility with 400+ beds.
- Oversees Emergency Department operations.
- Lead Patient Safety Calls and submit shift reports to reflect current throughput/census and capacity.
- Must maintain current knowledge of QI, performance improvement initiatives in the hospital, current hospital trends in healthcare, HCAHCPS/Press Ganey scores.
- Hospital has accredited its 4th re-designation as a MAGNET facility in Nursing Excellence.
- Managing of all operational and patient concerns as well as rounding in all units of the hospital.
- Involved with supplies and materials management throughout the hospital as needed.
- Participates in survey preparation and acts as a clinical resource for nursing staff in conjunction with Nursing Education.
Clinical Service Liaison- RN/PNP/full-time - Coram CVS Specialty Infusion Services - Plainview, NY
(2018-10 - 2019-07)
Grows business by recognizing opportunities to expand relationships with referral sources and partner with medical community to understand their patients' needs for a safe and smooth transition home.
- Collaborates closely with management team to present therapy programs within assigned hospitals to meet sales goals.
- Initiates, develops, and grows referral relationships with all healthcare providers to facilitate efficient coordination to home and increase number of referrals.
- Provides initial infusion set-up and patient/caregiver education on our therapy services at bedside before they are discharged.
- Utilizes strong written and verbal communication and customer service skills to interact and form relationships with key partners and patients.
- Works in a rapidly changing environment requiring multi-tasking, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving.
- Uses excellent organizational tools and technology requiring high technical skills.
Nurse Manager Newborn Nursery/Special Care Nursery (Level 2)/full-time - Northwell Huntington Hospital - Huntington, NY
(2014-11 - 2015-11)
Managing over 30 nursing staff comprised of RNs and Nursing Assistants.
- Proficient with McKesson EMR documentation, ILEARN on-line in-servicing, ACU DOSE medication dispensing machine.
- Accountable for unit budget and submission of bi-weekly budget reports.
- Has experience in investigative data collecting and investigations following occurrences.
- Involved with the hiring and progressive disciplinary actions of nursing staff.
- Involved with the implementation of new and/or revised policies.
- Has experience in dealing with and working with collective bargaining unit and union negotiations.
