Summary

Montefiore Medical Center, located in diverse New York City is searching for a Critical Care Director to join their organization!

The Position 

• The Critical Care Director is responsible for the overall management of activities within the Critical Care department at the Einstein campus, ensuring that quality, compassionate, culturally competent, effective and efficient patient care is delivered.
• Reporting to the Senior Director of Nursing Emergency Department and Critical Care, this leader will oversee a team of six direct reports.
• This leader will work to improve quality metrics, helping the department improve patient experience across the board. This leader will also assist in helping the organization reach its Magnet status. 
• Other projects include figuring out solutions to staffing challenges and re-launching the Cardiac Surgery Program, by building a team and providing training to staff. 
• Ideal candidates will have excellent communication, team building and interpersonal skills. Must be capable of leading different generations of nurses. The ability to adapt quicky and embrace change will be critical. 

Requirements

• MSN required. 
• Active NY RN license required.
• Must possess a minimum of seven years’ experience working in a clinical environment, and at least five years’ experience in a managerial role.
• Previous Director level experience working in cardiac surgery required; experience running multiple units preferred.

The Community 

• The Bronx is a borough of New York City. It's known for Yankee Stadium, the home field of the New York Yankees baseball team.
• Despite the Bronx is the third most densely populated county in the U.S., about a quarter of its area is open space, including Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Park, Pelham Bay Park, the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo.
• Bronx is home to Poe Cottage where Author Edgar Allan Poe spent the last years of his life, home to the New York Yankees, maritime heritage as well as arts and entertainment such as off-off-Broadway shows.
• The South Bronx is also famous for being the birthplace of hip-hop and graffiti, but there's also an abundance of heartfelt new offerings in the area spearheaded by locals.
• The Bronx has changed beyond recognition in recent years to become one of the most "trendy" areas of New York. Discover the city's most cross-cultural district, over 75 different languages are spoken on its streets!

The Organization

• Montefiore Medical Center, a part of the Montefiore Health System, is a premier academic medical center and the primary teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York City.
• Montefiore Health System is comprised of 10 member hospitals and more than 200 outpatient ambulatory care sites that provide coordinated, comprehensive care to patients and their families across the Bronx, Westchester and the Hudson Valley.
• Located in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx, adjacent to our Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Montefiore Medical Center is a 421-bed private hospital.
• The centers mission, vision and values serve as our guide for pursuing clinical excellence—breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care.
• In 2020, Montefiore was ranked No. 6 New York City metropolitan area hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
• Montefiore Einstein ranks as one of the nation's best for 2022–2023, placing in the top 1% percent of hospitals for complex specialty care in cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, geriatrics, neurology & neurosurgery, and obstetrics & gynecology.

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