The Department of Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University seeks a TH Assistant Director of Nursing / Weekend, Holiday, Evenings, Nights (WHEN) Tour Supervisor. Job Summary The Weekend, Holiday, Evenings, Nights (WHEN) Tour Supervisor will provide hospital-wide nursing and administrative leadership during assigned off-shifts, weekends, and holidays. Reporting to the Director of Nursing/Patient Care Services, the incumbent serves as the senior on-duty administrative representative in the absence of departmental leadership, coordinates safe and effective patient care operations, oversees staffing and patient flow, responds to clinical and operational emergencies, and promotes evidence-based practice, professional development, regulatory compliance, and service excellence. Key Responsibilities & Duties • Serve as the senior administrative representative on assigned off-shifts, weekends, and holidays; oversee hospital-wide operations, anticipate operational challenges, exercise sound judgment and critical thinking, and serve as the first point of contact for problem resolution. • Collaborate with nursing and non-nursing departmental shift leaders, physicians, medical faculty, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care and hospital services. • Interpret and implement hospital and nursing policies and procedures; seek guidance from the Senior Administrator on Call as appropriate and provide timely, comprehensive shift reports. • Ensure adequate numbers of competent nursing staff by coordinating current and subsequent shift staffing based on census, patient acuity, staff competencies, safety requirements, and budget targets; collaborate with non-nursing departments on staffing and safety concerns. • Manage patient throughput by assessing patient volume, activity, acuity, available space, and staffing resources; facilitate timely admissions, discharges, and transfers. • Identify cost-effective staffing and operational solutions, use available resources responsibly, and support budget targets without compromising patient safety, quality of care, or outcomes. • Provide clinical and managerial guidance to off-shift nursing personnel, including support during high-acuity situations and emergent patient care needs. • Respond to clinical emergencies, patient safety concerns, and operational incidents; coordinate patient transfers and other interventions as necessary. • Implement the hospital Disaster Emergency Plan; coordinate emergency response and serve as incident commander until relieved by a senior administrator. • Address concerns and resolve conflicts involving patients, families, visitors, staff, and external parties with integrity, fairness, active listening, cultural sensitivity, and professional communication. • Promote nursing staff development, professional growth, and recognition through coaching, mentoring, timely and specific performance feedback, participation in performance reviews, and encouragement of professional practice. • Apply human resources policies, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and progressive discipline procedures consistently, in coordination with appropriate leadership and Human Resources. • Conduct rounds on nursing units to identify actual or potential safety risks, initiate corrective actions, and make appropriate referrals. • Support quality assurance and performance improvement through objective outcome data, safety monitoring, evidence-based nursing standards appropriate to specific patient populations, and initiatives to improve patient care. • Participate in developing, revising, and implementing nursing service policies, clinical practices, and operational improvement initiatives. • Encourage shared governance, unit-based councils, collaborative decision-making, positive interdisciplinary relationships, staff empowerment, and a respectful, supportive work environment that recognizes contributions to excellent patient care. • Promote culturally and linguistically appropriate care, patient confidentiality, HIPAA compliance, ethical nursing practice, and adherence to legal and regulatory requirements. • Use electronic medical records, Microsoft Office applications, and other clinical and administrative technology to support patient care, communication, and operational efficiency. • Maintain clinical expertise and professional accountability through leadership meetings, committees, continuing education, community nursing activities, self-evaluation against professional standards, reflective practice, adaptability, and responsibility for decisions and outcomes. • Perform other job-related duties as operational and departmental needs require. Required Qualifications • New York State Registered Nurse Licensure. • Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree. • Master of Science in Nursing Degree or current enrollment in a master’s degree program in nursing. • 5+ years of nursing experience, including at least 1+ year in a progressive leadership or supervisory capacity. • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications. • Demonstrated progressive leadership accomplishments in nursing. • Membership in at least one professional nursing organization. • Ability to obtain certification in a clinical specialty area and nursing management within the first 2-years of appointment. • Or, a satsifactory equivalent combination of experience, education and training. Preferred Qualifications • 5+ years of post-licensure nursing experience, including 3-years in a clinical specialty and 2-years of nursing management or supervisory experience, consistent with SUNY title guidance. • Current certification in a clinical specialty and/or nursing management. • Experience supervising nursing operations across multiple inpatient units during evening, night, weekend, or holiday shifts. • Experience with hospital emergency preparedness, quality improvement, patient throughput, staffing management, and interdisciplinary collaboration.