Senior Registered Nurse (Kingston, Jamaica) - Heart Institute of the Caribbean

In this leadership role the Senior Registered Nurse is responsible for holding staff accountable in delivering high quality safe patient care.

About the Heart Institute of the Caribbean

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) team, based in Kingston, Jamaica, seeking to improve health and deliver excellent care.
The Heart Institute of the Caribbean is the premier center of excellence for cardiovascular care in the English-Speaking Caribbean. HIC Heart Hospital is the only dedicated full-service Specialty Heart Hospital in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. HIC provides comprehensive and sophisticated diagnosis and management of all forms of heart diseases and has multiple locations and several heart stations situated across Jamaica to improve access to care to all Jamaicans. HIC provides expert diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular care and consultative opinion locally and remotely via a network of specialists around the world linked by a global tele-medical network. Now, locals and international visitors can receive world-class cardiac care without time-consuming and life-threatening travel to distant centers. Most patients are seen, treated and released within 45 minutes.

Job overview


The Senior Registered Nurse (SRN) position is a leadership role, reporting to the CEO. In this leadership role the SRN is responsible for holding staff accountable in delivering high quality safe patient care. The SRN inspires others to perform at the top of their scope and capabilities while encouraging accountability and facilitating opportunities for growth, learning, and performance improvement. This leader ensures that all staff strive to meet international accreditation standards and maintain a culture of safety and evidence-based practice. The SRN also partakes in budget management for HIC.

Key Responsibilities of Senior Nurse

HIC is interested in contracting for up to 20 hours per week with a senior nursing leader to provide at a minimum the following services:

• Review current nursing policies and procedures and audit compliance to same among current nursing staff;
• Meet on a regular basis with key administrative and medical staff representative to review identified performance issues and initiate and/or revised programs;
• Provide at least one scheduled “shift” per week as opportunity to witness first hand issues and provide guidance on direct patient care issues for other nursing staff;
• Assist HR with recruitment of needed staff;
• Assist HR with scheduling of staff;
• Perform an audit on medical management issues;
• Schedule Nurses for duties

Qualifications and Experience

As a minimum, the post holder should have:

• Undergraduate degree in nursing or another discipline (nursing diploma with the right combination of experience may be accepted in lieu of an undergraduate degree)
• Active nursing licensure in Jamaica or ability to obtain within 3 months of hire
• 10+ years of work experience in the healthcare sector (including nursing and managerial experience)
• Proven success in change management
• Experience supervising and training nursing and allied health professional staff
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills
• Track record in forming and maintaining senior level working relationships
• Experience with electronic medical record systems
• Self-driven, forward thinking, lifelong learner
• English fluency

Preferred qualifications and experience include:

• Advanced Degree in nursing or business such as MSN, PhD, DNP, MBA
• 5+ years of hands-on nursing experience in cardiology (coronary care nursing, cardiac cath lab, telemetry etc.), acute care, or emergency services AND
• 5+ years managerial experience in an ideally for-profit healthcare institution
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate upon hire and ability to maintain (The Heart Foundation of Jamaica, American Heart Association or equivalent)
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certificate upon hire and ability to maintain- (The Heart Foundation of Jamaica, American Heart Association or equivalent)
• Prior experience as a nurse manager, nurse administrator, or DON

To be successful in this position, you will need to have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. In this nursing leadership role, you be the liaison between the non-medical clinical staff and senior management team. You will have the unique ability to integrate your clinical experience with your business acumen to inspire teams to move towards common goals. You will hold yourself and staff to high standards and play a pivotal role in strengthening HIC’s quality of care. As DON you will be expected to embody HIC’s mission, vision, and values and incorporate these into your professional activities.
Relocation support

For applicants currently based outside of Jamaica, support with relocation may be negotiated for the right candidate.

Submission of Applications

Closing date for applications: April 1, 2022
How to apply:

To apply for this position, please download the application form, complete and email along with a letter of interest and a copy of your resume to hr@caribbeanheart.com

Download application form, click HERE

You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time, once we have received sufficient applications. Please note that whilst every application will be carefully reviewed, our policy is to only contact shortlisted candidates.