Alecia Bailey-Wilson
Mount Vernon,NY
Summary
Transformational behavioral health nursing leader with over 25 years in advancing clinical operations and quality improvement. Recognized for driving interdisciplinary collaboration, workforce development, and regulatory readiness while mentoring future nurse leaders to enhance patient safety and experience.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL - ALLEN
NY, NY
02.2024 - Current
- Provide strategic clinical and operational leadership for a 24-bed adult inpatient behavioral health service while serving as a trusted leadership partner to the Patient Care Director in advancing operational excellence, professional nursing practice, workforce development, patient safety, quality improvement, and regulatory readiness.
- Partner with the Patient Care Director to implement strategic initiatives that strengthen patient care delivery, workforce engagement, professional nursing practice, operational excellence, and organizational performance.
- Collaborate with physician leadership, nursing leadership, and interdisciplinary teams to support daily operations of the inpatient behavioral health and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) programs.
- Direct recurring Behavioral Health Service Line quality surveillance through clinical and regulatory audits, identifying trends and partnering with leadership to implement corrective action plans supporting Joint Commission readiness.
- Collaborate with nursing leadership to improve patient flow, admissions, discharges, bed utilization, and operational efficiency.
- Previously chaired and currently serve as a member of the Behavioral/Psychiatric Unit Practice Council, advancing shared governance, evidence-based practice, frontline nurse engagement, and Magnet principles.
- Lead interdisciplinary safety huddles, behavioral event debriefings, and process improvement initiatives that strengthen communication, accountability, and patient safety.
- Interview, onboard, mentor, and coach behavioral health nurses while supporting competency development, annual performance evaluations, and succession planning.
- Develop and deliver educational programs addressing psychiatric diagnoses, therapeutic communication, behavioral crisis intervention, verbal de-escalation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Serve as a Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) responder and maintain cross-training within the Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) program to strengthen operational flexibility and continuity of care.
- Lead weekly therapeutic patient community meetings in partnership with the interdisciplinary team, strengthening recovery-oriented care and contributing to measurable improvements in patient experience indicators.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Essen Health Care
The Bronx, New York
09.2023 - Current
- Provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, diagnosis, medication management, and evidence-based treatment across the lifespan while collaborating with interdisciplinary providers to improve behavioral health outcomes.
Charge Nurse - Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN - COLUMBIA
NY, NY
03.2022 - Current
- Provide operational leadership for a 24-bed adult inpatient behavioral health unit by coordinating staffing, patient flow, admissions, discharges, interdisciplinary collaboration, and crisis management to ensure safe, efficient, patient-centered care.
- Direct daily clinical operations while balancing staffing resources, patient acuity, admissions, transfers, and discharges.
- Serve as the clinical leader during psychiatric emergencies, coordinating interdisciplinary responses and complex clinical decision-making.
- Promote accountability, teamwork, and patient safety through leadership rounding, coaching, conflict resolution, and frontline staff support.
- Foster collaborative relationships among physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, Mental Health Workers, security personnel, and ancillary departments to optimize patient-centered behavioral healthcare.
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) - Psychiatric Mental Health
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS06-2027
Post-Master Certificate - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Hunter College
New York, NYPost-Master Certificate - Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Molloy College
Rockville Centre, NYPost-Master Certificate - Nursing Education
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZMaster of Science - Nursing
Lehman College
Bronx, NYBachelor of Science - Nursing
Pace University
Pleasantville, NYSkills
- Behavioral Health Operations
- Clinical Operations
- Professional Nursing Practice
- Shared Governance
- Magnet Principles
- Joint Commission Readiness
- Quality Improvement
- Regulatory Compliance
- Workforce Development
- Recruitment & Retention
- Performance Evaluations
- Staff Engagement
- Patient Experience
- Patient Flow
- Change Management
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Executive Communication
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Crisis Leadership
- ECT Operations
Certification
- New York Registered Professional Nurse
- New York Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- PMHNP-BC
- CNS-BC
- Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)
- Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN)
- ACLS
- BLS
Professional Leadership
Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) Responder; PSL Quality Council Member; Patient Experience Laboratory Participant; Behavioral Health Service Line Quality Auditor; Former Chair, Current Member, Behavioral/Psychiatric Unit Practice Council; Co-Presenter, Managing Patients with Challenging Behaviors, New York-Presbyterian Medicine Nursing Symposium (2024, 2025); Poster Presenter, An In-Patient Psychiatric Unit's Evaluation of Efficiency During Change of Shift: A Comparison of Two Approaches; Poster Presenter, Psychological Approaches for Inpatient Isolated Psychiatric Patients; DAISY Award Recipient; American Psychiatric Nurses Association; American Nurses Association; New York State Nurses Association
Leadership Impact
- Operational Excellence - Strategic leadership partner supporting clinical operations, workforce engagement, quality improvement, and patient experience.
- Collaborate with executive nursing leadership on specialty retreats, employee recognition initiatives, and professional development programs.
- Collaborate through the Patient Experience Laboratory to improve patient-centered care and service excellence.
- Contribute to organizational committees advancing Magnet principles, professional nursing practice, evidence-based care, and nursing education.
- Quality, Safety & Workforce Development - Lead Behavioral Health Service Line quality surveillance through recurring clinical and operational audits.
- Reduced nursing shift handoff time by 20% through implementation of a standardized written SBAR communication process as part of a performance improvement initiative.
- Strengthen the behavioral health workforce through recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, mentoring, competency development, performance evaluations, and leadership coaching.
- Develop future nurse leaders through structured orientation, preceptorship, succession planning, and professional development.
Key Leadership Outcomes
- Strategic leadership partner to the Patient Care Director supporting behavioral health operations, workforce development, quality improvement, and professional nursing practice.
- Improved nursing shift handoff efficiency by 20% through implementation of a standardized written SBAR communication process as part of a unit-based performance improvement initiative.
- Direct recurring Behavioral Health Service Line quality surveillance through clinical and operational audits supporting Joint Commission readiness and regulatory compliance.
- Previously chaired and currently serve as a member of the Behavioral/Psychiatric Unit Practice Council, advancing shared governance, professional nursing practice, frontline nurse engagement, and Magnet principles.
- Lead weekly therapeutic patient community meetings that contributed to measurable improvements in patient experience indicators, including perceptions of teamwork among caregivers, communication, and responsiveness to patient needs.
- Mentor behavioral health nurses through onboarding, competency validation, preceptorship, leadership coaching, and succession planning.
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL - ALLEN
02.2024 - Current
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Essen Health Care
09.2023 - Current
Charge Nurse - Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN - COLUMBIA
03.2022 - Current
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) - Psychiatric Mental Health
Fort Hays State University
Post-Master Certificate - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Hunter College
Post-Master Certificate - Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Molloy College
Post-Master Certificate - Nursing Education
University of Phoenix
Master of Science - Nursing
Lehman College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Pace University