Clara Maass Medical Center names chief nursing officer

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Clara Maass Medical Center announced on Wednesday the appointment of Teresa DiElmo as chief nursing officer and vice president for patient care services.

DiElmo, will lead all aspects of nursing and the more than 700 nurses employed at Clara Maass Medical Center.

“Terri has the perfect blend of knowledge, talent and expertise in nursing, strategic planning and development, and in quality of care and patient safety outcomes in which to lead the nursing and patient care operations with excellence. Throughout her career, she has been instrumental in building and elevating nursing teams within an ever-evolving health care environment, and I am delighted to have her as part of our executive leadership team,” said Mary Ellen Clyne, president and chief executive officer at Clara Maass Medical Center.

Prior to joining the team at Clara Maass Medical Center, DiElmo served as assistant vice president for patient care services at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, a 665-bed urban quaternary teaching facility where she held overall responsibility for acute care nursing, planning development and operations.

In that post, DiElmo was responsible for an $800 million budget, 800 full-time equivalents, 26 divisions that included medical and surgical adult patient care units, oncology services, dialysis, critical care services for adults, pediatrics and a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Rapid Decision Unit, pediatrics, and respiratory services.

According to the medical center, DiElmo was also instrumental in the improvement of hand hygiene compliance as well as reducing various hospital-acquired conditions. From 2014-2016, DiElmo served as Director of Patient Care Services at Newark Beth.

DiElmo has held various capacities at RWJBarnabas Health over the past 30 years including assistant vice president, Workforce Strategies, Patient Care Services at Saint Barnabas Medical Center from 2005 to 2014.

In 2009, DiElmo received the Humanism in Health Care Award for Compassionate Care from the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, and in 2018, she received the prestigious Minnie L. Presley Quality Award from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

DiElmo has presented at national conferences on topics such as succession planning for nurse leadership and best practices for nursing recruitment and retention. She is a current member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the New Jersey State Nurses Association.