Meet Monique, Clinical Professional Development Educator, Connector and Health Raiser

Today, Monique Robinson is a clinical professional development educator at Northwell Health’s Institute for Nursing (IFN), but she held many nursing roles during her career—from a quality management registered nurse to a registered nurse case manager. What has remained the same is her passion for nursing and love of teaching others about quality patient care.

In her current role, Monique works with a team of nurse educators to prepare, onboard and teach Northwell Health team members, including overseeing orientations for in-patient care, patient support, and skills training.

Before Northwell, Monique was working in New York City and struggling to find work-life balance. She yearned to find work closer to home on Long Island so she could spend more time with her children while pursuing the next chapter in her nursing career. Monique started with Northwell Health in 2010 at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream (LIJVS) as a utilization management/quality management coordinator in critical care. In this role, she was able to leverage her background as a registered nurse to identify performance improvement opportunities through data analysis, develop performance improvement plans and implement them while also evaluating improvement effectiveness. She was most attracted to our organization because of the variety of nursing opportunities available that matched her professional experience.

Expanding her career into behavioral health, she worked as a registered nurse case manager in a float position from 2013 to 2018, before moving into a new role as a registered nurse case manager in orthopedics at LIJVS in 2018. Working for Northwell as a registered nurse case manager, Monique was able to practice across different clinical specialties. In this role, Monique acted as a link between her patient and their physician. She also worked to monitor, plan and evaluate the quality of care from admission to discharge. “It evolved my nursing practice through the ability to critically assess the patients’ needs and collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary care team,” said Monique, reflecting upon her time as a registered nurse case manager.

Throughout her career at Northwell, Monique is grateful for a work/life balance. Being closer to home has ensured she could be there for all of her children’s major milestones. With the help of Northwell’s tuition reimbursement program, Monique received financial support to go back to school and earn her master’s degree in nursing education from SUNY Stony Brook University in 2022. This led Monique to her current role as a clinical professional development educator, which she began in November 2023.

Monique is proud to work with such a collaborative team. She loves that she can hone her skills and learn new ones by working within different clinical specialties due to her supportive team. In discussing the evolution of her career at Northwell, Monique shared, “My clinical experience as a critical care and community health nurse allows me to confidently work for Northwell Health, knowing I align with their mission and values for providing excellent nursing care.”

At Northwell, our nursing team demonstrates their commitment to care by incorporating innovative thinking into their practice and consistently delivering excellence that elevates the healthcare experience. Discover a career well cared for with our nursing team and learn more about clinical development educator or RN case manager opportunities at Northwell Health.