PHELPS HOSPITAL APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OF NURSING

Amy Matthews, MSN, RN, NE-BC, has been named chief nursing officer at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, which is part of Northwell Health. Matthews will play a key role in supporting all inpatient and outpatient care services that employ nursing staff and will be an integral part of Phelps”™ strategic planning. Accountable for more than 500 employees, who achieved Magnet Recognition status from the  American Nurses Credentialing Center for nursing excellence, Matthews has administrative oversight for the hospitals operational and service-excellence mandates. 

Matthews”™ tenure at Northwell includes holding several clinical and nonclinical leadership roles since 2013. Most recently, she served as the senior director of customer and patient experience at Lenox Hill Hospital; Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital; and Lenox Health Greenwich Village. Before that, she was the senior director of cardiology and maternal child health at Lenox Hill Hospital. In these positions, she was responsible for leading the strategic and operational functions of the departments

 Matthews earned her Master of Science degree in nursing administration from the University of South Alabama and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Utah Intermountain Health System in 2020 during the height of the pandemic.