As Vice President for Patient Care Services at the Nassau Health Care Corporation, Kathy Skarka oversees the inpatient Nursing Department with five Directors of Nursing directly reporting to her. Ms. Skarka is involved in new patient care initiatives in addition to patient and staff issues, which also includes disciplinary actions. As the co-captain of the JCAHO provision of care team, she oversees all of the patient care standards, monitoring and analyzing the results.

Prior to accepting the position at NHCC, Ms. Skarka served as the Director of Patient Care Services at Glen Cove Hospital from 2003 until 2005. In that position, she was responsible for overseeing the Nursing Department, including all PI activities and the Respiratory Therapy Department. From 2000 until 2003 she served as the Director of Med-Surg Patient Care Services at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, where she was responsible for overseeing delivery of care on Med-Surg units, Operations of the Nursing Office as well as Daily Operations. Ms. Skarka has an additional decade of nursing experiences dating back from 1985 to 1997 where she worked her way up from a staff nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit up to becoming the Assistant Director of Surgical Patient Care Services at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.

Graduating from the LIU, CW Post Campus with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1994, Ms. Skarka went on to obtain a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from Molloy College in 2002. Her certification in Nursing Administration first obtained in 1999, was recertified until November 30, 2009. Active in numerous nursing organizations, Ms. Skarka belongs to the Sigma Thetor Tan International Honor Society of Nursing as well as the American Organization of Nurse Executives.