Assistant Manager-Nursing-ABQ

Presbyterian Healthcare Services • New York, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Nursing Director, the Assistant Manager-Nursing works with the Department RN Manager to plan, implement, and coordinate the operational, financial, and personnel activities of designated areas. The role provides clinical and operational leadership for assigned units, including hands-on presence and direction at the unit to facilitate patient care and achieve organizational outcomes.

The position applies leadership competencies in self-leadership, team management, and achieving organizational results. It supports clinical practice, staffing and recruitment, staff orientation and retention, labor-law compliance, process improvement, evidence-based practice, clinical technology adoption, strategic work plans, and unit financial management. It also contributes to staff performance management and development, engagement, mentoring, succession planning, relationship management, diversity, shared decision-making, and professional practice. The role models accountability, continuous learning, reflective practice, C.A.R.E.S. behaviors, and the Synergy Professional Practice Model.

The position requires current nursing licensure, a BSN from an accredited academic nursing program, BLS, and professional emergency-response credentials appropriate to the service area. Additional certifications vary by unit and service line.

Requirements

• Current State of New Mexico or Compact State nursing license, or Graduate Nurse Permit.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited academic nursing program.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current professional licensure.
• Additional professional emergency-response training and certifications as required by the service area; examples include ACLS, PALS, NRP, fetal monitoring, STABLE, TNCC, ENPC, and chemotherapy certification.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, and coordinate operational, financial, and personnel activities for designated areas in collaboration with the Department RN Manager.
• Provide clinical and operational leadership for assigned units, including hands-on presence and direction to facilitate patient care and organizational outcomes.
• Serve as a clinical practice subject-matter expert; guide, mentor, support, and hold staff accountable to care processes.
• Contribute to recruitment, interviewing, and selection of candidates.
• Help drive staff orientation, including preceptor selection and monitoring orientation outcomes and new-hire retention.
• Maintain an environment that complies with state and federal labor laws.
• Lead point-of-care process improvement to achieve quality targets, improve outcomes and patient safety, optimize communication, and sustain regulatory readiness.
• Support integration of work models and evidence-based practice at the bedside.
• Use and help integrate clinical technologies, electronic medical records, and medication-management systems; serve as a super-user as needed.
• Contribute to and drive work plans, document outcomes, and present results to key business audiences.
• Contribute to unit budget creation, monitoring, analysis, and variance reporting; align staffing and throughput with care needs, productivity, and budget targets.
• Contribute to staff monitoring and performance reviews, including evaluations, goal setting, and development plans; support engagement, satisfaction, mentoring, competency development, and succession planning.
• Use active listening, effective dialogue, conflict management, negotiation, and mediation to support relationships and team operations.
• Promote cultural and population-specific standards, a diverse workforce, shared governance, and shared decision-making.
• Model continuous learning, professional accountability, integrity, reflective practice, and the C.A.R.E.S. behaviors.
• Support staff performance and accountability under the Synergy Model, including clinical judgment, patient advocacy, caring practices, collaboration, systems thinking, responsiveness to diversity, facilitation of learning, and clinical inquiry.

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
• Staff Safety wearable badge that allows nurses to discreetly call for help when safety is a concern.
• Shift, higher-education, certification, and lead-role differentials for eligible positions.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
• EPIC electronic charting system.
• Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager