Assistant Nurse Manager - Surgical Telemetry, Full-Time, Nights

NYU Langone Health • Mineola, NY

1d • $151,050 - $151,050 • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center offering sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care across numerous medical and surgical specialties. As a major regional healthcare resource, it is deeply committed to medical education and research, providing a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services. NYU Langone Health prioritizes equity and inclusion, fostering an environment where talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive, valuing individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

This role involves providing clinical leadership and management for a designated shift on a patient care unit. The Assistant Nurse Manager supports the Nurse Manager in cultivating an environment of excellence in patient/family service, staff development, and the application of evidence-based practice to enhance patient care.

Requirements

• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State
• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing
• 2 Years experience required
• Clinical certification in the patient population served or nurse leader certification
• Ability to apply nursing process toward achievement of specific outcomes in an organized fashion to address patient/family satisfaction and quality indicators
• Evidence of excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, organization, critical thinking, problem solving, and leadership skills
• Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association
• Physical stamina, manual dexterity, visual and aural acuity to perform responsibilities
• Required to handle and move reasonably heavy weight

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in nursing or health-related area
• Two or more years of clinical practice in the care of the patient population served

Responsibilities

• Fosters a culture embedded in NYULHs tripartite mission: to serve, to teach, and to discover.
• Collaborates with the interprofessional team to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
• Develops positive and productive relationships across disciplines to establish strategic partnerships to achieve shared goals.
• Facilitates and supports positive and productive work and care environments, founded in the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Demonstrates a steadfast commitment to engaging and meaningfully recognizing staff.
• Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong professional growth and development.
• Collaborates with the nurse manager on interviews, employee selection, onboarding, orientation, education, and evaluation.
• Supports clinical rotations of students as part of partnerships for school affiliations.
• Evaluates the performance and assesses the practice of designated personnel in a fair and transparent manner.
• Serves as a role model and resource for staff, developing and managing employees through professional growth, mentoring, coaching, counseling, and progressive discipline.
• Monitors staff attendance and ensures appropriate staffing and skill mix for optimal patient outcomes and safety, while promoting fiscal responsibility.
• Coordinates care delivery and staff assignments based on patient care needs and clinical competency for optimal unit operation and patient outcomes.
• Assists in scheduling, payroll, and integrating services across the care continuum.
• Provides direct patient care as needed to support clinical operations.
• Provides leadership support for other units within the service.
• Holds self and others accountable for the delivery of exemplary care in a cost-efficient manner.
• Assists with maintaining accreditation, regulatory standards, service standards, and policies at all levels.
• Communicates with clarity and integrity to build trust with all stakeholders.
• Communicates significant patient care issues, family concerns, safety, risk management concerns, and critical events to leadership, seeking consultation and assistance when indicated, and reporting to the Nurse Manager or Director in a timely manner.
• Communicates regularly with the Nurse Manager about patient safety, clinical practice, staff performance, and participates in the implementation of unit initiatives.
• Participates in the drafting of nursing and organizational policy, engaging front-line staff and incorporating shared governance principles.
• Supports data collection in collaboration with the nurse manager and interprofessional team, analyzing and utilizing data to drive practice changes that integrate quality, safety, patient experience, and productivity metrics.
• Assists the leadership team in maintaining licenses, certifications, mandated learnings, and content for unit staff.
• Fosters high reliability concepts within the unit/organizational structure.
• Fosters a culture of inquiry, innovation, and transformation with a focus on the future.
• Participates in and fosters staff involvement in nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice efforts.
• Leads and supports the development of new insights to complex situations, innovative designs, and programs/processes.
• Exercises independent judgment in the course of duties including employee discipline, evaluation, approval of time off requests, assigning work, and participating in hiring decisions.

Benefits

• Financial security benefits
• Generous time-off program
• Employee resources groups for peer support
• Holistic employee wellness program focusing on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care

What This Job Offers

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