Assistant Nurse Manager – Critical Care

Howard University Hospital • Washington, DC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) — Critical Care at Howard University Hospital provides primary nursing leadership during night-shift operations across the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU). In partnership with the Nurse Manager, the ANM supports safe, effective, patient-centered care for critically ill patients who require advanced monitoring and life-sustaining interventions. The role provides onsite oversight of clinical operations, staffing, and staff development in a high-acuity critical care environment and assumes full leadership responsibility for unit operations when the Nurse Manager is absent.

The position is based in Critical Care Services within the Division of Nursing. It is full-time and exempt, scheduled for four 10-hour night shifts per week, from 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM, with one weekend per month required. The salary range is $99,000–$115,000 annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Requirements

• A current, active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the District of Columbia.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association.
• At least one year of supervisory or nursing leadership experience.
• National specialty certification, such as CCRN or an equivalent critical care certification, required within one year of hire.
• Strong knowledge of critical care protocols, rapid response systems, and patient safety standards.
• Demonstrated leadership, emotional intelligence, and conflict-resolution skills.
• A baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) is preferred; candidates without a BSN must obtain one within three years of hire.

Nice To Haves

• At least two years of bedside RN experience in a Critical Care or Medical ICU setting.
• Experience managing ventilated patients, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive infusions, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), and multi-organ dysfunction.

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite night-shift leadership and operational oversight across the MICU and SICU, ensuring safe staffing, clinical coverage, and continuity of care.
• Align staffing assignments in real time with patient acuity, census fluctuations, and critical care demands.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor nursing staff; assist with performance evaluations and corrective action or improvement plans as needed.
• Support recruitment, interviewing, and onboarding of critical care nursing staff.
• Promote and ensure adherence to evidence-based medical critical care nursing practices and applicable regulatory standards.
• Support quality improvement initiatives focused on sepsis management, respiratory failure, infection prevention, ventilator-associated events, central line safety, and patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with intensivists, hospitalists, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, nephrology, and ancillary teams to coordinate multidisciplinary patient care.
• Identify and address operational or clinical issues that may affect safe care delivery, and promptly escalate significant events, near misses, adverse events, and patient or family concerns.
• In the Nurse Manager’s absence, assume leadership accountability for unit operations, staff oversight, and continuity of patient care.

Benefits

• Work-life balance.
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise.
• Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans, including health, disability, vacation, and sick leave.
• 403(b) retirement plan.
• Tuition remission at Howard University for the employee and/or eligible dependent children, up to two courses per semester.
• Professional development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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