Assistant Nurse Manager - Endoscopy 211 Extension Clinical or Leadership Cert Required

NYU Langone Health • Village of Mineola, NY

4d • $158,602 - $158,602

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager provides clinical leadership and management for a designated shift in a patient care unit or clinical service in operative and ambulatory settings, consistent with the institution’s and nursing department’s goals. The role assists the Nurse Manager in sustaining excellence in patient and family service, staff growth and development, and evidence-based practice to improve patient care.

The successful candidate promotes quality, safety, patient experience, operational efficiency, and an inclusive work environment. The position supports staff recruitment, onboarding, evaluation, development, staffing, scheduling, and care assignments; provides direct patient care as needed; and helps maintain regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards. The Assistant Nurse Manager also contributes to data-informed practice improvement, policy development, nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice. The role exercises independent judgment in staff evaluation, discipline, work assignments, time-off approvals, and hiring decisions.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center offering inpatient and outpatient services across a broad range of specialties and subspecialties. NYU Langone Health emphasizes equity, inclusion, medical education, and research. The position’s salary range is $158,602 annually; actual salary may depend on experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The listed range excludes bonuses, incentive pay, differentials, and other compensation or benefits.

Requirements

• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Two years of experience.
• Clinical certification in the patient population served or nurse leader certification.
• Ability to apply the nursing process in an organized manner to achieve outcomes related to patient and family satisfaction and quality indicators.
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, organizational, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association.
• Physical stamina, manual dexterity, and visual and aural acuity to perform job responsibilities.
• Ability to handle and move reasonably heavy weight.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in nursing or a health-related area.
• Two or more years of clinical practice caring for the patient population served.
• Nursing leadership certification or unit-specific nursing certification.

Responsibilities

• Foster a culture aligned with NYU Langone Health’s mission to serve, teach, and discover.
• Collaborate with the interprofessional team to support quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
• Build productive relationships across disciplines and establish partnerships to achieve shared goals.
• Support positive work and care environments grounded in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Engage and meaningfully recognize staff, and demonstrate ongoing professional growth and development.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager on interviews and ensure employees are appropriately selected, onboarded, oriented, educated, and evaluated.
• Support clinical rotations for students through school affiliations.
• Evaluate staff performance and assess practice fairly and transparently.
• Serve as a role model and resource; promote employee growth through mentoring, coaching, counseling, and progressive discipline as appropriate.
• Monitor staff attendance and ensure appropriate staffing and skill mix while promoting patient safety and fiscal responsibility.
• Coordinate care delivery and staff assignments according to patient needs and clinical competencies.
• Assist with scheduling, payroll, and integration of services across the care continuum.
• Provide direct patient care as needed to support unit operations.
• Provide leadership support to other units within the service.
• Promote accountable delivery of exemplary, cost-efficient care.
• Assist in maintaining accreditation, regulatory, service, and organizational standards and policies.
• Communicate clearly and with integrity with stakeholders.
• Escalate significant patient-care issues, family concerns, safety and risk-management concerns, and critical events to the appropriate leadership; seek assistance when indicated and report promptly to the Nurse Manager or Director.
• Communicate regularly with the Nurse Manager about patient safety, clinical practice, and staff performance, and participate in unit initiatives.
• Participate in drafting nursing and organizational policy, engaging frontline staff and incorporating shared governance.
• Support data collection with the Nurse Manager and interprofessional team; analyze and use data to guide practice changes and improve quality, safety, patient experience, productivity, and outcomes.
• Help the leadership team maintain staff licenses, certifications, mandated learning, and unit content.
• Foster high-reliability practices, inquiry, innovation, and transformation.
• Participate in and encourage staff involvement in nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.
• Lead and support development of insights, innovative designs, and programs or processes.
• Exercise independent judgment in staff discipline, including suspension and discharge; staff evaluation; approval of time-off requests; work assignments; and participation in hiring decisions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
• Financial security benefits.
• Generous time-off program.
• Employee resource groups for peer support.
• Holistic employee wellness program covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

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