Assistant Nurse Manager - Main OR, Days

NYU Langone Health • Mineola, NY

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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 institutional, nursing department, unit, and program 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 position is in the Main OR and is listed for days.

The Assistant Nurse Manager partners with interprofessional teams, supports a diverse and productive work environment, and promotes quality, patient experience, efficiency, safety, and fiscal responsibility. The role includes staff selection and onboarding support, performance assessment, mentoring, staffing and skill-mix coordination, scheduling and payroll assistance, direct patient care as needed, regulatory compliance, communication of significant clinical and safety concerns, data-informed practice improvement, and support for research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice. The position exercises independent judgment in specified personnel matters, including employee discipline, evaluation, time-off approvals, work assignments, and participation in hiring decisions.

Requirements

• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Two years of experience required.
• Clinical certification in the patient population served or nurse leader certification.
• Ability to apply the nursing process to achieve defined 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Foster a culture aligned with NYU Langone Health’s mission to serve, teach, and discover.
• Collaborate with interprofessional teams and develop productive relationships across disciplines to support quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
• Support a positive work and care environment grounded in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and meaningfully recognize staff.
• Pursue professional growth and development.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager on interviews and ensure appropriate employee selection, onboarding, orientation, education, and evaluation.
• Support clinical rotations for students through school affiliation partnerships.
• Evaluate and assess the practice of designated personnel 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 supporting patient outcomes, safety, and fiscal responsibility.
• Coordinate care delivery and staff assignments based on patient needs and clinical competency.
• Assist with scheduling and payroll and integrate services across the care continuum.
• Provide direct patient care as needed and provide leadership support to other units in the service.
• Promote accountability for exemplary, cost-efficient care.
• Help maintain accreditation, regulatory compliance, service standards, and organizational, local, state, and federal policies.
• Communicate significant patient-care issues, family concerns, safety and risk-management concerns, and critical events to appropriate leaders; seek consultation when indicated and report to the Nurse Manager or Director promptly.
• 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 policies, engaging frontline staff and applying shared-governance principles.
• Support data collection and use data to guide practice changes related to quality, safety, patient experience, productivity, and outcomes.
• Help leadership maintain staff licenses, certifications, mandated learning, and unit learning content.
• Foster high-reliability concepts within the unit and organization.
• Promote inquiry, innovation, and transformation; encourage staff involvement in nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice; support the development of insights, designs, and programs or processes.
• Exercise independent judgment in employee discipline, including suspension and discharge; staff evaluation; time-off approvals; work assignments; and participation in hiring decisions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness package for employees and their loved ones.
• Financial security benefits.
• Generous time-off program.
• Employee resource groups for peer support.
• Holistic employee wellness program addressing physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being.

What This Job Offers

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