Assistant Nurse Manager Acute Rehabilitation and Neuroscience

NYU Langone Health • Brooklyn, NY

8d • $142,688 - $166,950 • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager Acute Rehabilitation and Neuroscience provides clinical leadership and management for a designated shift on a patient care unit, consistent with the institution’s and nursing department’s philosophy and 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 Assistant Nurse Manager supports clinical operations and patient care, promotes quality, safety, patient experience, and efficiency, and helps ensure appropriate staffing and skill mix. The position works with the Nurse Manager and interprofessional colleagues on staff selection, onboarding, development, evaluation, scheduling, payroll, policy, data-driven improvement, accreditation, and regulatory compliance. It also promotes a fair and inclusive work environment and supports nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.

The role exercises independent judgment in employee discipline, staff evaluation, time-off approvals, work assignments, and hiring decisions as part of the decision-making team. The salary range is $142,687.99–$166,950.00 annually; actual salary depends on factors such as experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The stated range excludes bonuses or incentives, differential pay, and other compensation or benefits.

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 specific outcomes addressing 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 the interprofessional team to support quality, patient experience, and efficiency, and develop productive partnerships across disciplines.
• Support positive, inclusive work and care environments and meaningfully recognize staff.
• Pursue professional growth and development.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager on interviews, employee selection, onboarding, orientation, education, and evaluation; support student clinical rotations.
• Evaluate the performance and practice of designated personnel fairly and transparently.
• Serve as a role model and resource; support 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, payroll, and integration of services across the care continuum.
• Provide direct patient care as needed and provide leadership support to other units in the service.
• Promote exemplary, cost-efficient care and help maintain accreditation, regulatory, service, and organizational standards and policies.
• Communicate patient-care issues, family concerns, safety and risk-management concerns, and critical events to appropriate leaders; consult or seek assistance when indicated and report promptly to the Nurse Manager or Director.
• Communicate regularly with the Nurse Manager about patient safety, clinical practice, staff performance, and unit initiatives.
• Participate in drafting nursing and organizational policies, engaging frontline staff and applying shared-governance principles.
• Support data collection and use analysis to guide practice changes and improve quality, safety, patient experience, productivity, and patient and nursing outcomes.
• Help maintain staff licenses, certifications, required learning, and unit learning content.
• Foster high-reliability practices, inquiry, innovation, and transformation; support staff involvement in nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.
• Develop and support new insights, designs, and programs or processes for complex situations.
• Exercise independent judgment in employee discipline, including suspension and discharge; staff evaluations; time-off approvals; work assignments; and hiring decisions as part of the decision-making team.

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 covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being.

What This Job Offers

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