Assistant Nurse Manager - Main PACU, Nights
About The Position
NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is hiring an Assistant Nurse Manager for the Main PACU night shift. The role provides clinical leadership and management for a designated shift in a patient care unit or clinical service, consistent with the institution’s and nursing department’s goals. The Assistant Nurse Manager supports the Nurse Manager in fostering excellence in patient and family service, staff growth and development, and evidence-based improvements to patient care. The successful candidate promotes NYU Langone’s mission to serve, teach, and discover; collaborates with the interprofessional team; and supports a positive, inclusive work and care environment. The role includes staffing and operational coordination, staff development and evaluation, direct patient care as needed, regulatory and quality support, and participation in policy development and improvement initiatives. The position exercises independent judgment in specified personnel and operational matters. The salary range is $151,049.99–$151,050.00 annually. Actual salary depends on factors including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need; the range does not include bonuses, incentive or differential pay, or other compensation or benefits.
Requirements
- Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- At least 2 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/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
- Promote a culture aligned with NYU Langone’s mission to serve, teach, and discover.
- Collaborate with the interprofessional team to advance quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
- Build productive relationships across disciplines and support inclusive work and care environments.
- Engage, recognize, mentor, coach, counsel, and develop staff; support professional growth and apply progressive discipline when appropriate.
- Collaborate with the Nurse Manager on interviews, hiring, onboarding, orientation, education, evaluation, and student clinical rotations.
- Evaluate the performance and practice of designated personnel fairly and transparently.
- Monitor staff attendance and ensure appropriate staffing and skill mix while supporting patient outcomes, safety, and fiscal responsibility.
- Coordinate care delivery and staff assignments according to patient needs and clinical competency.
- Assist with scheduling, payroll, and integration of services across the care continuum.
- Provide direct patient care as needed and leadership support to other units in the service.
- Promote exemplary, cost-efficient care and support accreditation, regulatory, service, and organizational requirements.
- Communicate significant patient-care issues, family concerns, safety and risk-management concerns, and critical events to appropriate leaders; consult and report to the Nurse Manager or Director in a timely manner.
- Communicate regularly with the Nurse Manager about patient safety, clinical practice, staff performance, and unit initiatives.
- Participate in nursing and organizational policy development, engaging frontline staff and applying shared governance principles.
- Support data collection and use analysis to inform practice changes and improve quality, safety, patient experience, productivity, and outcomes.
- Help maintain staff licenses, certifications, mandated learning, and unit learning content.
- Foster high-reliability practice, inquiry, innovation, and transformation.
- Participate in and encourage staff involvement in nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.
- Lead and support the development of insights, designs, programs, and processes for complex situations.
- Exercise independent judgment in employee discipline, including suspension and discharge; staff evaluation; time-off approval; work assignments; and hiring decisions.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
- Financial security benefits.
- Generous time-off program.
- Employee resource groups for peer support.
- Employee wellness program covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
