Assistant Nurse Manager, Neonatal ICU, Night Shift

NYU Langone Health • New York, NY

6d • $159,000 - $161,000

About The Position

NYU Langone Health is hiring an Assistant Nurse Manager for its Neonatal ICU. The successful candidate provides clinical leadership and management for a designated shift in a patient care unit, consistent with the institution’s and nursing department’s philosophy and goals. The role assists the nurse manager in sustaining an environment of excellence in patient and family service, staff growth and development, and evidence-based practice to improve patient care.

The Assistant Nurse Manager collaborates with the interprofessional team and supports quality, patient experience, efficiency, safe staffing, and effective unit operations. The role provides direct patient care as needed, supports other units in the service, contributes to policy and quality-improvement work, and communicates significant patient-care and staff issues to leadership. The position also assists with staff selection, onboarding, evaluation, development, scheduling, payroll, and regulatory compliance, and exercises independent judgment in assigned personnel 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 specific 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.

Responsibilities

• Foster a culture reflecting 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 commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Collaborate with the nurse manager on interviews and ensure appropriate employee selection, onboarding, orientation, education, and evaluation; support student clinical rotations.
• Evaluate designated personnel and assess their practice fairly and transparently.
• Serve as a role model and resource, and support employee development through mentoring, coaching, counseling, and progressive discipline as appropriate.
• Monitor staff attendance and ensure appropriate staffing and skill mix while promoting 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 to support unit operations.
• Provide leadership support to other units in the service.
• Promote accountability for exemplary, cost-efficient care.
• Help maintain accreditation, regulatory and service standards, and organizational, local, state, and federal policies.
• Communicate clearly and with integrity; escalate significant patient-care issues, family concerns, safety and risk-management concerns, and critical events to leadership, and report to the Nurse Manager or Director in a timely manner.
• 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 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 maintain staff licenses, certifications, mandated learning, and unit content.
• Foster high-reliability concepts and a culture of 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 new insights, innovative designs, and programs or processes.
• Exercise independent judgment in employee 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.
• 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