Assistant Nurse Manager MedSurgRehab Evenings LOH

Position Summary

Assistant Nurse Manager Med/Surg/Rehab (8&11) Evenings (LOH) – provides clinical leadership and management for a designated shift for a patient care unit or clinical service in operative and ambulatory settings. Assists the nurse manager to develop and sustain an environment of excellence in patient/family service, staff growth and development, and to apply evidence‑based practice to improve patient care.

• Fosters a culture embedded in NYULH’s tripartite mission: to serve, to teach, and to discover.
• Collaborates with interprofessional team to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
• Develops positive and productive relationships across disciplines to establish strategic partnerships to achieve shared goals.
• Facilitates and supports positive and productive work and care environments founded in the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Demonstrates a steadfast commitment to engaging and meaningfully recognizing staff.
• Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong professional growth and development.
• Collaborates with nurse manager on interviews and ensures employees are appropriately selected, on‑boarded, oriented, educated, and evaluated.
• Evaluates performance and assesses practice of designated personnel in a fair and transparent manner.
• Serves as role model and resource for staff, mentoring, coaching, counseling, and progressive discipline as appropriate.
• Monitors attendance and ensures appropriate staffing and skill mix while promoting fiscal responsibility.
• Coordinates care delivery and staff assignment based on patient care needs and clinical competency.
• Assists in scheduling, payroll, and integrating services across the care continuum.
• Provides direct patient care as needed to support clinical operations.
• Provides leadership support of other unit(s) in the service.
• Holds self and others accountable for delivery of exemplary, cost‑efficient care.
• Assists with maintaining accreditation, regulatory standards, service standards, and policies at local, state, and federal levels.
• Communicates with clarity and integrity to build trust with all stakeholders.
• Communicates significant patient care issues, safety, risk management, and critical events to leadership, seeks consultation when indicated, and reports to the Nurse Manager or Director promptly.
• Communicates regularly with the Nurse Manager about patient safety, staff performance, and participation in unit initiatives.
• Participates in drafting nursing and organizational policy, engaging front‑line staff and incorporating shared governance principles.
• Supports data collection and analysis with interprofessional team to drive practice changes that integrate quality, safety, patient experience, and productivity metrics.
• Assists leadership team in maintaining licenses, certifications, mandated learnings, and content for unit staff.
• Fosters high‑reliability concepts within the unit/organizational structure.
• Fosters a culture of inquiry, innovation, and transformation focused on the future.
• Participates in staff involvement in nursing research, quality improvement, and evidence‑based practice efforts.
• Leads and supports developing new insights to complex situations, innovative designs, and processes.
• Exercises independent judgment regarding discipline, evaluation, time‑off approval, assignment of work, and hiring decisions.

Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State;
Baccalaureate degree in Nursing;
Two or more years of clinical practice in the patient population served;
Clinical certification in the patient population served or nurse leader certification;
Ability to apply nursing process toward achievement of specific outcomes;
Evidence of excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, critical thinking, problem‑solving, and leadership skills;
Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association;
Physical stamina, dexterity, visual and aural acuity to perform responsibilities.

Registered Nurse License‑NYS, Basic Life Support Certification.

Master’s degree in nursing or health‑related area.