Assistant Nurse Manager - Nursing Resources

Additional Information About the Role

Step into a high‑visibility, newly created leadership role within the Nursing Resources department at Christian Hospital
, supporting the Float Pool and House Supervisor teams. This unique opportunity allows you to help shape and define the role while gaining broad exposure to complex patient populations and hospital‑wide staffing and care operations. Ideal for a dynamic, hands‑on leader, this position offers strong potential for professional growth and meaningful impact across diverse clinical areas.

This role is scheduled five days per week, 8‑hour evening shifts (1:00 PM–9:00 PM or 2:00 PM–10:00 PM) with no call, holidays, or weekends
, providing consistency and work‑life balance in an operational leadership role.

• Comprehensive benefits, including PTO accrual starting Day 1 and parental leave
• Culture of connection and recognition through BJC Connections Groups, Bravo peer recognition, and the Thrive well‑being program
• Exceptional leadership development opportunity in a newly defined, high‑impact role with broad visibility across hospital operations

• Prior nursing leadership experience
• 3+ years of acute care nursing experience
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• ACLS certification
• Demonstrated commitment to BJC Health Care’s core values—Compassion, Respect, Excellence, Safety, and Teamwork—through leadership behaviors and decision‑making

Apply today to take the next step in your nursing leadership career with BJC Health Care at Christian Hospital.

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6 % of all hospitals in the state!

The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10 % nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition.

Northwest Health Care, six miles west of Christian, offers 24‑hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.

The Nursing Resources Department is responsible for the 24 management of the major functions over nursing, clerical, and ancillary staff.

The Assistant Nurse Manager provides administrative support to Nurse Managers and direct reports. This includes coordinating patient care, performance management of direct reports, equipment purchasing/management, and statistical accumulation.

• Manages individual(s) including but not limited to: hires, trains, assigns work, manages & evaluates performance, conducts professional development plans. Ensures that the productivity and actions of that group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.
• May participate in the development of departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets and have direct responsibility for adhering to those goals. This includes responding to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals.
• Provides and oversees patient care according to planned interventions with regard to their age and developmental needs to attain the patient’s optimal level of wellness and documents according to policy.
• Creates and ensures implementation of a collaborative plan of care based on assessment, diagnosis and medical treatment.
• May support the review of staff hours worked vs scheduled hours and determine appropriate disposition if variation exists. Perform and approve daily payroll updates. Reconcile time cards, bonus tracking and coding approval. Prepare, coordinate and execute all staff communications; prepare huddle agendas and lead meeting. Determine staffing needs; make nursing assignments as well…