Assistant Nurse Manager

About the role

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is a frontline clinical and operational leader responsible for supporting the Nurse Manager in the coordination, oversight, and evaluation of nursing services within the assigned clinical department. The ANM ensures safe, high-quality, evidence-based, and patient-centered care through direct clinical leadership, staff supervision, and operational support.

Responsibilities

• Promotes excellence in nursing practice as a role model of the Professional Practice Model.
• Demonstrates evidence-based leadership and emotional intelligence to support a high-reliability, just, and safety-focused culture.
• Serves as a clinical resource for nursing staff, supporting decision-making and escalation of care concerns.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration to support patient flow, transitions of care, and discharge planning.
• Coordinates patient care delivery to ensure safe, timely, and appropriate nursing interventions aligned with acuity and care plans.
• Assists with staffing coordination, scheduling oversight, and assignment adjustments based on acuity and staffing needs.
• Ensures effective communication across shifts, departments, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Monitors and supports improvement of clinical outcomes through participation in performance improvement initiatives.
• Facilitates patient throughput across Critical Care Services, including admissions, transfers, discharges, and bed management in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.
• Responds to rapid response events, code blues, and acute clinical deterioration across all critical care and inpatient areas, providing clinical leadership during emergencies and coordinating escalation, resources, and stabilization efforts.
• Ensures compliance with hospital policies, CMS regulations, Joint Commission standards, and applicable critical care and dialysis guidelines, maintaining regulatory readiness across ICU and inpatient dialysis services.

Qualifications

• Minimum Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required
• BSN required
• Current NJ RN license required
• BLS required
• ACLS required
• PALS required where applicable based on unit
• 3 years of recent acute care nursing experience in the specialty
• 1 year of charge nurse, preceptor, or leadership experience
• Certification in the specialty should be obtained within the next two years

Skills

• Leadership skills
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Quality improvement
• Staff development
• Regulatory compliance
• Emergency response
• ICU and critical care expertise

Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and Disability Insurance
• Whole Life, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• Paid Holidays and a generous Paid Time Off Plan

Pay

$108k - $115K

Schedule

Varies based on unit needs and shift coverage requirements.