Assistant Nurse Manager - Operating Room - P/T weekend days

About the role

Hackensack Meridian Health nurses care for patients and their families at every stage of life, 24 hours a day, at bedsides in 9 community hospitals, 4 academic medical centers, a behavioral health hospital, 2 children's hospitals, 2 rehabilitation hospitals, medical offices, and care facilities across the state.

Their team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Success Profile

• Collaborative
• Courageous
• Compassionate
• Creative
• Connected

Job Description

Requisition # 2026-182130
Shift Weekend Day
Status Part-time with Benefits

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Job Description

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) is a professional, registered nurse who is a skilled communicator, collaborator and authentic leader. The ANM supports the organization in the execution of the nursing strategic plan and priorities. The ANM actively participates in unit and hospital decision-making and provides meaningful recognition to others. The ANM provides operational and administrative support to Nurse leadership. This position effectively coordinates staffing, supports throughput, quality and safety outcomes, staff competency, hiring, clinical and staff corrective actions, unit efficiency, quality care and other departmental activities to support the mission, vision and values of Hackensack Meridian Health. The ANM, in collaboration with the Nurse Manager, assesses, plans, implements, monitors and evaluates nursing practice and the nursing care delivery system with direct supervision of front-line staff.

Responsibilities

• Leadership/Human Resource Management
  • Participate with recruitment and retention strategies.
  • Absist with unit huddles and leader rounding with employees.
  • Participate or lead when appropriate: evidenced-based practice projects or research.
  • Participate or lead when appropriate: unit-based or hospital based shared governance committees or councils.
  • Resolve conflicts and facilitates constructive resolutions and positive outcomes if possible.
  • Complete employee corrective action plans/counseling as necessary.
  • Adhere to HMH Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
  • Prepare and conduct periodic performance evaluations to assigned staff members.
  • Contribute to and/or monitors the unit orientation process of all roles as necessary.
  • Participate with and models the importance of employee recognition.
  • Model cultural competence, social justice and fairness, and capitalizes on generational diversity to foster highly effective work groups.
  • Where applicable, escalates nursing labor/management issues.
• Financial Management
  • Participates in Payroll, Staff Scheduling and daily staffing needs.
  • Aids in the management of the department budget. Monitors business intelligence for the unit.
  • Maximizes care efficiency and throughput.
  • Understands the relationship between value-based purchasing and quality outcomes with revenue and reimbursement.
  • Maintains unit staffing productivity and flexes staff accordingly.
• Quality and Safety/Performance Improvement
  • Optimize the patient and family experience of care.
  • Lead Multidisciplinary Rounds.
  • Ensure unit-based performance improvement monitoring is completed, trended and reported internal and external to the unit.
  • Lead or participate with quality improvement projects.
  • Lead or conduct root cause analysis investigations.
  • Assure unit regulatory compliance.
  • Serve as a role model to others and mentor new employees and new Charge RNs.

Qualifications

• Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
  • A minimum of an associate in Nursing or diploma of Nursing degree.
  • Minimum 3 years recent nursing experience in respective specialty or equivalent. Exceptions may be made for internal candidates on a case by case basis (i.e. the candidate has a history of hospital administration education/experience).
  • The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required.
• Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
  • MSN
  • Supervisory or charge nurse experience.
• Licenses and Certifications Required:
  • NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
  • AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.
  • National Certification acceptable to the Magnet Recognition Program and appropriate to your current specialty (within two years of hire)

Compensation

Minimum rate of $65,572.00 Annually

Benefits

• Workplace Excellence
• Collaborative Work Environment
• Work-Life Balance
• Caring Compassionate Nursing Culture
• Mentoring Programs
• Substantial Tuition Reimbursement

Network

Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

Our Network

Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility

Benefits

• Workplace Excellence
• Collaborative Work Environment
• Work-Life Balance
• Caring Compassionate Nursing Culture
• Mentoring Programs
• Substantial Tuition Reimbursement