Assistant Manager Nursing (RN) - Behavioral & Mental Health - Day Shift

10 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a Nurse Manager to oversee Behavioral & Mental Health (BMH) clinical operations, patient flow, staffing, and safe patient care across hospital units.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with physicians and inter-professional teams, budget stewardship, and readiness for regulatory standards, with a focus on delivering high-quality pediatric care.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to organize workloads and resources.
• Strong leadership and collaboration with staff and physicians.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate daily operations, patient flow, and staffing assignments for BMH.
• Promote safe patient care and a healthy work environment across units.
• Act as department leader on shift in the manager's absence and drive admissions/transfers.
• Coordinate with physicians and inter-professional teams to ensure efficient patient flow.
• Monitor budget, productivity, and resource utilization; order required supplies.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Education

BSN

RN Licensure GA or multi-state

Job description

Children’s is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. No matter the role, every member of our team is an essential part of our mission to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. We’re committed to putting you first, and that commitment is at the heart of our company culture: People first. Children always. Find your next career opportunity and make a difference doing what you love at Children’s.

Job Description Works under the direction of the Behavioral & Mental Health (BMH) Clinical Operations Manager to facilitate daily operations, including patient flow, staffing assignments, safe patient care, and to promote a healthy work environment at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

• Experience Minimum 2 years of clinical nursing experience required
• Preferred Qualifications 1 year of management/administrative experience in a healthcare setting
• Experience in pediatric and/or psychiatric nursing experience
• Education Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Certification Summary Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days of employment
• Marcus Crisis Prevention Program Tier 5 training, or equivalent, within 3 months of employment
• Professional Nursing Certification deemed by department required upon one year of hire

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates the ability to organize workloads and resources

Practice (Caring for the Patient)

Supports environment for delivery of care for BMH patients. Acts as clinical resource for BMH patient populations throughout all areas of hospital, including Emergency Department and inpatient areas. Maintains competence to provide and/or assist with clinical care, including acting as Code BERT lead.

Development (Fostering Clinical Knowledge)

Participates in educational process related to delivery of healthcare. Maintains own professional development. Fosters professional development of others via constructive performance feedback, input, and coaching. Understands and supports Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's nursing career advancement program, My Nursing Career Path, as well as BMH Tech advancement.

Engagement (Engaging and Leading Professionally)

Participates actively in and supports shared leadership councils. Fosters collegial relationships between team members, other departments, and medical staff members. Demonstrates fiscal responsibility in supporting budget, productivity, and resource utilization. Manages and orders required supplies to promote quality patient care delivery. Serves as department leader on shift in absence of manager. Drives and effectively facilitates admission, transfer, and discharge process, ensuring efficient and safe patient flow through collaboration with physicians, inter‑professional team, hospital leadership, and staff. Removes or escalates barriers to appropriate leader.

Outcomes (Driving Excellent Results)

Supports staffing effectiveness. Participates in achievement of organization and BMH departmental goals. Leads department staff meetings. Supports plans for system and unit change. Supports regulatory agency readiness. Monitors activities within work environment to maintain a culture of safety. Demonstrates commitment and flexibility through times of change.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

Primary Location Address 2220 North Druid Hills Road

Job Family Nursing-Management

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been 100 percent committed to kids for more than 100 years. A not‑for‑profit organization, Children’s is dedicated to making kids better today and healthier tomorrow. With 3 hospitals, 20 neighborhood locations and a total of 673 beds, Children’s is the largest healthcare provider for children in Georgia and one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country. Children’s offers access to more than 60 pediatric specialties and programs and is ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report. Children’s has been recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Place to Work, a Best Place for Working Mothers, and as a top employer for diversity and millennials. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefit package that supports our mission, vision and values. We are proud to offer an array of programs and services to our employees that have distinguished us as a best place to work in the country. Connect to our mission of making kids better today and healthier tomorrow.