Assistant Nurse Manager - Intensive Care Unit

Mount Auburn Hospital; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Mount Auburn Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, seeks an Assistant Nurse Manager to oversee daily ICU operations, support nursing staff, and advance clinical excellence. This leadership role partners with the Nurse Manager to ensure high-quality patient care across medical, surgical, cardiology, and cardiothoracic units.

The role offers a flexible schedule, opportunities for professional growth, and a strong culture focused on teamwork and patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required.
• Master's degree in Nursing is preferred.
• Learns and enforces clinical standards and competencies.
• Experience in leadership or supervision is expected.

Responsibilities

• Manages day-to-day ICU operations and staffing.
• Provides clinical consultation to nurses.
• Directs changes in nursing practice and competency development.
• Collaborates with staff to ensure seamless patient care progression.
• Oversees hiring, performance reviews, scheduling, and payroll for nursing staff.
• Participates in quality and safety initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Nursing leadership

Staff development

Quality initiatives

Patient care

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Master's degree in Nursing (preferred)

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Assistant Nurse Manager supports daily operations of a growing Intensive Care Unit within a community-based teaching hospital. This leadership role partners with the Nurse Manager to oversee clinical excellence, staff development, quality initiatives, and patient care for a diverse population of medical, surgical, cardiology, and cardiothoracic surgery patients. As the ICU continues to grow through its collaboration with Dana-Farber, this is an exciting opportunity to help lead a highly skilled team in a dynamic critical care environment. We offer a flexible schedule and a supportive culture dedicated to professional growth, teamwork, and exceptional patient outcomes. Beth Israel Lahey Health and Mount Auburn Hospital are devoted to consistently promoting a culture of Wellbeing, Empathy, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Equity as outlined in our organization's WE CARE values which can be reviewed here Mission, Vision & Values | Mount Auburn Hospital.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to):

• Manages and assesses the day to day operations of the department including: patient volume and level of acuity, critical care needs, hospital throughput, staff and physician concerns. Takes appropriate action to address outstanding issues.
• Provides clinical consultation to nurses or directs them to other resources.
• Communicates and interprets changes in nursing practice activities and standards of care, including competency development.
• Collaborates and communicates with other clinical staff to assure seamless progression of care to meet patient care needs.
• Under the guidance of the nursing director manages the hiring for RNs and support staff; completes annual reviews for RNs and support staff; oversees staff scheduling/ staffing and payroll, begins initial counseling for practice issues.
• Participates/ actively contributes in Faculty Hours and other quality and safety departmental initiatives.
• Has the authority to direct and support employees daily work activities.
• Has authority to undertake or recommend the following employment actions: hiring, termination, corrective action and performance reviews.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required. Master's degree in Nursing preferred.
• License Registered Nurse required., and AHA Basic Life Support required, AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support required. PALS preferred, TNCC preferred, CEN preferred.
• 3-5 years related work experience required and 0-1 years supervisory/management experience required
• Demonstrated leadership or supervision
• Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

COMPETENCIES:

1. Decision Making: Ability to make decisions with significant, broad implications for the management and operations of a major department or multiple departments. Participates in decisions on overall strategy and direction of the organization.
2. Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are broad, complex and abstract, often involving Medical Center-wide issues and requiring substantial creativity, resourcefulness, staff engagement, Lean diagnostic techniques, negotiation and diplomacy to develop solutions.
3. Independence of Action: Ability to set direction and vision for major departments or multiple departments. Establishes priorities, develops policies and allocates resources.
4. Written Communications: Ability to communicate complex information in English effectively in writing to all levels of staff, management and external customers across functional areas.
5. Oral Communications: Ability to verbally communicate complex concepts in English and address sensitive situations, resolve conflicts, negotiate, motivate and persuade others.
6. Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate broad and comprehensive knowledge of theories, concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex and/or unprecedented situations across multiple functional areas.
7. Team Work: Ability to lead and direct multiple collaborative teams for large projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have significant implications for the management and operations of the organization.
8. Customer Service: Ability to lead operational initiatives to meet or exceed customer service standards and expectations in assigned unit(s) and/or across multiple areas in a timely and respectful manner.

AGE BASED COMPETENCIES:

• Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.
• Physical Nature of the Job: Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move through-out the hospital campus.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Consistently promote a culture of Wellbeing, Empathy, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Equity as outlined in the organization's WE CARE values.
• Demonstrated commitment and actions to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.

ABOUT US

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) places great value on being a diverse and inclusive community. BILH and the Department of {insert hiring department} are dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients in the communities that we serve. We believe in equal access to quality care, as well as employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum or human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of group and individual identity and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

Pay Range: $120,000.00 USD - $210,000.00 USD The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment. More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled At Beth Israel Lahey Health, we are driving the change in health care that Massachusetts wants and needs. Our culture promotes continuous learning, growth, innovation and a sense of belonging. We make it a priority to offer comprehensive compensation and benefits and help you achieve a healthy and balanced life. While you're busy caring for and supporting our patients, we take care of you.