Assistant Nurse Manager - Neonatal ICU

St. Louis Children's Hospital; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is seeking a Nursing Leader to coordinate patient care and staff management in a full-time role. The position includes hiring, training, scheduling, performance reviews, and development planning to meet staffing and budget goals.

The leader will oversee patient care interventions, care plans, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality outcomes and compliance with Magnet hospital standards.

Qualifications

• Education: Nursing Diploma / Associate’s.
• Experience: 2–5 years in nursing.
• Licensing & Certification: RN.

Responsibilities

• Manages staff, including hiring, training, assigning work, performance evaluation, and development plans.
• Participates in budgeting and ensures adherence to financial goals.
• Provides and oversees patient care, documents interventions, and ensures care plans are implemented.
• Creates collaborative plans of care based on assessment and medical treatment.
• Manages staff hours, payroll updates, time-card reconciliation, and overtime.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Performance evaluation

Budgeting

Team development

Education

Nursing Diploma / Associate’s

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

Overview

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top‑ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. The hospital offers education, wellness and injury‑prevention programs to fulfill its mission to "do what’s right for kids". St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top‑ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Night Hours and Shift Details

• Night Hours – combination of 8, 10 or 12‑hour nights.
• One 12‑hour night (7 pm to 7 am) required once a week for Leader Resource & Patient Facing Shift.
• Will have direct reports.
• On‑call rotation for weekends & holidays.
• Full‑time benefits.
• Magnet Hospital.

Role Purpose

Coordinates patient care, personnel management, equipment maintenance, statistical accumulation, and ensures that staffing, revenue and operational goals are met.

Responsibilities

• Manages individual(s) including hiring, training, assigning work, performance evaluation, and professional development plans.
• Participates in departmental staffing, revenue and expense budgeting and maintains adherence to financial goals.
• Provides and oversees patient care, documents interventions, and ensures care plans are implemented.
• Creates collaborative plans of care based on assessment, diagnosis and medical treatment.
• Manages staff hours, payroll updates, time‑card reconciliation, staffing needs, overtime, and annual increases.
• Interviews staff for open positions, performs performance reviews, drafts corrective actions, and follows disciplinary procedures.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Nursing Diploma / Associate’s.
• Experience: 2–5 years in nursing.
• Supervisor Experience: None.
• Licensing & Certification: RN.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Experience: 5–10 years in nursing.
• Supervisor Experience: None.
• Additional Preferred Requirements: BSN strongly preferred; 2 years of RN experience in Neonatal ICU.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance and legal services available first day of the month after hire date.
• Disability insurance paid by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition Assistance available on first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer