Overview

Beebe Healthcare is seeking a compassionate, experienced, and collaborative Assistant Nurse Manager to help lead our Women's & Children's Service Line. This leadership role supports a 12-bed Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) unit and a 9-bed Medical-Surgical Pediatric unit, ensuring the delivery of exceptional, patient-centered care for women, newborns, children, and families.

Working closely with the Nurse Manager, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams, the Assistant Nurse Manager provides daily clinical and operational leadership while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement. This role serves as a key leadership resource for frontline staff and provides bench-strength for the Nurse Manager position.

If you are passionate about developing teams, improving patient outcomes, and advancing excellence in maternal-child healthcare, we invite you to join Beebe Healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day clinical and operational leadership for the Women's & Children's Service Line.
• Assist with daily unit operations, including patient flow, staffing assignments, acuity-based scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Support staffing and patient care for Labor & Delivery, Mother-Baby, Nursery, Pediatric Med-Surg, and adult medical-surgical overflow, when appropriate.
• Collaborate with charge nurses, providers, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care.
• Assist with recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, retention, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Coach, mentor, and provide performance feedback to RNs, LPNs, CNAs, and support staff.
• Support orientation, competency validation, and professional development for new graduate nurses and experienced staff.
• Lead and participate in quality improvement initiatives, regulatory readiness, audits, and evidence-based practice projects.
• Promote a culture of patient safety by encouraging reporting and resolution of safety events, near misses, and process improvement opportunities.
• Participate in patient-centered leadership rounding and service recovery to ensure an exceptional patient and family experience.
• Address patient and family concerns with professionalism, compassion, and timely follow-up.
• Serve as a communication liaison between frontline staff and nursing leadership to support organizational goals and operational excellence.
• Assist with departmental fiscal stewardship, productivity monitoring, and efficient resource utilization.
• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, accreditation standards, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical expertise in Perinatal nursing and/or Med-Surg/Pediatrics
• Minimum of 3-5 years of acute care nursing experience, with strong preference in:
  • Labor and Delivery
  • Postpartum/Mother-Baby
  • Newborn/Nursery care
  • Pediatrics or Med-Surg experience
• Demonstrated leadership experience (charge nurse, preceptor, clinical team lead, or supervisor role).
• Leadership skills and staff engagement
• Critical thinking
• Ability to manage crisis situations effectively
• Proven ability to provide excellent customer service to patients, team members, and visitors.
• Knowledge and experience with electronic health records.

Competencies Skills

• Clinical expertise in Women's Health, Perinatal Services, and/or Pediatric Nursing
• Visible and approachable leadership style
• Staff coaching, mentoring, and professional development
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Critical thinking and sound clinical judgment
• Crisis management and effective decision-making
• Quality improvement and patient safety focus
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to lead change and foster employee engagement
• Commitment to exceptional patients, family, and team member experiences

Credentials

• BLS and ACLS required
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required
• STABLE certification required
• Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring certification preferred (or obtained within six months of hire for candidates with Basic Fetal Monitoring)
• NIH Stroke Scale Certification within six months of hire
• Specialty Certification such as RNC-OB or C-EFM strongly preferred

Education

• State of Delaware RN license
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or related healthcare leadership degree preferred.

EntryUSD $87,048.00/Yr. MaxUSD $143,624.00/Yr.