When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Farr 9 is a fast‑paced, 34‑bed acute care general medical unit with telemetry, caring for adults with complex acute and chronic conditions including eating disorders, COPD, diabetes, sepsis, and patients with multiple comorbidities and social/psychiatric needs. Our team is energetic, collaborative, and committed to excellent patient care.
The Assistant Nursing Director supports daily operations, quality initiatives, and team development on Farr 9. This role provides leadership in the delivery of nursing services, actively coordinates and triages patient care across disciplines, and serves as a key liaison between multiple departments. Works closely with the Nursing Director to ensure safe, high‑quality care and a positive work environment.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate and triage patient care and clinical workflows across disciplines.
Support daily operations, staffing, resource management, and patient flow.
Serve as liaison across departments to ensure seamless care transitions.
Support quality improvement, safety initiatives, and evidence‑based practice.
Mentor, coach, and support nursing staff; assist with onboarding and development.
BSN required; Masters preferred.
3+ years acute care experience; leadership or charge experience preferred.
Strong communication, critical thinking, and team‑building skills.
This role is an excellent opportunity for a motivated nurse looking to advance their nursing career.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
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. Direct Reports: None Indirect Reports: None
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Nursing required. Master's degree in Nursing preferred.
License Registered Nurse required., and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
3-5 years related work experience required and 0-1 years supervisory/management experience required
Demonstrated Leadership
Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.
Competencies:
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.
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.
Independence of Action: Ability to set direction and vision for major departments or multiple departments. Establishes priorities, develops policies and allocates resources.
Written Communications: Ability to communicate complex information in English effectively in writing to all levels of staff, management and external customers across functional areas.
Oral Communications: Ability to verbally communicate complex concepts in English and address sensitive situations, resolve conflicts, negotiate, motivate and persuade others.
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.
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.
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
Department Specific Job Responsibilities:
Support operations at the unit level related to:
- Patient Progression
- Staff engagement / available on off shifts
- Professional development
- Recruitment and hiring
- Onboarding / mentoring
- Quality/ pt experience
Demonstrates and role models an interdisciplinary collaborative approach to patient care.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on quality improvement work based on department and organizational goals.
Liaise with post-acute providers for continued improvement in Transitions of Care.
Maintains awareness of regulatory requirements at the federal and state level.
Pay Range:
$150,000.00 USD – $220,000.00 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.
