Job Description

Facility: PHO - Presbyterian Medical Center

Locations: Charlotte, North Carolina

Categories: Nursing Administration

Position Type: ['Full-Time']

Work Schedule Details: 11a-9p

Job Opening ID: ['193604']

What We Offer

Join a highly skilled and collaborative Women's Services leadership team at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, a Level II Trauma Center and one of the region's busiest maternity programs. As an Assistant Nurse Manager, you'll have the opportunity to lead and develop an exceptional team that helps welcome more than 5,000 babies each year while providing remarkable care to women and families across the continuum of obstetric services.

In this role, you'll find:

• The opportunity to lead within a 20-bed Labor & Delivery unit and partner closely with our 16-bed Special Maternity unit, caring for antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and high-risk obstetric patients.
• A leadership schedule of 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., providing strong operational support during some of the unit's busiest hours.
• A high-volume, high-acuity environment where strong clinical expertise and leadership make a meaningful impact every day.
• The ability to care for a diverse patient population, including high-risk pregnancies involving hypertension, preeclampsia, diabetes, and other maternal-fetal complications.
• A collaborative team of experienced nurses who practice with a high level of autonomy and are committed to delivering exceptional patient outcomes.
• Opportunities to mentor and develop nurses while helping shape the future of the unit through engagement, coaching, and professional growth initiatives.
• Ongoing leadership development, continuing education, and career advancement opportunities within Women's Services and Novant Health.
• A team that has made significant strides in strengthening culture, accountability, and engagement while remaining committed to teamwork, recognition, and professional growth.
• Competitive benefits, paid time off, retirement savings opportunities, and wellness resources designed to support you inside and outside of work.

What You'll Do

As the Assistant Nurse Manager for Labor & Delivery, you'll partner with the Nurse Manager to provide clinical, operational, and professional leadership for a dynamic team caring for patients across the continuum of obstetric care. You'll serve as a visible leader, mentor, and resource while fostering a culture centered on safety, accountability, teamwork, and remarkable patient experiences.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting daily operations of a high-volume Labor & Delivery unit that averages 365 to 450 births each month.
• Providing leadership and clinical support for nurses caring for antepartum, intrapartum, and high-risk obstetric patients.
• Leveraging strong Labor & Delivery clinical expertise to support complex patient populations and rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Serving as a trusted mentor, coach, and resource to nursing staff, helping team members grow professionally while maintaining high standards of clinical practice.
• Fostering a positive and engaged team culture by promoting accountability, collaboration, recognition, and open communication.
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding, retention, and engagement efforts to build and sustain a high-performing team.
• Collaborating with physicians, advanced practice providers, educators, and interdisciplinary partners to deliver safe, high-quality, patient-centered care.
• Monitoring quality, safety, patient experience, and operational metrics while leading and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting staffing and resource management in a fast-paced environment where nurses commonly manage a two-patient assignment model.
• Participating in an on-call leadership rotation, approximately one weekend every six weeks across Women's Services. When scheduled on a holiday weekend, leaders are expected to take call coverage, while weekday holiday coverage is compensated with time off.
• Creating an environment where nurses are empowered to practice autonomously, pursue professional development opportunities, and contribute to unit and organizational goals.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced Labor & Delivery nurse leader who thrives in a high-acuity setting, enjoys developing others, and is passionate about advancing exceptional care for women, newborns, and families at one of the area's premier maternity programs.

What We're Looking For

• Education:
• 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, required.
• BSN, preferred.
• Graduate Degree, preferred
• Experience:
• Minimum of two years of clinical RN experience, preferred.
• Prior demonstrated nursing leadership, preferred.
• Licensure/Certification:
• Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required.
• NC state approved curricula for restrictive interventions (facility specific) within 3 months of hire for Emergency Departments and Behavioral Health units, required.
• Unit/Dept Specific Required Certifications.
• Additional Skills (required):
• Successful completion of generic and department-specific skills validation and competency testing. Ability to successfully complete Leader Education & Training.

Why Choose Novant Health?

At Novant Health, we believe remarkable care starts with compassion for our patients, our communities, and each other. We value belonging, courage, personal growth, and teamwork, creating a space where everyone is respected, supported, and safe to show up as their full selves.

Job Opening ID

193604