Nurse Manager Neonatal Intensive Care NICU

Nurse Manager NICU - Lead neonatal excellence with compassion and vision

As a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse Manager, you'll step into a dynamic neonatal leadership role at a thriving, mission-driven hospital where your expertise elevates care for the tiniest patients and energizes a team obsessed with outstanding outcomes. This NICU nurse Manager opportunity unites purpose and progress by combining cutting-edge perinatal technology, evidence-based practice, and a highly collaborative culture that empowers you to innovate, mentor, and deliver measurable results in an environment renowned for clinical excellence, compassionate service, and sustained growth.

Join an organization where a NICU Nurse Manager can truly thrive, thanks to ongoing investment in people, programs, and technology. You'll find a modern, thoughtfully designed Neonatal ICU, evidence-based practices that are embedded in everyday care, and smart, data-driven tools that make quality improvement faster and more effective. As a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse Manager, you'll be part of a hospital recognized for nursing excellence, patient safety, and exceptional patient experience, with honors for strong outcomes, community impact, and caregiver engagement-supported by active philanthropy and collaborative partnerships that expand maternal-infant services, open doors to research, and fuel meaningful professional growth.

In this multi-specialty acute care hospital, the NICU Manager guides a busy, high-acuity Neonatal Intensive Care Unit dedicated to premature and medically fragile newborns requiring complex, family-centered care. The Manager fosters an environment where neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, lactation consultants, social workers, and bedside RNs collaborate seamlessly, leveraging advanced monitoring, ventilatory support, and developmentally supportive practices to achieve exceptional outcomes and a compassionate, healing experience for families.

The NICU Nurse Manager reports to the Director of Women's and Children's Services and is supported by experienced charge nurses, clinical educators, and a multidisciplinary leadership council. As a Nurse Manager, you will shape staffing and scheduling, mentor preceptors, advance shared governance, enhance unit-based metrics, steward budgets, and champion patient and staff safety. You'll join friendly nurses and a diverse team of healthcare professionals who value inclusivity, continuous learning, and mutual respect-creating a workplace where the Neonatal ICU Manager can lead with confidence and purpose.

Live and lead as a Nursing leader in vibrant Central Texas, a region celebrated for Hill Country vistas, sparkling lakes and rivers, hiking and cycling trails, and a legendary live music and festival scene. As a Neonatal manager, you'll enjoy year-round sunshine, a dynamic culinary landscape from authentic barbecue to farm-to-table and Tex-Mex, lively arts districts, top-tier schools and universities, and easy access to weekend getaways-wineries, state parks, outdoor concerts, and family-friendly attractions-delivering the perfect blend of career advancement and an active, welcoming lifestyle.

This NICU Nurse Manager role offers a competitive salary up to $175,000, along with a full suite of health and retirement benefits, wellness resources, paid time off, and professional development support designed to fuel long-term success. Ready to elevate neonatal care and advance your leadership journey? Contact a Clinical Management Consultants recruiter today to learn more and begin the next chapter of your neonatal leadership career.