As an assistant nurse manager, your duties are to provide administrative, clerical, and practical support for the nurse manager. Your responsibilities are to oversee daily operations, thus freeing up the nurse manager to address larger-scale issues within the department. You help the unit by assigning clinical duties to other nurses, ensuring each shift has the proper staff and that there are backup nurses on call, and providing supplementary treatment and support to each patient. You are also a key liaison between the department and other health care professionals, such as physicians, pharmacists, and administrators.