Nurse Manager Salary in niche specialty?

[Btc8]

Hey friends,

So my manager approached me and let me know she is putting her notice in this week and that if I want her position that she would really like to recommend me for the job. 
Between LPN/RN I have been a nurse for almost 4 years and almost entirely in my specialty with this company (RadOnc). I know the ins and outs and believe I could do great in the role. 
 

I have no idea how to determine how much to ask for. I will be doing my current role PLUS her manager role. When googling I am unable to find any similar salaries to go off of since it’s a small niche. I see many for Oncology nurse managers but they are well over $100k and seems like a huge jump to me. 
 

The job will bring a lot of stress and new duties so I want to make sure I ask for enough but also do not want to ask for too much and be greedy. 
 

How would you navigate this? Let’s say hypothetically I was at $38/hr right now.. Any tips or advice?

[Nunya, BSN]

What?!? So I'm assuming you work 40ish hours/week and I'm assuming she does the same.  So you're actually considering doing BOTH jobs?  I was a manager a couple times in outpatient clinics, and an assistant manager in a couple inpatient units and occasionally did patient care in all due to vacations, illness etc and sometimes that was too much.  And you're thinking about doing it deliberately?  OK, take how much you make now, figure what you should make to do the manager's job (more than what you're making now I think) and add them together.  That's what you should ask for imo.  But be aware that once you become a manager it's usually a salaried job, not hourly.  So every once in awhile you MIGHT get off at hour early, and most of the rest of the time you won't. You might want to think about this some more.....

[Hannahbanana, BSN, MSN]

You should be able to ask her this question. If it's your first management-type job, you might not know the ins and outs of salary negotiations; she knows that. Ask her what she thinks is fair for you at this point in your career, and also at one year in. She might not tell you what they're paying her-- and it's likely to be more than you'd start at anyway-- but she's the best person to give you guidance in that.

There's also a radiology nurse section here, and somebody there might help you. Or the radiology nursing association probably has an online list where you could network with these and other questions.