Assistant Nurse Manager, Full Time, Evenings, Bed Management, Atlantic Health Clinical Operations Center

About the Role

Creates a working environment that promotes positive employee engagement, adherence to company policies, effective communications, collaboration, innovation, optimal productivity, and continuous learning. Ensures systems are in place to provide appropriate resources and competent staff.

Focuses and empowers the team to continuously build customer satisfaction for patients, physicians, colleagues, the community, and other departments served. Engages the team to raise the bar in service excellence.

Provides direction and leadership to the nursing team during crisis and emergency situations. Manages staffing emergencies and call-outs during evening hours for the next day. Anticipates potential problem situations and intervenes to offset any adverse impact on the facility, unit, or clinical operations.

Promotes and maintains harmonious and effective relationships with nursing leadership during evening hours across the system. Develops collaborative models for structured communications and strategic, program, and quality initiatives.

Supports bed planning competencies for all team members and provides re-education during off-shifts. Conducts performance evaluations for the bed planning team and evening collaboration with off-shift managers at AHS medical centers daily.

Recognizes emergent maintenance requirements during off-shifts and weekends, communicating needs to nursing leadership. Provides support and escalation to PTC and Atlantic Ambulance for discharge planning needs during evening hours.

Identifies and implements ways to reduce and control capacity bottlenecks, as well as enhance capacity availability across the system or within particular hospitals. Ensures the team and leadership are aware of capacity situations.

Fosters exceptional public relations for the organization. Reports to the Nurse Manager for Clinical Operations and escalates concerns or issues at the sites or within the team.

Responsibilities

• Assure implementation of standards of professional practice, reviewing and revising protocols as necessary to reflect changes in practice and ensure safe, effective, and efficient patient care.
• Develop and maintain a system-wide communication process with nursing leadership for consistent escalation.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, federal rules and regulations, OSHA, and JCAHO standards.
• Evaluate protocols for redesign opportunities to improve operations, reduce costs, minimize patient throughput delays, enhance service, and improve performance.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing (required).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (required).
• MSN (preferred).
• Current NJ (New Jersey) Registered Nurse License (required).
• Basic Life Support certification (required).
• 5 years of experience in Bed Management Nursing.
• HRO training (preferred).

About Us

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is to provide the highest quality care delivered at the right time, place, and cost. This commitment extends to our more than 22,000 team members through respect, development, and opportunities.

Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, Atlantic Health is one of the leading non-profit healthcare systems in the nation. Our facilities include:

• Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Medical Group
• Atlantic Visiting Nurse
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We have over 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group and have received numerous awards and recognitions, including:

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.”
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Overlook named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026.
• Ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
• Scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
• Named by Becker’s Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026."
• Atlantic Health Morristown, Overlook, Chilton, and Newton named Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
• Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
• Rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.

Benefits

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package supporting health, financial security, and well-being. Offerings vary by role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Coverage (for team members working 22.5 hours per week or above).
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement).
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution.
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave.
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising.
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave.
• Backup and On-Site Childcare.
• Well-Being Rewards.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program.
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts.
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft, and Legal Insurance.