Assistant Nurse Manager, Full Time, Operating Room-EV/Neuro, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center

About the role

Serves as a change agent and role model for professional behavior, assisting staff in embracing necessary change. Promotes unit-based shared governance, professional development, and nursing specialty certification in partnership with the nurse manager. Facilitates a positive working environment through leadership rounding, interviewing, and on-boarding of new hires, learners, and peri-op fellows.

Responsibilities

• Completes annual performance appraisals, including feedback, professional development plans, and employee self-appraisals.
• Attends meetings as directed by the nurse manager.
• Promotes employee engagement and a positive working environment.
• Identifies, plans, and implements activities to ensure patient care aligns with professional standards, evidence-based practices, and patient safety goals.
• Monitors departmental performance in quality and patient safety, developing action plans for unmet goals.
• Participates in regulatory readiness and operational excellence projects using performance improvement methodologies.
• Collaborates with patients, families, peers, and other departments to meet organizational goals for patient experience.
• Investigates and provides feedback for patient or departmental concerns, developing improvement plans as needed.
• Ensures effective implementation of financial plans, demonstrating fiscal stewardship through efficient resource use.
• Initiates and finalizes API staff self-scheduling to meet departmental staffing needs.
• Assists with departmental payroll and collaborates on premium hour criteria and use.
• Participates in budget involvement for expense control and revenue enhancement.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (required).
• Current New Jersey Registered Nurse License.
• Basic Life Support certification.
• 3-5 years of Interventional Radiology experience (required).
• Leadership experience (preferred).

About Us

Atlantic Health is a leading non-profit health care system in New Jersey, committed to delivering high-quality care at the right time, place, and cost. Our facilities include:

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

We are recognized for excellence in patient care, workplace culture, and community impact, including:

• 17 years as one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.”
• Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers named among Newsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals” (2026).
• Ranked among the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report (2025-2026).
• Four “A” grades from The Leapfrog Group for hospital safety (Fall 2025).
• Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers named among America’s 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades (2026).
• Recognized by Becker’s Healthcare as one of the “165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” (2026).
• Four hospitals named Forbes Top Hospitals (2026).
• Rated LEVEL 9 in CHIME Digital Health Most Wired (2025).

Morristown Medical Center is a nationally recognized leader in cardiology, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology, pulmonology, and urology. It is the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America’s “50 Best Hospitals” for six consecutive years by Healthgrades and one of the World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek. It holds Magnet designation for nursing excellence, Level I Trauma Center status, and a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Benefits

Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage (for team members working 22.5+ hours/week).
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability (with supplemental options).
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match and additional non-elective contribution.
• Paid time off (PTO) and paid sick leave.
• Tuition assistance, advancement opportunities, and academic advising.
• Parental, adoption, and surrogacy leave.
• Backup and on-site childcare.
• Well-being rewards and employee assistance program (EAP).
• Fertility benefits and healthy pregnancy program.
• Flexible spending and commuter accounts.
• Pet, home, auto, identity theft, and legal insurance.