Nurse Manager, Full-Time Days, 8a-4p, Private Care, Atlantic Health

About the role

Serves at the Clinical Director leading clinical, operational, and financial activities. Works collaboratively with physicians, clinical departments, nursing, management, and other stakeholders to ensure timely patient access to care, operational efficiency, department productivity, fiscal integrity and patient satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Provides oversight and operational support for the coordination and delivery of high-quality patient care 24/7.
  • Leads and facilitates efficient patient flow processes, including admissions, transfers, and discharges, ensuring seamless transitions and optimal resource utilization.
  • Cultivates a staff-driven experience that prioritizes exceptional service for patients, physicians, colleagues, the community.
  • Ensures payroll is accurate.
  • Ensures appropriate staffing levels to meet patient acuity and volume, managing overtime, and aligning staffing with budgetary and productivity targets.
• Budget: Oversees the development, implementation, and management of annual clinical operating, capital, and staffing budgets, ensuring efficient resource utilization and alignment with financial objectives.
  • Actively contributes to strategic planning efforts to support organizational priorities.
• Performance Management: Leads the performance management process by conducting timely introductory and annual evaluations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and individual development plans.
  • Participates in strategic talent decisions, including recruitment and separation, while providing ongoing clinical and behavioral coaching to support staff excellence.
  • Identifies and promotes professional development opportunities to foster continuous learning and career advancement.
  • Applies progressive disciplinary practices consistently and equitably, addressing performance and conduct issues promptly with thorough documentation.
• Growth: Serves as an effective representative of APCS and health system within the community, actively seeking opportunities to promote the organization.
  • Serves as Acting Administrator and/or nursing resource person for office and field staff in the Director’s absence.
• Quality: Ensures the implementation of professional practice standards in alignment with organizational policies and evidence-based guidelines.
  • Maintains compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, OSHA, Joint Commission, and other relevant accrediting bodies.
  • Oversees departmental performance and ensures adherence to patient safety initiatives and regulatory requirements.
• Professional Practice: Promotes shared decision making and professional autonomy through active participation in a professional governance structure.
  • Maintains engagement with relevant professional organizations.
  • Fosters a collaborative and supportive departmental culture.
  • Develops, implements, and monitors the policies and procedures necessary to maintain the standards required by accrediting bodies and/or licensing agencies.
  • Reviews and oversees all contracts with insurance companies, home care companies and state or county agencies.
  • Affords assistance in arranging for the appropriate data to be gathered for insurance companies when requests are made for information to be sent to them for their records.
  • Affords assistance to agency staff with the implementation of computer programs and materials necessary to support all standards and provide appropriate management information, i.e. expiring authorization reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the state of New Jersey
• Certification in BLS
• Prioritizing supervisory experience in a home health care setting
• Experience working with home health care standards and quality assurance or risk management
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint

Skills

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations and accreditation standards
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Benefits

Includes medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members), 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.

Pay

Hourly wage or salary (or a range) will be confirmed at the time of offer.

Schedule

Details will be provided at the time of offer.