Registered Nurse, Full Time, Days, 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. Assures systems are in place to ensure appropriate resources and a competent team. Directs department operations on a continuous basis and advises management on operational and functional improvement opportunities.

Identifies and implements ways to reduce and control capacity bottlenecks, as well as enhance capacity availability across the system and/or in the particular hospital. Ensures the team and leadership are aware of the capacity situation. Coordinates with PTC to optimize available beds across the system. Anticipates potential problem situations and intervenes to offset any adverse impact on the facility/unit and/or clinical operations.

Recognizes emergent maintenance requirements and delegates communications to address needs at the facilities level. Provides delegation for prioritizing the discharging of patients during dispatch hours. Delegates coordination between Beds and Dispatch to prioritize stat bed cleaning/transport requests based on bed request priorities.

Fosters exceptional public relations for the team and organization across all sites; interacts with administrators as appropriate. Demonstrates the ability to collaborate with site-specific administrative/clinical leadership to prioritize patient placement based on patient acuity and bed availability. Provides administrative support to the Clinical Operations Department.

Conducts site-based bed rounds during high census, surge, and emergency/PACU boarders, contributes to patient flow initiatives, ensures beds are identified in a timely fashion, and patients are placed appropriately according to the 15-minute bed placement rule. Delegates and monitors telephone etiquette, ensures calls are answered courteously, and prioritizes needs. Acts as a liaison for AHS sites and callers, coordinates department huddles, and manages customers politely and timely. Reports to the Nurse Manager for Clinical Operations and escalates concerns or issues at the sites or within the team.

Responsibilities

• Direct department operations and advise management on improvement opportunities.
• Reduce and control capacity bottlenecks while enhancing capacity availability.
• Coordinate with PTC to optimize bed availability across the system.
• Anticipate and mitigate potential problem situations impacting clinical operations.
• Delegate communications for emergent maintenance requirements.
• Prioritize patient discharging and bed cleaning/transport requests.
• Foster public relations and collaborate with administrative/clinical leadership.
• Provide administrative support to the Clinical Operations Department.
• Conduct bed rounds during high census, surge, or emergencies.
• Ensure timely patient placement according to the 15-minute rule.
• Delegate and monitor telephone etiquette and prioritize needs.
• Act as a liaison for AHS sites and callers.
• Coordinate department huddles and manage customer interactions.
• Report to the Nurse Manager and escalate concerns as needed.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing (required).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (required); Master’s Degree in Nursing (preferred).
• All ASN must complete their BSN studies within five years of their start date.
• Current New Jersey Registered Nurse License (required).
• Basic Life Support certification (required).
• 4+ years of experience in Emergency Department or Critical Care Nursing and/or relevant area.

About Us

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is to deliver the highest quality care at the right time, place, and cost. We respect, develop, and provide opportunities for our more than 22,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are a leading non-profit health care system with facilities including:

• 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, 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.
• 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."
• 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.

Morristown Medical Center is a nationally recognized leader in cardiology, heart surgery, 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 was included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America" and has received an "A" hospital safety grade from Leapfrog twelve consecutive times. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded it a five-star rating in 2020. Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service and a Level I Regional Trauma Center.

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