Assistant Nurse Manager- Full Time, Days, Maternity, 8A-4P, Pompton Plains NJ

Maternity Unit Assistant RN Manager / Perinatal Nurse Educator

Responsible for promoting and restoring patient's health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care, directing and developing staff, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs and providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.
2. Maintains nursing operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
3. Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care.
4. Supports daily unit operations through staffing coordination, patient flow management, resource allocation, scheduling oversight, and operational decision-making in collaboration with the Nurse Manager.
5. Maintains and supports nursing staff through recruitment, onboarding, orientation, competency validation, education, mentoring, coaching, and performance management.
6. Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families and promoting patient's independence by establishing patient care goals and providing information to patients and health care team by answering questions and requests.
7. Serves as a leadership resource for clinical staff by addressing operational concerns, patient care issues, conflict resolution, and escalation of clinical situations as needed.
8. Participates in staffing, scheduling, budgeting, productivity monitoring, and performance improvement initiatives to support departmental goals and operational efficiency.
9. Supports departmental objectives related to quality, patient safety, patient experience, employee engagement, and professional practice.
10. Coordinates orientation programs, onboarding activities, annual competencies, and educational initiatives for nursing and support staff.
11. Develops, implements, and evaluates educational programs based on evidence-based practice, regulatory requirements, organizational priorities, and identified learning needs.
12. Leads simulation training, mock drills, emergency preparedness exercises, and interdisciplinary education related to maternal and neonatal emergencies.
13. Serves as a mentor, preceptor, and clinical resource for new and experienced staff, promoting professional growth, clinical excellence, and specialty certification.
14. Protects patients and employees by supporting infection prevention practices, medication safety initiatives, controlled substance regulations, and compliance with organizational policies and procedures.
15. Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records and maintains patient confidence by monitoring confidential information processing.
16. Achieves financial objectives and ensures emergency equipment availability/nursing supplies and completing preventive maintenance requirements.
17. Maintains professional and technical knowledge and maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams.
18. Performs other related duties as assigned.

This hybrid role integrates clinical leadership, staff development, operational oversight, and quality improvement to ensure exceptional maternal and neonatal care while fostering staff competence, engagement, and professional growth.

Qualifications

Required:

1. BSN required.
2. Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications required.

Preferred:

1. Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
2. Certified Electronic Fetal Monitoring (C-EFM)
3. Experience facilitating staff orientation, competency validation, simulation training, mock drills, and continuing education programs.
4. Strong teaching and curriculum development skills
5. Minimum of 2-5 years of Labor & Delivery, Maternal Child Health, Perinatal Services, or related clinical nursing experience.
6. Previous Charge RN, Assistant Nurse Manager, Clinical Leader, or other nursing leadership experience.
7. Completion of High Reliability Organization (HRO) training or the ability to obtain training within the designated timeframe.
8. Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate across interdisciplinary team.

About Us

At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care 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 more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group.

We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades:

• Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For."
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the "World's Best Hospitals" in 2026.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings.
• Atlantic Health scored four "A" grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
• Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be 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, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026.
• Named by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025.
• Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired.

Located in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Chilton Medical Center has been ranked the top mid-sized hospital in NJ for six years in a row, according to Castle Connolly. The Leapfrog Group gave us an "A" Hospital Safety Grade and we've received the Lifeline Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. In addition, The Joint Commission recognized us as a Primary Stroke Center. We were awarded the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite. We achieved Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. ANCC's Magnet Recognition Program identifies superior quality in nursing care and is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted:

• 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