Inpatient Care Manager (RN)- Full Time, 8 AM - 4 PM, Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center

Inpatient Care Manager

The Inpatient Care Manager is responsible for providing care coordination and services for selected patient populations across the continuum of illness. This role ensures the effective utilization of healthcare resources and monitors care delivery to support optimal clinical and operational outcomes. The Inpatient Care Manager collaborates closely with the Supervisor or Manager of Case Management and leads interdisciplinary efforts to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate services that maximize patient health and ensure safe, timely transitions of care.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Manage, coordinate, and facilitate patient care through comprehensive patient and family assessments, including social determinants of health, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Conduct daily chart reviews, utilization reviews, and coordination of discharge planning activities, ensuring complete, accurate, and timely clinical documentation in the electronic medical record.
• Lead and participate in interdisciplinary patient care rounds, identifying and resolving quality of care concerns, barriers to care progression, and discharge delays.
• Formulate, coordinate, and implement individualized plans of care and discharge plans to ensure safe, timely, and effective transitions.
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing, social work, and other healthcare professionals to manage and support patient care plans.
• Perform variance tracking and outcome analysis, identifying trends and opportunities to assess the effectiveness of clinical pathways and care management processes.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education:
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Master's degree in Nursing, Social Work, Healthcare Administration, or a related field preferred.
• Licensure and Certification
• Current, unrestricted RN license required.
• Case Management certification such as CCM or ACM preferred.
• Experience
• Minimum of three to five years of experience in inpatient care management, case management, utilization review, or a related acute care setting.
• Experience working within interdisciplinary healthcare teams required.
• Prior leadership or care coordination experience preferred.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Strong knowledge of care management principles, utilization management, discharge planning, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to assess clinical, psychosocial, and resource needs across the continuum of care.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze outcomes and identify opportunities for quality and process improvement.
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and care management systems.

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.

Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, a World's Best Hospital by Newsweek and recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in the NY Metro area by U.S. News & World Report. Our Atlantic Neuroscience Institute is the region's leader in neuroscience care. A hub for the New Jersey Stroke Network, we offer a broad range of advanced neurological, neurosurgical and neurodiagnostic services. We are also certified as a Level IV Epilepsy Center and home to the Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center, where more brain tumor surgeries are performed than anywhere else in New Jersey. Our CyberKnife program is the largest and most experienced in the state. We also have a satellite emergency department in Union, NJ, which treats about 40,000 emergency cases each year. Committed to providing exceptional care, Overlook Medical Center has achieved the prestigious Magnet recognition. This designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. What's more, Overlook Medical Center has advanced certification from The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is designated an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. Additional Joint Commission-certified services include behavioral health care, spine surgery, wound care, and primary care medical home (PCMH). 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: Team Member Benefits

• 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

Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer. EEO STATEMENT Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits,