Registered Nurse (RN) Health Manager {177217}

Job Description

Job Description

Full time Registered Nurse (RN) Health Manager openings in the Newton, NJ area with a major healthcare company! Starting ASAP!! Apply now to Chris Meyer with A-Line!

Registered Nurse (RN) Health Manager Pay Rate: $60-$65 per hour

Registered Nurse (RN) Health Manager HOURS : 3:00 PM–11:00 PM two days during the week and every other weekend 7:00 AM–7:30 PM. Regular rotating schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Thursday, Friday, then repeating every 2 weeks.

Registered Nurse (RN) Health Manager Job Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and oversight for hospital operations during off-shifts, ensuring patient safety, quality care, and service excellence.
• Makes rounds in all patient care areas to assess patient needs and acuity. Responds to emergencies and assists as needed.
• Handles incidents, emergencies, and operational issues, escalating as needed. Facilitates patient throughput.
• Serves as the senior administrative authority on site during off shifts, making operational decisions until relieved by senior leadership or designated department managers.
• Ensures implementation of professional practice standards in alignment with organizational policies and evidence-based guidelines.
• Maintains compliance with applicable local, state, and federal regulations, OSHA, Joint Commission, and other relevant accrediting bodies.
• Responsible for DOH mandatory reporting of applicable events while on duty.
• Oversees performance and ensures adherence to patient safety initiatives and regulatory requirements.
• Creates a working environment that promotes positive employee engagement, effective communication, and collaboration.
• Identifies and implements ways to reduce and control expenses. Monitors staffing levels in relation to patient census and acuity.
• Implements workforce adjustments as needed, including sending staff home, placing them on standby, or reallocating personnel to other areas to ensure safe, cost-effective staffing while maintaining patient care standards.
• Communicates staffing decisions with the appropriate unit manager/director to ensure transparency and alignment with departmental needs.
• Serves as a key point of contact for addressing and resolving concerns from patients, staff members, visitors, and physicians in a timely and professional manner.
• Provides real-time support and communication to patients and families during times of dissatisfaction, conflict, or heightened emotion, ensuring compassionate, empathetic responses and service recovery.
• Promotes a culture of service excellence by modeling effective communication, empathy, and responsiveness.
• Investigates complaints or service disruptions and documents findings.
• Facilitates conflict resolution and escalates complex issues to senior leadership when necessary.
• Performs additional administrative responsibilities as requested to meet the needs of the department/organization.
• Participates on committees and actively supports Shared Governance.
• Provides guidance, feedback, and performance documentation for staff.
• Acts as liaison between nursing staff, department managers, and administrators-on-call.
• Ensures timely and accurate documentation of significant events, staffing adjustments, patient/family interactions, and service recovery actions, communicating to appropriate leaders by the next business day.
• Communicates quality performance concerns and patient care/safety concerns to appropriate personnel.
• Counsels and disciplines assigned personnel, documents issues, and follows up with appropriate managers.
• Coordinates activity in response to activation of emergency codes until relieved by senior management on premises or the presence of a manager with expertise in the specific area of concern.
• Acts as a liaison for the assignment of nursing personnel.
• Rewards and recognizes employee excellence.
• Assists with transfer/bed assignment of patients to appropriate, available beds.
• Leads hospital-wide emergency responses such as mass casualty incidents, IT system downtime, and utility failures until relieved by senior leadership.
• Promotes shared decision-making and professional autonomy through active participation in a professional governance structure.
• Maintains engagement with relevant professional organizations.
• Supports the organization’s Magnet journey by advancing nursing excellence and staff empowerment.
• Facilitates daily huddles to enhance communication and reinforce a culture of safety.

Registered Nurse (RN) Health Manager Requirements

• Three (3) years of healthcare management experience.
• Valid Registered Nursing or compact License
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• BLS / ACLS Certification.
• Experience with quality initiatives, action plans, and auditing.
• Experience with Joint Commission preparation for disease-specific certification.
• Proven ability to coach teams and provide opportunities to facilitate teamwork.
• MS Office experience.
• Problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation skills.
• Strong leadership skills.

Why Apply:

• Full benefits available after 90 days: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short-term Disability
• GREAT Hours! Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week, No Weekends
• Competitive Pay Rate!

If you think that this Registered Nurse (RN) Health Manager position is a good fit for you, please apply to Chris Meyer via this posting for immediate consideration!

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