Registered Nurse, Per Diem, Bed Management, Atlantic Health Clinical Operations Center

Job Description

Creates a working environment that promotes positive employee engagement, adherence to company policies, effective communications, collaboration, innovation, optimal productivity and continuous learning. Assures that systems are in place to ensure appropriate resources and 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 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 the communications to the needs at the facilities level.

Provides delegation for the prioritization of the discharging of patients during the hours of dispatch. 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 the administrator at the site as appropriate. Demonstrates the ability and delegates collaboration with the appropriate site specific administrative /clinical leadership to prioritize patient placement based on patient acuity and bed availability

Ability to provide administrative support to clinical Operations Dept. Conduct site-based bed rounds during high census, surge, and emergency/PACU boarders, contribute to the patient flow initiatives, assure beds are being identified in a timely fashion and patients placed appropriately according to the 15-minute bed placement rule. Delegates and monitors telephone etiquette and ensures calls are answered in a courteous manner; receives and communicates messages in a timely matter and can prioritize needs. Ability to act as a liaison for AHS sites and callers. Interacts with team members, coordinates dept Huddles and manages customers in a polite and timely manner. Reports to the Nurse Manager for Clinical Operations and escalates concerns or issues at the sites or within the team.

Qualifications

Education:

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required

Bachelors' Degree and Masters Degree of Nursing preferred

All ASN must complete their BSN studies within five years of their start date

License & Certifications:

Current NJ (New Jersey) Registered Nurse License required

Basic Life Support required

Experience:

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; 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.

Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology.

We are 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. We were included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America". In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an "A" hospital safety grade - its highest - twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us again with its highest five-start rating in 2020.

Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service, the highest level of recognition achievable from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for facilities that provide acute care services. Our nonprofit hospital was also designated a Level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and a Level II by the State of NJ.

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, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.

Job Info

• Job Identification 30521
• Job Category Nursing
• Locations 475 South St, Morristown, NJ, 07960, US
• Minimum Salary (Hourly Rate) 55.620000
• Maximum Salary (Hourly Rate)