Nurse Manager, Full-Time Days, 8a-4p, Private Care, Atlantic Health

Serves at the Clinical Director leading clinical, operational, and financial activities. Works collaboratively with physicians, clinical departments, nursing, management, and other stakeholders to ensure timely patient access to care, operational efficiency, department productivity, fiscal integrity and patient satisfaction. Primary responsibilities include human resources management, practice business development, daily operational efficiency, effectiveness, and regulatory compliance


Principal Accountabilities:

1. Provides oversight and operational support for the coordination and delivery of high-quality patient care 24/7. Leads and facilitates efficient patient flow processes, including admissions, transfers, and discharges, ensuring seamless transitions and optimal resource utilization. Conducts team meetings to foster team
engagement, uphold safety standards, and enhance the overall patient and family experience. Ensures payroll is accurate. Ensures appropriate staffing levels to meet patient acuity and volume, managing overtime, and aligning staffing with budgetary and productivity targets
2. Budget: Oversees the development, implementation, and management of annual clinical operating, capital, and staffing budgets, ensuring efficient resource utilization and alignment with financial objectives. Actively contributes to strategic planning efforts to support organizational priorities.
3. Performance Management: Leads the performance management process by conducting timely introductory and annual evaluations, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and individual development plans. Actively participates in strategic talent decisions, including recruitment and separation, while providing ongoing clinical and behavioral coaching to support staff excellence. Identifies and promotes professional development
opportunities to foster continuous learning and career advancement. Applies progressive disciplinary practices consistently and equitably, addressing performance and conduct issues promptly with thorough documentation. 
4. Service: Cultivates a staff-driven experience that prioritizes exceptional service for patients, physicians, colleagues, the community. Actively involves staff in advancing standards of patient care excellence. Embodies and promotes the organization’s vision, mission, values, and strategic priorities. Consistently evaluates the patient experience and implements focused action plans to enhance satisfaction and support the achievement of organizational objectives.
5. Growth: Serves as an effective representative of APCS and health system within the community, actively seeking opportunities to promote the organization.
6. Quality: Ensures the implementation of professional practice standards in alignment with organizational policies and evidence-based guidelines. Maintains compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, OSHA, Joint Commission, and other relevant accrediting bodies. Oversees departmental
performance and ensures adherence to patient safety initiatives and regulatory requirements.
7. Professional Practice: Promotes shared decision making and professional autonomy through active participation in a professional governance structure. Maintains engagement with relevant professional organizations. Leads recruitment, retention and team engagement efforts, fostering a collaborative and
supportive departmental culture.
8. Develop, implement, and monitor the policies and procedures necessary to maintain the standards required by accrediting bodies and/or licensing agencies. Review and oversee all contracts with insurance companies, home care companies and state or county agencies. Assist, as needed, with arranging for the appropriate data to be gathered for insurance companies when requests are made for information to be sent to them for their records.
9. Assist agency staff with the implementation of computer programs and materials necessary to support all standards and provide appropriate management information, i.e. expiring authorization reports.
10. Serve as Acting Administrator and/or nursing resource person for office and field staff in the Director’s absence.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the state of New Jersey.
• Certification in BLS
   

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Nursing, Business, Healthcare, or Finance preferred
• At least 4 years supervisory experience in a home health care setting.
• Experience working with home health care standards and quality assurance or risk management.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint