Job Description

Supports department operations by coordinating staffing, projects, and supporting clinical staff to provide safe patient care. Oversees functions of centralized and unit-based educational programs. Conducts performance appraisals, promotes professional development, and ensures regulatory compliance. Fosters collaboration and maintains a positive work environment aligned with high standards of care.

Principal Accountabilities:

Overall Functioning of unit: Overseeing and assisting with the coordination and delivery of educational programs, competency management, onboarding, orientation, inquiry, collaborative partnerships, role development and compliance. Encouraging and promoting high standards of patient care. Ensuring appropriate staffing is met to meet departmental needs. Responsible for monitoring team member schedules, coordinating overtime, and ensuring staffing aligns with budget. Ensure productivity targets are maintained. Ensures payroll is accurate. Ensure equipment and supplies are maintained. Assist with budget preparation and monthly variance analysis.

Performance Appraisals: Coordinates and supports introductory and annual performance appraisals. Participates in hiring, termination. Provides clinical and behavioral guidance. Identifies educational opportunities and promotes professional growth. Uses progressive disciplinary processes. Addresses staff issues promptly and documents actions. Monitors time and attendance. Facilitates respectful conflict resolution.

Maintains Collaborative relationship: involve acting as a leader in the absence of the manager, providing on-shift coordination and guidance. Maintains open communication with staff, physicians, and leadership. Ability to assess and resolve complex issues independently or collaboratively. Foster teamwork across departments and disciplines to ensure quality patient care.

Maintains a safe environment: Ensures compliance with OSHA, Joint Commission, Board of Health, and hospital standards. Fulfills all regulatory, licensure, annual competency, and mandatory training requirements. Promotes high-quality patient care by developing and interpreting the hospital’s and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care, enforcing adherence to state nursing regulations and other governing bodies. Actively participates in patient safety initiatives and performance improvement efforts. Develops, implements, and monitors action plans in response to survey findings or unit-specific issues. Maintains and regularly updates unit policies and procedures to reflect current best practices and regulatory expectations.

Professional Practice: Serves as a clinical resource to the healthcare team. Acts as a mentor and preceptor. Participates in the orientation of new educators. Participates in team communication. Promotes professional development, specialty certification, and continuing education. Recognizes limitations and seeks appropriate resources. Seeks new information to broaden knowledge base. Actively participates in Shared Governance activities. Serves on interdepartmental committees and task forces. Acts as a unit liaison when requested. Supports Magnet journey. Establishing a pleasant work atmosphere that focuses on teamwork and recognition of individual excellence is a priority.

Positive communication skills; Experience with Quality initiatives, action plans, and auditing; Time management and multitasking skills; Experience with Joint Commission preparation.

Experience with team evaluations and disciplinary action processes; Proven ability to coach teams and provide opportunities to facilitate team work; MS office experience.

Problem solving, decision making and negotiation skills.

Strong leadership skills; Able to work with multiple departments; Superior interpersonal skills; Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.

Attend system functions at other sites as needed.

Other duties as assigned

Required:

1. BSN
2. Registered Nurse licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey
3. BLS Certification
4. 2-3 years of experience in Nursing, or relevant area
5. Basic Dysrhythmia
6. HRO training

Preferred:

1. MSN or Higher degree
2. Certification in area of specialty
3. ACLS certification

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:

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