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Associate Clinical Manager - Operating Room City Campus - Full Time

AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
locationWeymouth, NJ, USA
PublishedPublished: 4/8/2026
Full Time
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.


Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Associate Nurse Manager (ANM) supports the Clinical Nurse Manager in leading day-to-day unit operations with a strong focus on patient throughput, staffing coordination, and frontline leadership. This role serves as a bridge between bedside nursing staff and unit leadership, ensuring safe, timely, and efficient patient care delivery. The ANM plays a key role in managing patient flow, optimizing bed utilization, reducing discharge delays, and ensuring the unit meets operational and quality targets.

Key Responsibilities

  • Coordinate patient flow on a shift-to-shift basis, ensuring timely admissions, transfers, and discharges.
  • Monitor discharge planning activities to reduce order-to-discharge and discharge-to-door times.
  • Partner with Care Management, Transport, Environmental Services, and ancillary departments to remove throughput barriers.
  • Oversee and support nursing staff in daily operations, ensuring adherence to standards of care and regulatory requirements.
  • Manage on-shift staffing allocations, floating decisions, and surge capacity response.
  • Escalate issues to appropriate leadership promptly and provide input on process improvement opportunities.
  • Participate in unit-based throughput initiatives and performance improvement projects.
  • Support onboarding, orientation, and ongoing competency development of staff.
  • Act as a resource nurse as needed during high-acuity or surge situations.
  • Foster and sustain a healthy work environment by modeling authentic leadership, promoting skilled communication, ensuring appropriate staffing, encouraging meaningful recognition, and engaging staff in shared decision-making to support morale, retention, and safe patient care.


QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

  • Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required.
  • Bachelor's degree in nursing required; master's degree preferred.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION:

  • Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey or current multi-state license required.
  • American Heart Association BLS required.
  • Advanced Life Support Certification, within your specialty (ACLS, PALS, or NRP) is required within 6 months of hire or transfer. Current incumbents must obtain within 6 months, by 8/1/2026.
  • Approved professional nursing certification required within 1 year of hire or transfer. Current incumbents must obtain within 1 year, by 2/1/2027.


SPECIALITY

EXPERIENCE

ADVANCE
CERTIFICATION /
REQUIREMENTS

Emergency Room

2-4 years medical/surgical experience required; 2 years emergency room experience preferred.

TNCC, ACLS, and PALS or ENPC required

Emergency Room City

2-4 years medical/surgical experience required; 2 years emergency room experience preferred.

TNCC or ATCN Preferred
ACLS, and PALS or ENPC required.

Labor and Delivery

2-4 years labor and delivery experience required.

NRP and ACLS required.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Intermediate Care Unit

2-4 years neonatal Intensive Care Unit experience required.

NRP and ACLS required

Mother/Baby Unit

2-4 years mother/baby experience preferred.

NRP and ACLS required

Operating Room

Minimum 1 year medical/surgical experience desired; 1-2 years operating room experience desired.

ACLS required

CNOR preferred

Critical Care

2-4 years medical/surgical experience required; 1-2 years critical care experience preferred.

ACLS required

CCRN preferred

Medical/Surgical

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred.

ACLS required

Psychiatry

1-2 years medical/surgical experience required; 1-2 years psychiatry experience preferred. Crisis intervention experience preferred for PIP.

Pediatrics

1-2 years medical/surgical experience required; 1-2 years pediatric experience strongly preferred.

PALS required

Radiology

2-4 years medical/surgical experience required; 1-2 interventional experience preferred. Critical Care experience preferred.

ACLS required

Cath Lab

1-2 years critical care, emergency room or telemetry experience required; 1 year cath-lab experience preferred.

ACLS required

Trauma

2-4 years medical/surgical experience required; 1-2 years trauma experience preferred.

ACLS, TNCC required

Oncology

1 --2 years medical/surgical experience preferred. Chemotherapy experience preferred.

Endoscopy

Minimum 2 years medical/surgical experience required; 1 year telemetry experience preferred;1 year of Endo or O.R. experience preferred.

ACLS is required, PALS and CCRN are preferred. CGRN preferred.

Cardiac Diagnostic

1 --2 years medical/surgical experience required; 1-2 years critical care experience preferred.

ACLS is required

Cardiovascular ICU

2-4 years critical care experience required.

2-4 years cardiovascular ICU experience preferred.

ACLS required; CCRN preferred

Intermediate Care

2-5 years telemetry experience required.

ACLS required

Telemetry

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred.

ACLS preferred

Radiation Oncology

1--3 years oncology experience required.

OCN preferred

PACU/SDS

1-3 years critical care experience preferred.

ACLS required, PALS preferred

EXPERIENCE: 1-2 years of leadership, charge nurse, or clinical operations experience strongly preferred. Demonstrated expertise in patient flow, team leadership, and real-time problem-solving. Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as leadership skills required. Proficiency in Clinical Applications preferred at time of hire.

UNIT

POPULATIONS SERVED

Associate Clinical Managers have knowledge of core competencies on the following patient population(s) serviced:

Bariatric

Morbid obese adult with all comorbid illness/conditions, including but not limited to: cardiac/cardiovascular, metabolic; renal, pulmonary, etc.

Cath Lab

Cardiac/vascular conditions and diseases including but not limited to: CAD, carotid stenosis, renal stenosis, PVD, etc.

Critical Care

Acute medical/surgical care of skeletal muscular, renal

ortho conditions and diseases including but not limited to: AMI, CAD, PVD, CVA/TIA, COPD, CHF, shock, renal failure, metabolic disorders, etc.

Behavioral Health

Behavioral health illnesses including but not limited to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, psychosis, etc..

Dialysis

Patients with acute or chronic renal failure or chronic renal disease.

Endoscopy

Chronic pain management, endoscopic procedures of cardiovascular, GI, pulmonary conditions and disease, etc..

Emergency Department

Triage, assess and treat patients of all age presenting for emergency care for all body systems, conditions and diseases including but not limited to: coronary, pulmonary, neuro, skeletal muscular, GI/metabolic, GU/renal, GYN, integumentary, etc..

Intermediate Care

Monitored post-surgical care including but not limited to neuro, GI, GU/GYN, peripheral vascular interventions, orthopedic procedures, etc.. Medical diagnoses including but not limited to: cardiac, pulmonary, neuron, GI, VCA/TIA and renal conditions, etc..

Medical Surgical

Medical/Surgical diagnoses including but not limited to orthopedic, neuron, GI, GU/GYN, renal, metabolic, pulmonary systems and those requiring isolation/precautions.

Telemetry/Medical/Surgical

Cardiac/cardiovascular, neuro, GI conditions and diseases including not limited to: CAD, PVD, COPD, CHF, metabolic disorders, etc.

Telemetry/Stroke

Cardiac/cardiovascular, neuron, renal, GI conditions and diseases including but not limited to: CAD, PVD, CVA/TIA, COPD, CHF, metabolic disorders, etc.

Wound Care

GI, GYN/GU, integumentary conditions and diseases including but not limited to all ostomy diversion surgeries, wound care, pressure sore/ulcer etc..

BENEFIT OFFERINGS

AtlantiCare offers eligible Full-time and Part-time team members the ability to participate in Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k)/403(b), Life Insurance, Disability and other supplemental benefit programs.

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

Demonstrates the competencies as established on the Competency Validation Tool for this position.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Acute-care inpatient setting with high volume and dynamic patient flow. Requires flexibility to cover a variety of shifts, including weekends and nights, to support 24/7 operations. Potential for exposure to the hazards and risk of the hospital environment, including exposure to infectious disease, hazardous substances, blood-borne pathogens, and potential injury

Physical demands include but are not limited to consideration stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing heavy equipment and excessive standing and walking. Lifting approximately 25-50 lbs. frequently; lifting 50-10 lbs. with assistance occasionally. Some departments require the ability to distinguish colors.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP

This position reports to department leadership and supervises incumbents as assigned.

The above statement reflect the general details considered necessary to describe the principle functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

Total Rewards at AtlantiCare

At AtlantiCare, we believe in supporting the whole person. Our market-competitive Total Rewards package is designed to promote the physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being of our team members. We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits and resources, including:

Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Insurance

Retirement Plans with employer contributions

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Coverage

Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement to support your educational goals

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care

Wellness Programs to help you thrive

Voluntary Benefits, including Pet Insurance and more

Benefits offerings may vary based on position and are subject to eligibility requirements.

Join a team that values your well-being and invests in your future.


Job Category
Nursing

Hours Per Week
40

Weekends Required?
No

Holidays Required?
No

Shift
Varies

Posititon Status
Full-Time


Job Details

Pay Range
$86751 - $151814

Pay Transparency

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