
Inpatient Care Manager (RN)- Full Times, Days, 8 AM - 4 PM, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center
$41.79 - $73.56 / hour
Job Description
Short Description
The Inpatient Care Manager is responsible for coordinating patient care across the continuum of illness to ensure high-quality outcomes and efficient use of healthcare resources. Working closely with physicians, nurses, and interdisciplinary teams, this role leads care planning, utilization review, and discharge coordination while proactively addressing barriers to care. By combining clinical expertise with collaboration and oversight, the Inpatient Care Manager helps ensure safe, timely, and patient-centered care.
Description
Responsible for providing care and services of selected member populations across the continuum of illness. Ensures effective utilization and monitors health care resources. Manages the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes. Works with the Supervisor/Manager of Case Management to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate services and outcomes to maximize the health of the patient.
Principal Accountabilities
Manage, coordinate, and facilitate patient care through comprehensive patient and family assessments and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Perform daily chart reviews, utilization reviews, and coordinate discharge planning activities, ensuring thorough and accurate clinical documentation in the electronic medical record.
Lead and participate in interdisciplinary patient care rounds, identifying and resolving quality of care issues, barriers to care progression, and discharge delays.
Formulate, coordinate, and implement individualized plans of care and discharge plans to ensure safe, timely, and effective transitions.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to manage and support patient care plans.
Perform variance tracking and outcome analysis to assess the effectiveness of clinical pathways and identify opportunities for improvement.
Serve as a representative of the department and participate in hospital and community outreach activities as appropriate.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education:
Required
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Current, valid New Jersey Registered Nurse license
Preferred
Minimum of three years of acute care experience strongly preferred
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:
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
Team Member Benefits
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:
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.
Short Description
The Inpatient Care Manager is responsible for coordinating patient care across the continuum of illness to ensure high-quality outcomes and efficient use of healthcare resources. Working closely with physicians, nurses, and interdisciplinary teams, this role leads care planning, utilization review, and discharge coordination while proactively addressing barriers to care. By combining clinical expertise with collaboration and oversight, the Inpatient Care Manager helps ensure safe, timely, and patient-centered care.
Description
Responsible for providing care and services of selected member populations across the continuum of illness. Ensures effective utilization and monitors health care resources. Manages the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal clinical and resource outcomes. Works with the Supervisor/Manager of Case Management to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate services and outcomes to maximize the health of the patient.
Principal Accountabilities
Manage, coordinate, and facilitate patient care through comprehensive patient and family assessments and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Perform daily chart reviews, utilization reviews, and coordinate discharge planning activities, ensuring thorough and accurate clinical documentation in the electronic medical record.
Lead and participate in interdisciplinary patient care rounds, identifying and resolving quality of care issues, barriers to care progression, and discharge delays.
Formulate, coordinate, and implement individualized plans of care and discharge plans to ensure safe, timely, and effective transitions.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to manage and support patient care plans.
Perform variance tracking and outcome analysis to assess the effectiveness of clinical pathways and identify opportunities for improvement.
Serve as a representative of the department and participate in hospital and community outreach activities as appropriate.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education:
Required
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Current, valid New Jersey Registered Nurse license
Preferred
Minimum of three years of acute care experience strongly preferred
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 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.
Team Member Benefits
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:
- 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.
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