Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Inpatient Care Manager is responsible for providing care coordination and services for selected patient populations across the continuum of illness. This role ensures the effective utilization of healthcare resources and monitors care delivery to support optimal clinical and operational outcomes. The Inpatient Care Manager collaborates closely with the Supervisor or Manager of Case Management and leads interdisciplinary efforts to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate services that maximize patient health and ensure safe, timely transitions of care.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Manage, coordinate, and facilitate patient care through comprehensive patient and family assessments, including social determinants of health, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Conduct daily chart reviews, utilization reviews, and coordination of discharge planning activities, ensuring complete, accurate, and timely clinical documentation in the electronic medical record.
• Lead and participate in interdisciplinary patient care rounds, identifying and resolving quality of care concerns, 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 physicians, nursing, social work, and other healthcare professionals to manage and support patient care plans.
• Perform variance tracking and outcome analysis, identifying trends and opportunities to assess the effectiveness of clinical pathways and care management processes.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing
• Master's degree in Nursing, Social Work, Healthcare Administration, or a related field preferred.

Licensure and Certification

• Current, unrestricted RN license required.
• Case Management certification such as CCM or ACM preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of three to five years of experience in inpatient care management, case management, utilization review, or a related acute care setting.
• Experience working within interdisciplinary healthcare teams required.
• Prior leadership or care coordination experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of care management principles, utilization management, discharge planning, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to assess clinical, psychosocial, and resource needs across the continuum of care.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze outcomes and identify opportunities for quality and process improvement.
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and care management systems.

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ABOUT US

At Atlantic Health System, 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 20,000 team members. Headquartered 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:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

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:

• 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years
• Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare
• 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare
• 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review
• Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP
• Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)
• One of the 100 Best Workplaces for "Millennials" Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine
• Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets
• NJ Sustainable Business

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 System 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

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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 System, 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.