Manager, Operating Room

Thedacare • Appleton, WI

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Perioperative Services manages the department’s day-to-day operations by implementing strategy, policy, and action plans. The role analyzes, develops, and implements methods and processes to improve efficiency and ensures resources are available to support effective care across multiple perioperative service lines. The manager fosters an environment for patient-centered, specialized, evidence-based nursing care in partnership with surgeons and anesthesia through interprofessional treatment, research, education, and advocacy. The role ensures nursing care meets quality standards and physician orders are followed.

The campus has eight operating rooms and specializes in orthopedics, spine, and pain, with additional hand and upper-extremity and podiatry cases. The position leads the team, manages staffing and operational processes, supports clinical quality and evidence-based practice, and collaborates with the director on budgets and cost-effective care.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.
• Five years of progressively responsible experience in a healthcare setting.
• Three years of leadership experience, including leading teams and/or projects.
• Current Wisconsin RN licensure.
• American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS).
• For OR and PACU requirements: American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Comply with department-specific competencies.
• Ability to stand, stoop, walk, bend, push, pull, and lift up to 50 pounds without assistance.
• Job duties involve exposure to blood-borne pathogens.

Responsibilities

• Manage team members in accordance with ThedaCare policies and values, including recruiting and retaining qualified staff.
• Oversee daily activities and work processes to achieve quality outcomes.
• Ensure accurate time, attendance, and payroll practices.
• Ensure team members receive information and training on new techniques, procedures, equipment, policies, and processes to support reliability, safety, and quality.
• Develop collaborative relationships with care-team members and other departments.
• Communicate and appropriately escalate clinical and operational issues to the director of nursing or medical staff.
• Support shared decision-making and governance, including team-member participation in decisions about patient care delivery and the work and practice environment.
• Apply knowledge of aseptic techniques, surgical instrumentation and equipment, microbiology, contamination control, and sterilization and disinfection.
• Influence clinical work in perioperative services and implement department direction in alignment with current clinical advances.
• Support research and innovation, and use research findings and evidence-based practice to establish outcome-driven, patient-centered standards, practices, and care models.
• Lead by example, promote accountability, mentor team members, and provide opportunities for professional growth.
• Manage daily staffing to meet productivity standards and patient needs.
• Work with the director on action plans for budgets and variances, contribute to annual budget preparation and implementation, and collaborate on decisions affecting the long-term cost-effectiveness of care.

Benefits

• Continued opportunities for learning and development.
• Support for work/life balance.
• Lifestyle wellness resources, including health coaches, relaxation rooms, health-focused apps, and mental health support.
• Access and affordability offerings, including minimal or zero copays, team-member cost-sharing premiums, and daycare.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager