Manager Surgery Center

Advocate Health • Pleasant Prairie, WI

10d • $44 - $66

About The Position

The Manager Surgery Center is responsible for the operation and staffing of a surgery center. The role uses workload measurement data and clinical judgment to ensure safe staffing, assigns services based on staff members’ knowledge and abilities, and manages operating and capital budgets and resources. The manager contributes to strategic planning, policy-making, committees, and Shared Governance, and coordinates communication among patients, families, physicians, nursing staff, and other departments.

The position serves as a clinical resource, supports staff orientation and education, assesses supervision and development needs, and evaluates care quality and policy compliance. It also carries out human resources responsibilities, including hiring, performance evaluations, staff development, employee relations, corrective actions, and terminations. The manager is expected to follow the organization’s Code of Ethical Conduct and applicable policies, regulations, and laws.

This is a full-time, salaried position scheduled Monday through Friday during the day, 40 hours per week. The listed pay range is $44.15–$66.25.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or Bachelor of Science.
• Typically, five years of nursing experience, including one year of supervisory experience managing staff and budgets; alternatively, five years of surgical-setting experience and one year of supervisory experience managing staff and budgets.
• Advanced clinical and technical knowledge of the Operating Room.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle multiple demands simultaneously.
• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, if the team member is an RN.

Responsibilities

• Use workload measurement data and clinical judgment to provide safe staffing and make unit-operation decisions.
• Assign services to staff based on their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Develop budgets and ensure cost-effective and efficient use of resources; provide input on equipment, supplies, renovations, and environmental needs.
• Participate in departmental strategic planning, policy-making, and committee decision-making.
• Promote communication among patients, families, departments, and medical staff; coordinate physicians’ needs and serve as a liaison and problem solver between medical and nursing staff.
• Support Shared Governance activities related to nursing evaluation, peer review, policies and procedures, and standards of nursing practice.
• Serve as a clinical resource for patients, families, nursing staff, other health care members, and external agencies.
• Ensure orientation programs meet new employees’ learning needs and prepare them for their roles; coordinate educational programs and assess staff needs for supervision, resources, and direction.
• Identify clinical and professional education needs and support staff development and individual learning.
• Evaluate patient-care quality in collaboration with departmental, location, and organizational resources, and ensure policies and procedures comply with department, organization, and regulatory requirements.
• Perform human resources responsibilities, including interviewing and selecting employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolving employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and supporting employee morale.
• Develop and recommend operating and capital budgets and control expenditures within approved objectives.
• Adhere to the organization’s Code of Ethical Conduct and ensure supervised employees comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation, premium pay where applicable, incentive pay for select positions, and opportunity for annual performance-based increases.
• Career development and well-being programs.

What This Job Offers

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