Nurse Manager - Clinical Operations, Surgical Specialists

VHC Health•Arlington, VA

15h•$110,406 - $209,768

About The Position

The Nurse Manager - Clinical Operations serves as a clinical operations leader responsible for coordinating, overseeing, and continuously improving daily ambulatory clinical services across an assigned department, division, or service line. The role aligns clinical workflows, staffing practices, patient care processes, and operational priorities to support safe, efficient, high-quality care. It connects clinical staff, administrative leadership, providers, and interdisciplinary partners to help ensure patient care standards, organizational priorities, and department goals are implemented and sustained. The role supervises and develops clinical staff through onboarding, competency validation, education, coaching, performance feedback, and corrective action in accordance with organizational policies. The manager provides day-to-day guidance, promotes professional development and staff engagement, and establishes clear communication and accountability standards. In collaboration with administrative and clinical leadership, the manager helps ensure staffing models, scope-of-practice expectations, and clinical resources meet patient-care needs and operational demands. The position also advances clinical quality, regulatory readiness, patient experience, and process improvement. It monitors clinical outcomes, supports chart audits and documentation standards, identifies workflow or compliance gaps, and partners with leadership and regulatory, compliance, quality, and interdisciplinary teams to implement sustainable solutions. The manager exercises independent judgment, models professional nursing practice, supports resource stewardship, and contributes to a culture of safety, accountability, service excellence, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
At least five years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse in a healthcare setting.
Registered Nurse license issued by the Virginia Department of Health Professions or a Compact State Nursing License.
BLS Certification.

Nice To Haves

Ambulatory setting experience is strongly preferred.
At least one year of leadership, charge nurse, or nursing management experience is strongly preferred; leadership experience may be obtained concurrently with clinical responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Coordinate, oversee, and continuously improve daily ambulatory clinical services across the assigned department, division, or service line.
Align clinical workflows, staffing practices, patient-care processes, and operational priorities to support safe, efficient, high-quality care.
Supervise and develop clinical staff, including onboarding, competency validation, education, coaching, performance feedback, and corrective action in accordance with organizational policies.
Provide day-to-day staff guidance, promote professional development and engagement, and support clear communication and accountability.
Collaborate with administrative and clinical leadership to ensure staffing models, scope-of-practice expectations, and clinical resources meet patient-care and operational needs.
Monitor clinical outcomes and support chart audits and documentation standards.
Identify workflow and compliance gaps and partner with leadership and regulatory, compliance, quality, and interdisciplinary teams to implement sustainable solutions.
Support regulatory readiness, patient experience, and process improvement initiatives.
Exercise independent judgment, model professional nursing practice, support resource stewardship, and promote safety, accountability, service excellence, and continuous improvement.