Nurse Manager - CVOR

TriHealth•Cincinnati, OH

9d•Onsite

About The Position

An energetic and results-driven leader responsible for overseeing the daily operations of Cardiovascular Surgical Services. This role ensures the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care while driving operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and staff engagement. The ideal candidate brings 3-5 years of CVOR clinical and/or leadership experience, along with demonstrated expertise in team leadership, strategic planning, operational management, communication, and staff development.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required
Certification within specialty area within two years of assuming position
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)
Registered Nurse licensure required
3-5 years' experience within a CVOR setting
2-3 years' experience in progressive leadership in nursing strongly preferred

Nice To Haves

Membership in related professional organization preferred

Responsibilities

Lead daily operations of Cardiovascular Surgical Services, ensuring safe, high-quality patient care and regulatory compliance.
Drive quality, safety, service, and performance improvement initiatives using key outcome metrics.
Recruit, hire, onboard, and retain a high-performing clinical team.
Support staff development through coaching, performance management, education, and career growth opportunities.
Foster employee engagement, teamwork, shared leadership, and a positive work environment.
Build strong relationships with physicians, interdisciplinary teams, and organizational leaders.
Manage departmental budgets, staffing plans, and operational performance.
Ensure compliance with TJC, OSHA, and other regulatory standards.
Lead implementation of new services, technologies, and strategic initiatives.
Promote a culture of service excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Leads a team of 20-59 direct FTEs and 30-39 indirect FTEs, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and excellence.
Supports TriHealth's Nursing Vision, Mission, and Philosophy through professional development, evidence-based practice, and clinical excellence.
Encourages continuing education, specialty certification, advanced degree attainment, and participation in professional nursing organizations.
Promotes nursing research, quality improvement, and the integration of evidence-based practice into patient care.
Models collaborative relationships among nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary team members to enhance patient outcomes.
Supports staff engagement in community health initiatives and professional growth opportunities.
Develops future leaders and creates an environment that promotes teamwork, innovation, and exceptional patient care.
TriHealth leaders create a culture of engagement, safety & reliability and high performance by consistently modeling and utilizing the following TriHealth Way leadership competencies, tactics and ALWAYS Behaviors to drive strategic pillar results: Achievement of Annual Pillar Goals: 1) Safety/Quality, 2) Service, 3) Growth, 4) Culture/People, 5) Finance
Leadership Competencies: TriHealth Way of Leading TriHealth Way of Serving Transformation Change Drive for Results Build Organizational Talent
Leadership Tactics: Conduct department huddles. Generally, clinical departments hold daily huddles, non-clinical hold weekly huddles. Regularly Round on Team Members, using questions from the rounding log. 25 or fewer team members = monthly 26-50 team members = every other month 51+ (and optional team members) = quarterly Lead monthly team meetings using meeting agenda template; review stoplight report; cascade key leadership messages. Model, coach and validate team members’ use of TriHealth Way behaviors (AIDET + Promise, Always Behaviors and Always HEARD).
The TriHealth Nursing Vision, Mission, and Philosophy speaks to professional development, collaboration, and our nursing culture. To achieve excellence in nursing care, TriHealth encourages: pursuit of improved knowledge through continuing education classes, formal education leading to advancement of degrees, and the attainment of specialty certification; nurse membership in local, regional, and national nursing organizations related to the appropriate nurse specialty; involvement in activities that better the health of our community; nursing research activities and use of evidence-based practice, and all nurses to foster, support and personally model collaborative relationships amongst nurses, physicians, and other caregivers for the betterment of patient care.