Nurse Manager II - Main OR/Surgery
About The Position
Seeking an energetic, resilient OR Manager to lead operational teams with focus, drive, and a commitment to efficiency, quality, and performance. This role combines strategic oversight with hands‑on leadership to ensure smooth operations and optimal patient care outcomes in a fast‑paced surgical environment. The OR Manager maintains 24‑hour accountability for patient outcomes, service excellence, human resources, fiscal management, quality compliance, and communication. Success in this role requires strong relationship‑building with physicians, surgeons, and interdisciplinary team members, while fostering a positive culture that promotes professional growth, engagement, and retention through role modeling, mentoring, and coaching. Why You’ll Love Working Here Collaborative, collegial environment with strong nurse‑physician partnerships. Opportunity to sharpen rapid assessment and decision‑making skills in a fast‑moving OR Autonomy to apply holistic, evidence‑based nursing care across diverse patient populations. A culture that prioritizes patient dignity, safety, and the voices of frontline nurses.
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
- 1-2 years' experience in progressive leadership in nursing, preferably within a Periop/OR setting
- 3-5 years' experience within a surgical nursing setting required
Nice To Haves
- CNOR certification strongly preferred
- Membership in related professional organization preferred
Responsibilities
- Monitors key quality, safety, and nursing outcome indicators
- Implements performance improvement initiatives based on data and best practices
- Ensures care delivery meets regulatory standards and customer expectations
- Evaluates internal and external customer satisfaction to drive improvements
- Actively identifies staff concerns and potential retention risks
- Supports retention of new employees, particularly new graduate nurses
- Maintains high visibility, availability, and approachability on the unit
- Varies work schedule to ensure leadership presence across shifts
- Assesses departmental staffing needs and sets recruitment priorities
- Partners with Human Resources on recruitment and hiring efforts
- Networks internally and externally to build a strong candidate pool
- Interviews, evaluates, and selects candidates aligned with unit needs
- Identifies staff educational and professional development needs
- Collaborates with nurse educators to support learning opportunities
- Monitors staff performance and compliance with policies and procedures
- Addresses performance gaps through coaching and corrective actions
- Promotes open, interactive communication with staff
- Provides opportunities for feedback and staff input on initiatives
- Builds effective, collegial relationships with physicians and interdisciplinary teams
- Collaborates with staff to achieve strategic nursing and unit-specific goals
- Develops leadership skills among staff, including Shared Leadership Committee members
- Fosters a culture of mutual respect, accountability, and collaboration
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package—including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement as well as student loan repayment options—this role offers career growth opportunities
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
