Nurse Manager - PACU/Recovery Room

Catholic Health•West Islip, NY

18h

About The Position

The Nurse Manager provides 24-hour clinical, operational, financial, and administrative leadership for the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), reporting to the Director of Perioperative Services. The role is accountable for clinical quality, patient safety, patient experience, operational performance, workforce engagement, and financial stewardship, while fostering excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree required.
New York Registered Nurse (RN) license and registration required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required.

Nice To Haves

Five or more years of Registered Nurse experience in a relevant acute care clinical setting preferred.
Two or more years of progressive nursing leadership experience preferred.
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical and operational leadership to ensure safe, high-quality, patient-centered care.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, accreditation, organizational, and professional standards.
Participate in developing, reviewing, implementing, and evaluating unit policies, procedures, competencies, and clinical standards.
Use evidence-based practice and quality and performance improvement methodologies to improve clinical and operational outcomes.
Build collaborative relationships with physicians, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary teams.
Recruit, develop, mentor, coach, and retain a high-performing workforce.
Promote employee engagement, shared governance, professional development, and staff recognition.
Foster effective communication, teamwork, respect, accountability, and inclusion.
Provide leadership and oversight for Assistant Nurse Managers, registered nurses, and ancillary personnel.
Model integrity, professionalism, accountability, and ethical leadership.
Lead change initiatives and support innovation and continuous improvement.
Develop future nursing leaders through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and performance management.
Manage unit budgets, staffing, scheduling, productivity, and resource utilization.
Oversee supply management, equipment planning, capital requests, vendor relationships, and contract management.
Monitor operational, financial, quality, patient safety, and patient experience metrics to improve unit performance.
Promote efficient patient flow, effective resource allocation, and fiscal stewardship.
Lead process improvement, technology adoption, and workflow redesign to enhance quality, safety, efficiency, and the patient experience.
Strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration to support innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable outcomes.