Nurse Manager - Perioperative - SJCH
About The Position
Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital, a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center with 24/7 surgical and emergency operative capabilities, is seeking a Nurse Manager to lead its Pediatric Holding, PACU, and Pre/Post-Operative units across two floors. These teams support pediatric surgical and procedural specialties and provide perioperative care to complex and critically ill patients. The role leads clinical excellence, team development, and multidisciplinary collaboration to deliver safe, high-quality, patient- and family-centered care. The Nurse Manager manages one or more functional areas within the perioperative department and directly supervises professional and support staff, including subordinate supervisors. The role has hiring, disciplinary, and promotion authority and is accountable for staff performance, engagement, and development. It evaluates and improves departmental processes while ensuring compliance with organizational policies, regulatory standards, and applicable laws. The manager leads initiatives, strategic priorities, and programs with direct organizational impact, and supports budget development, resource management, and achievement of operational goals in collaboration with the perioperative nurse director and executive leadership. The role plans, organizes, facilitates, monitors, and evaluates departmental activities in alignment with employee and organizational objectives. In partnership with leaders, it establishes operating procedures, improves clinical and non-clinical workflows and productivity, and advances quality, safety, and operational efficiency. The Nurse Manager assesses, plans, coordinates, and evaluates nursing-unit clinical and operational functions to ensure quality, cost-effective care from an educated and competent team; promotes a safe environment; and maintains clinical and professional competency appropriate to patients’ ages, developmental stages, and special needs. This is a 40-hour-per-week salaried employee position with a Monday–Friday scheduled work pattern. The description also states that the employee must be able to work rotating shifts and overtime as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN).
- Currently enrolled in a master’s program at an accredited college or university.
- At least five years of nursing work experience, including three years of nursing experience and two years of supervisory experience.
- Registered nurse licensure from the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or a recognized equivalent, or American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider certification.
- Ability to work Monday–Friday on the scheduled work pattern, rotating shifts, and overtime as required.
- Ability to meet the listed physical and mental requirements, including standing, sitting, walking, lifting and carrying specified weights, performing fine and gross motor tasks, maintaining specified sensory abilities, and dealing effectively with stressful situations.
- Ability to work in a latex-safe environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Pediatric Holding, PACU, and Pre/Post-Operative units across two floors of the children’s hospital.
- Manage one or more perioperative functional areas and directly supervise professional and support staff, including subordinate supervisors.
- Exercise hiring, disciplinary, and promotion authority and oversee staff performance, engagement, and development.
- Assess, plan, coordinate, and evaluate clinical and operational functions of the nursing unit to provide quality, cost-effective health care.
- Evaluate and improve departmental processes and ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory standards, and applicable laws.
- Lead initiatives, strategic priorities, and programs that affect organizational outcomes.
- Support budget development, resource management, and achievement of operational goals in collaboration with the perioperative nurse director and executive leadership.
- Plan, organize, facilitate, monitor, and evaluate departmental activities in alignment with employee and organizational objectives.
- Partner with leaders to establish operating procedures and improve clinical and non-clinical workflows, productivity, quality, safety, and operational efficiency.
- Promote a safe environment and perform job responsibilities safely.
- Maintain clinical and professional competency appropriate to the age, developmental stages, and special needs of patients served.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
