OR Manager

Wellstar Health System

11h

About The Position

The OR Manager is a registered professional nurse who provides leadership and management for a specific unit or service. The role promotes staff recruitment and retention, clinical excellence, and strong business outcomes by managing clinical, financial, human, and material resources. The manager sets and maintains standards for care and service, holds staff accountable, and uses communication, observation, data, and technology to measure outcomes, make decisions, and proactively mitigate risk. The position fosters a safe and desirable work environment and collaborates with physicians, staff, patients, and other departments in support of patient-centered care and service excellence. Role-specific responsibilities are based on Wellstar’s Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing. The manager is expected to uphold applicable nursing practice standards, system policies and procedures, and service excellence goals. The manager engages staff in shared governance and decision-making, supports relationship-based care, and deploys resources responsibly. Responsibilities include managing unit finances and budgets, improving operations and clinical systems, developing staff, supporting recruitment and onboarding, managing change, promoting evidence-based practice and research, and ensuring compliance with safety, regulatory, licensure, and accreditation standards. The manager represents the organization in the community and may serve on committees and task forces. Other duties may be assigned, and the employee must comply with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or Master’s degree in Nursing; the master’s degree is preferred.
Minimum of 2 years of progressive experience in nursing management.
Current BLS certification: BLS Instructor, BLS, or American Red Cross BLS.
RN license: multistate compact RN or single-state registered nurse license.
Excellent verbal and written communication and relationship-building skills.
Knowledge of the health care environment and health care financing, strategy, and business-unit operations.
Leadership skills, including implementing and managing change, systems thinking, and the ability to inspire and coach others.
Professionalism, teamwork, collaboration, and the ability to model professional nursing practice.
Business skills to manage human and material resources and use data and technology to support work processes and decisions.
Ability to support shared governance and design and deliver evidence-based care focused on quality and safety.
Knowledge of risk management and accreditation, regulatory, and licensing requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and management for a specific business or clinical unit or service.
Engage staff in shared governance and decision-making and promote patient-centered care and service excellence.
Use negotiation and mediation skills and manage talent and human and material resources effectively.
Analyze and manage financial resources; develop and manage the operational budget to target performance or better.
Use lean and other quality-improvement skills to reduce waste and improve operational and clinical systems.
Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, establish standards, and hold leaders and staff accountable for performance.
Promote a healthy workplace, resolve unnecessary conflict, and foster positive team dynamics and collaboration.
Build relationships with staff, departments, and medical staff; coach and guide staff and support professional growth.
Promote staff competency, uphold professional and ethical standards, and support hiring, orientation, and onboarding.
Implement change-management strategies and support a diverse leadership team and workforce.
Represent the organization positively in the community and serve on committees and task forces as needed.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement; participate in value analysis as part of patient-care product decisions.
Identify risks and promote compliance with safety, licensure, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
Use data and evidence to support clinical and operational decisions while protecting confidentiality and considering legal and ethical issues.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.