Outpatient OR Nurse Manager

CommonSpirit Health•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Manager of Perioperative Services provides comprehensive leadership and operational oversight across all perioperative phases, supporting safe, high-quality, and efficient surgical care. The role coordinates patient flow throughout perioperative services from admission to discharge and provides consultation in patient-care situations requiring advanced competency and knowledge. The manager serves as a clinical resource for problem solving, assists staff with patient-related issues, and models the development of staff competence in nursing care. The position manages multidisciplinary teams, surgical schedules, and resource allocation; implements best practices to improve quality, safety, efficiency, patient outcomes, and staff performance; monitors financial performance; ensures regulatory compliance; and drives continuous improvement. Responsibilities also include cost-effective operations, product evaluation, waste and damage prevention, materials management, patient flow, overtime control, and appropriate staffing mix. The manager must be able to provide safe, quality care directly to a surgical patient as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of leadership experience, or at least 5 years of leadership experience in the discipline; alternatively, a master's degree with no experience is accepted, as stated in the posting.
  • Registered Nurse: Texas, upon hire.
  • Basic Life Support (CPR), within 14 days.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate patient flow throughout perioperative services from admission to discharge.
  • Consult in patient-care situations requiring advanced competency and knowledge.
  • Serve as a clinical resource for problem solving and assist staff with patient-related issues.
  • Model and develop staff competence in the delivery of nursing care.
  • Manage multidisciplinary teams, surgical schedules, and resource allocation.
  • Implement best practices to enhance quality, safety, efficiency, patient outcomes, and staff performance.
  • Monitor financial performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Oversee cost-effective operations, including product evaluation, prevention of waste and damage, materials management, patient flow, overtime control, and appropriate staff mix.
  • Provide safe, quality care directly to a surgical patient as needed.
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