Registered Nurse Manager Perioperative

Intermountain Health

1d•$51 - $79•Onsite

About The Position

This job description applies to Nurse Manager and Nurse Manager-Complex. The difference is the scope level below. This role involves managing and supervising nursing departments. Collaborating with nursing leaders and other facility managers and departments, the nurse manager is key in ensuring excellent patient care, achieving financial objectives, and fostering leadership development. The position is accountable for developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards, typically for one unit. The job duties are distributed as follows: 50% Tactical (day-to-day activities like staffing and equipment availability), 40% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, and employee performance evaluations), and 10% Strategic (developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to these goals). Scope: Level 1 Nurse Manager: • Manages <50 headcount or manages a department operating Monday through Friday. Level 2 Nurse Manager-Complex: • Manages >50 headcount or more than 2 departments and manages a department operating 24/7. Lead a high‑performing perioperative team at a respected regional hospital in the heart of Billings. This role is ideal for candidates seeking leadership growth, meaningful impact, and a balanced lifestyle. Benefits & Perks: Leadership role overseeing perioperative operations, staff, and patient care quality Collaborative environment with surgeons, anesthesia, and interdisciplinary teams Opportunity to mentor, develop, and support a strong clinical team Modern surgical suites designed for efficiency and high‑quality outcomes Ongoing leadership development and professional growth opportunities Culture that values teamwork, communication, and work–life balance Local Attractions Within 5 Minutes: Scenic riverfront walking paths and outdoor green spaces Local cafés and restaurants offering convenient, welcoming dining options Fitness centers and wellness studios supporting an active lifestyle Shopping and everyday conveniences close to the hospital Advance your nursing leadership career while enjoying Montana’s wide‑open landscapes, welcoming community, and a lifestyle that supports both professional success and personal fulfillment. This role encompasses a range of responsibilities that report to a Nurse Director. The responsibilities include overseeing the clinical nursing environment, contributing to strategic planning, day-to-day operations, and standards of care. The role involves facilitating collaborative problem-solving, advocating for resources, promoting shared decision-making, and implementing the organization's vision and values. Additionally, the responsibilities encompass managing budgets, ensuring employee engagement, recruitment, retention, and competency verification. Champions the use of available resources to ensure nursing care is efficient, effective, safe, and delivered with compassion, in line with current practice standards. Facilitates collaborative decision-making and upholds professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level. Assists with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit. Uses resources effectively and manages expenses to meet financial goals of department. Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit. Ensures competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction. As delegated, ensures that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually by providing mentorship and professional educational opportunities. Evaluates staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews. Coordinates performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies. Facilitates use of resources by nursing staff such as nurse practitioners, other expanded role RNs, and other specialty roles. Serves as an exemplary figure for employees, promoting the integration of Healing Commitments and Healing Connections within all facets of providing patient care. Monitors and improves patient satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes. Partners with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals. Supports the Nurse Director in overseeing, organizing, and facilitating the activities of student nurses. Supports staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).
Current Nursing License to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice.
Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.
Leadership/supervisory experience.
Must complete Intermountain Health’s required leadership training and development courses within one year of accepting this leadership position.
2 years clinical experience.
Leadership
Communication
Problem-solving
Financial acumen
Clinical knowledge
Resource management
Patient safety
Mentorship
Community outreach

Nice To Haves

Specialty Certification
Demonstrated experience in the area of oversight.

Responsibilities

Managing and supervising nursing departments.
Ensuring excellent patient care, achieving financial objectives, and fostering leadership development.
Developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards.
Overseeing the clinical nursing environment.
Contributing to strategic planning, day-to-day operations, and standards of care.
Facilitating collaborative problem-solving.
Advocating for resources.
Promoting shared decision-making.
Implementing the organization's vision and values.
Managing budgets.
Ensuring employee engagement, recruitment, retention, and competency verification.
Championing the use of available resources to ensure nursing care is efficient, effective, safe, and delivered with compassion, in line with current practice standards.
Facilitating collaborative decision-making and upholding professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level.
Assisting with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit.
Using resources effectively and managing expenses to meet financial goals of department.
Modeling and fostering an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.
Ensuring competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction.
Ensuring that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually by providing mentorship and professional educational opportunities.
Evaluating staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews.
Coordinating performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state and other regulatory bodies such as Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies.
Facilitating use of resources by nursing staff such as nurse practitioners, other expanded role RNs, and other specialty roles.
Serving as an exemplary figure for employees, promoting the integration of Healing Commitments and Healing Connections within all facets of providing patient care.
Monitoring and improving patient satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes.
Partnering with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals.
Supporting the Nurse Director in overseeing, organizing, and facilitating the activities of student nurses.
Supporting staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs and advisory boards for not-for-profit organizations.

Benefits

Leadership role overseeing perioperative operations, staff, and patient care quality
Collaborative environment with surgeons, anesthesia, and interdisciplinary teams
Opportunity to mentor, develop, and support a strong clinical team
Modern surgical suites designed for efficiency and high‑quality outcomes
Ongoing leadership development and professional growth opportunities
Culture that values teamwork, communication, and work–life balance
Scenic riverfront walking paths and outdoor green spaces
Local cafés and restaurants offering convenient, welcoming dining options
Fitness centers and wellness studios supporting an active lifestyle
Shopping and everyday conveniences close to the hospital
Generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.