Nurse Manager, Operating Room - Full-time

Job Description

Title: Nurse Manager, Operating Room
Status: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Harbor, CA
Relocation: Not available
Salary: $197,000 - $228,000
Bonus: Eligible for up to 15% annual performance-based bonus
Visa Support: Not available

Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Nurse Manager for the Operating Room to oversee perioperative services in a busy acute care setting. This role requires strong leadership, clinical expertise, and the ability to implement best practices to ensure safe, high-quality care. The Nurse Manager will be responsible for leading teams, fostering collaboration with physicians and staff, managing resources, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and driving operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the daily operations of perioperative services within a 24/7 clinical environment.
• Oversee staff performance, development, and succession planning.
• Collaborate with physicians, healthcare teams, and external providers to ensure continuity and quality of patient care.
• Monitor and manage budgets, payroll, equipment, and supply utilization.
• Drive initiatives in quality improvement, patient safety, and compliance with state, federal, and accreditation standards.
• Ensure emergency preparedness and staff readiness plans are developed and executed.
• Implement and maintain best practice models, patient care delivery systems, and evidence-based standards of care.
• Manage staff relations, including recruitment, retention, labor relations, and conflict resolution.

Qualifications
Required:

• Current California RN license (at time of hire).
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Minimum 5 years of current Operating Room RN experience in an acute care hospital (surgery center experience may be considered if the majority is acute care).
• At least 4 years of nursing leadership experience (Manager, Supervisor, or Charge RN), with at least 2-3 years at the Manager or Supervisor level.

Preferred:

• CNOR certification.
• Experience working in a unionized healthcare environment.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong management and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of patient safety, nursing principles, and compliance regulations.
• Experience in business operations, quality improvement, and change management.
• Ability to build cross-functional teams and foster collaboration. .

Required qualifications:

• Legally authorized to work in the United States