PACU Manager
Listed on 2026-01-28
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Management
Healthcare Management
Overview
Heartline Staffing, Strategic Talent Partners with Purple Cow Recruiting, is seeking an experienced PACU Manager for a full-time, day-shift leadership opportunity in Austin, Texas.
The PACU Manager is a working nurse manager responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit. This role provides hands-on leadership while overseeing staffing, clinical operations, performance management, and departmental productivity. The Manager ensures safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care while supporting operational goals, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities- Serve as a working manager providing clinical oversight and leadership within the PACU
- Plan, direct, and control staffing assignments to ensure effective department coverage and productivity targets
- Review and approve personnel performance appraisals and establish individual employee goals
- Review, revise, and maintain departmental manuals, policies, procedures, standing orders, and protocols
- Monitor facility conditions and initiate corrective actions for existing or potential operational issues
- Participate in process improvement and quality initiatives
- Support organizational change initiatives by acting as a role model and change agent
- Maintain professional growth through continuing education and independent study
- Participate in budget management and inventory control
- Support staff development and self-development initiatives
- Full-time, day shift
- No weekends
- Replacement position
- FTEs: 18.5
- Base Salary:
Up to $130,000 (based on experience) - Relocation Assistance:
Eligible
- Registered Nurse (RN) required
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) required
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required
- Minimum of 2+ years of experience in Operating Room or Day Surgery required
- Previous nursing management experience required
Heartline Staffing is a Strategic Talent Partner with Purple Cow Recruiting. Applications are processed securely through Purple Cow Recruiting.
Salary
Description:
Base Salary:
Up to $130,000 (based on experience)
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