Registered Nurse Assistant Manager Operating Room

Overview

This position assists a nurse manager in managing daily nursing activities within a nursing department. The role involves providing leadership and performing management functions delegated by the nurse manager, such as resource allocation, ensuring a safe working environment, and optimizing patient care. The position is accountable for developing departmental structure, processes, and outcome standards, typically for one unit. The job duties are distributed as follows: 60% Tactical (day-to-day activities e.g. staffing and equipment availability), 35% Operational (budget management, supply acquisition, and employee performance evaluations), and 5% Strategic (developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to these goals).

St. Mary’s Hospital is seeking a collaborative and experienced Operating Room Assistant RN Manager to support our surgical services team. This leadership role offers the opportunity to guide clinical excellence, mentor staff, and help shape an exceptional patient‑care environment.

• Assist and support the nurse manager in the creation or maintenance of an environment in which clinical nursing is practiced.
• Contribute through delegation by the nurse manager to strategic planning, day-to-day operations, standards of care, interdepartmental disciplines, and attainment of organizational goals.
• Advocate for and allocate available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate nursing care based on current standards of practice.
• Facilitate collaborative decision-making and uphold professional independence by contributing departmental perspectives to executive decisions and ensuring staff are updated on activities at the executive level.
• Assist with development, implementation and management of annual capital/operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit. Use resources effectively and manage expenses to meet financial goals of department.
• Model and foster an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.
• Coordinate with nurse manager to ensure enough competent staff to meet patient care needs, including hiring, orientation, retention, and employee satisfaction.
• As delegated, ensure that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually by providing mentorship and professional educational opportunities.
• Evaluate staff competency through performance reviews and peer reviews.
• Coordinate performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives and regulatory bodies (e.g., Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS, DOPL, etc.).
• Assist with achievement of clinical program goals and implement action plans to improve performance as delegated.
• Use professional and organizational best practices to ensure delivery of quality patient care.
• Facilitate use of resources by nursing staff and collaborate with physicians to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals at the unit level.
• Oversee, organize, and facilitate activities of student nurses; support staff participation in outside community organizations as appropriate.

• 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's leadership training and development courses within one year of accepting this leadership position.
• 2 years clinical experience.

• Experience in the area of oversight.
• Specialty Certification.

• Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent verbal communication with patients, providers, and visitors; ability to hear and understand alarms and issues, including during emergencies.
• Manual dexterity for handling equipment and documenting patient care.
• Ability to lift and transfer patients and handle supplies and equipment of…