Surgical Services Nurse Manager Outpatient

Overview

Job Description:

The 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).

Level 1 Nurse Manager:
Manages 50 headcount or more than 2 departments and manages a department operating 24/7.

Join Orem Community Hospital as the Surgical Services Manager and lead a dedicated perioperative team in a supportive, community-focused environment. This role offers the opportunity to shape high-quality surgical care while working in a collaborative, patient-centered setting.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off and retirement savings plan
• Paid wellness program to support your physical and emotional wellbeing
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 annually
• Supportive leadership culture with strong interdisciplinary collaboration
• Professional development, continuing education, and advancement opportunities

• University Place Mall with shopping, dining, and entertainment
• Orem Community Park with trails, sports areas, and open green space
• SCERA Center for the Arts featuring live theater and outdoor movies
• Local cafés, restaurants, and quick-bite dining options
• Orem Public Library and community events

This role encompasses a range of responsibilities that report to the Chief Nursing Officer while working closely with the Director of Nursing. The responsibilities include overseeing multiple departments in 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 Chief Nursing Officer and 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.

• Leadership
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Financial acumen
• Clinical knowledge
• Resource management
• Patient safety
• Mentorship
• Community outreach

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).
• Current Nursing License to practice as a…