Senior Manager-Perioperative Services

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license.  You will be unable to edit/add/change your application once it is submitted.

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Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor’s degree in nursing and five (5) years of RN experience including three (3) years of supervisory experience

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:

Valid RN license

Preferred Qualifications:

RN experience in ICU, ER, or Periop.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Strong knowledge of nursing practice, workflows, and regulatory standards. Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Ability to analyze complex operational data and implement effective solutions. Demonstrated ability to build trust and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the assigned perioperative areas, ensuring safe and effective patient flow from pre-admission to postoperative care.
• Implement evidence-based perioperative practices and maintain a culture of clinical excellence.
• Lead initiatives to reduce delays, cancellations, and turnaround times.
• Ensure departmental compliance with all regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Partner with Sterile Processing leadership to ensure instrument readiness, quality assurance, and adherence to standards.
• Lead, mentor, and develop nursing staff, supervisors, and clinical leaders within perioperative services.
• Participate in staffing projections, workforce planning, and employee performance evaluations.
• Resolve staff concerns and facilitate effective teamwork across interdisciplinary groups.
• Develop and manage departmental budgets, staffing models, and cost-control measures.
• Support capital planning for equipment, technology, and facility upgrades.
• Lead perioperative committees and participate in hospital-wide initiatives.
• Ensure clear and timely dissemination of policies, updates, and performance data to staff and stakeholders.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, occasional sitting, occasional standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

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