Manager - Clinical - Surgical Services

Baptist Health Care Corporation; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Care is seeking a Clinical Manager to provide leadership and oversight for perioperative patient care services in Pensacola, FL. You will ensure safe, high-quality care, drive performance improvements, and align operations with organizational goals for quality outcomes, patient experience, staff engagement, and financial stewardship.

The role involves developing teams, collaborating with physicians and interdisciplinary partners, ensuring regulatory compliance, and leading change

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Health Care, or Nursing within three years of employment required.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and oversight for daily operations of assigned units, ensuring efficient patient flow, appropriate staffing, and timely delivery of safe, high quality care.
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory, accreditation, and professional practice standards, including DNV and state requirements.
• Oversees quality, performance improvement, and patient safety initiatives, utilizing data to monitor outcomes, patient experience, and operational effectiveness.
• Collaborates with physicians, anesthesia providers, nursing leadership, and ancillary departments to optimize workflows, scheduling, and care coordination.
• Leads change initiatives, including process improvement, technology implementation, and adoption of evidence based best practices.
• Maintains responsibility for department’s operational excellence; ensures department delivers quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and professional standards.
• Manages team members, which includes orientation, development and evaluation of team members, and monitoring the provision of delivering quality services. Participates in the recruiting, interviewing, and selecting of team members following policies, guidelines and applicable laws. Evaluates team member’s performance relative to job goals and requirements. Provides coaching to staff, recommends education programs, and ensures adherence to internal policies and standards.
• Maintains responsibility for the fiscal management of department and assures proper utilization of organization’s financial resources.
• Effectively communicates departmental, organization, and industry information to staff.
• Assist in other duties as assigned to support the operational needs of the department and organization.
• May be required to remain on campus immediately before, during, and after severe weather and/or disasters.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Data analysis

Budgeting

Staff development

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred

Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Health Care/Nursing within 3 years of employment required

Job description

The Clinical Manager provides leadership and oversight for assigned perioperative patient care services. The role ensures the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care while supporting organizational goals related to quality outcomes, patient experience, staff engagement, and financial stewardship. The manager leads and develops team members, collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary partners, and ensures compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and oversight for daily operations of assigned units, ensuring efficient patient flow, appropriate staffing, and timely delivery of safe, high quality care.
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory, accreditation, and professional practice standards, including DNV and state requirements.
• Oversees quality, performance improvement, and patient safety initiatives, utilizing data to monitor outcomes, patient experience, and operational effectiveness.
• Collaborates with physicians, anesthesia providers, nursing leadership, and ancillary departments to optimize workflows, scheduling, and care coordination.
• Leads change initiatives, including process improvement, technology implementation, and adoption of evidence based best practices.
• Maintains responsibility for department’s operational excellence; ensures department delivers quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and professional standards.
• Manages team members, which includes orientation, development and evaluation of team members, and monitoring the provision of delivering quality services. Participates in the recruiting, interviewing, and selecting of team members following policies, guidelines and applicable laws. Evaluates team member’s performance relative to job goals and requirements. Provides coaching to staff, recommends education programs, and ensures adherence to internal policies and standards.
• Maintains responsibility for the fiscal management of department and assures proper utilization of organization’s financial resources.
• Effectively communicates departmental, organization, and industry information to staff.
• Assist in other duties as assigned to support the operational needs of the department and organization.
• May be required to remain on campus immediately before, during, and after severe weather and/or disasters.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree Nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred
• Bachelor's Degree Business, Health Care, Nursing, Within three (3) years of employment Required
• 3 years Nursing experience Required
• 1 year Leadership/management experience (will consider supervisor/coordinator/charge nurse experience) Required

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse Licensed State of Florida or eligible compact state Upon Hire Required
• BLS for Healthcare Providers (BLS) American Heart Association Upon Hire Required
• ACLS Provider (ACLS) American Heart Association Upon Hire Required
• PALS Provider (PALS) American Heart Association Upon Hire Required

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge of healthcare operations, regulatory requirements, and performance improvement principles.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, and team development skills.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and change management skills.
• Ability to analyze operational and financial data to support decision-making.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with physicians and interdisciplinary teams.

About Us

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includesthree hospitals, four medical parks,Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law. Certain positions may require a Level 2 Background check through AHCA. Additional information about this requirement can be found here: Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse

Job Info

• Job Identification 11138
• Job Category Manager
• Posting Date 10/15/2026, 07:16 PM
• Locations 123 Baptist Way, Pensacola, FL, 32503, US
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day
• FTE 1.0 FT