Nurse Manager

UT Health San Antonio; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

UT Health San Antonio seeks a seasoned nursing leader to oversee patient care operations and drive quality initiatives on a campus in San Antonio, Texas. This role directs staff, manages resources, and ensures adherence to budgets and standards.

The successful candidate will hold a BSN, bring extensive nursing experience, and demonstrate strong program management and collaboration skills in a complex healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Education: BSN required.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of concepts, practices, and policies with complex situations.
• Direct and contribute to initiatives while fostering collaboration and workflow improvements.
• Knowledge of business and management concepts for planning, resource allocation, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and participates in patient care operations.
• Implements and evaluates continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensures compliance with policies and external regulatory requirements.
• Provides financial oversight including supply inventory and equipment budgeting.
• Monitors performance to annual budget and takes corrective action when needed.
• Oversees staff selection, supervision, development and evaluation.
• Develops staffing plans and justifies incremental resources.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing Experience

Supervisory Experience

Leadership

Operations Management

Education

BSN (Bachelor's in Nursing)

Job description

Oversees the administration of patient care operations, including human resource management, operations management, facilities/physical assessment management, business center operations and patient coordination. Ensures high-caliber patient care and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and participates in patient care operations.
• Ensures operational practices are continually improved through the development, implementation and evaluation of continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensures compliance with institutional, divisional, and unit-based policies and procedures as well as external regulatory requirements.
• Provides financial oversight to include supply inventory, equipment budget preparation and implementation.
• Ensures performance to annual budget by taking corrective action when appropriate or necessary.
• Oversees the selection, supervision, development and evaluation of staff.
• Develops, monitors and enforces productivity and performance standards.
• Ensures maintenance of all practice standards.
• Develops staffing plans and justifies incremental resources.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN)
• Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices, and policies with the ability to use them in complex, varied situations.
• Ability to direct and contribute to initiatives and processes while creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate work within schedule constraints and handle emergent requirements in a timely manner.
• Detail oriented with meticulous planning, organizational and negotiating skills.
• Bio/Chemo card and oncology nursing preferred.

Required Skills

• Seven (7) years of professional nursing experience is required. Supervisor experience is preferred.

This position may require the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT San Antonio and its infrastructure per Texas EO-GA-48.

About Us

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) is a nationally recognized, top-tier public research university that unites the power of higher education, biomedical discovery and healthcare within one visionary institution. As the third-largest research university in Texas and a Carnegie R1-designated institution, UT San Antonio is a model of access and excellence — advancing knowledge, social mobility and public health across South Texas and beyond. UT San Antonio serves approximately 42,000 students in 320 academic programs spanning science, engineering, medicine, health, liberal arts, AI, cybersecurity, business, education and more. With 17,000 faculty and staff, UT San Antonio has been recognized by Forbes as one America’s Best Employers for Company Culture.

• Benefits Overview
• UT Health San Antonio offers an excellent benefits package for its employees. Employees who work at least 20 hours a week, with an appointment of at least 4.5 months, are eligible for benefits.
• Medical - UT SELECT Medical insurance is offered free for employees and administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Family members can be added to the plan through payroll deduction. Employees and their dependents can also receive discounted copays and coinsurance when using UT Health Physicians, a network of 800 premier physicians including more than 100 specialists. Employees receive $50,000 of group term life insurance and $50,000 of basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance for free, with options to purchase additional employee and dependent coverage for both at group rates.
• Dental - Three dental insurance plan options are available for employees and their families through Delta Dental Insurance Company, two PPOs and one dental HMO plan. Both PPO plans allow employees to choose any licensed dentist.
• Vision - Fully insured Vision Care benefits are offered by Superior Vision Services. Two vision plan options that offer either standard or enhanced vision benefits.
• Disability - Employees can enroll in the Disability Insurance which provides income if a non-work related illness or injury prevents you from working.
• FSAs - Employees can enroll in flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to set aside money from earnings before taxes for qualifying dependent day care expenses or out-of-pocket health care expenses.
• Retirement - Employees are eligible for either the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP). TRS is a defined benefit retirement plan which UT Health matches employee contributions. ORP is for eligible faculty staff employees. Voluntary retirement programs are also available to invest before- or after-tax dollars with the choice of five quality retirement plan providers.
• Time Off - A generous leave program offers multiple paid leave options:
  • Front-loaded Paid Time Off: 128 to 208 hours (16 to 26 days) of Paid Time Off based on years of service, given at the start of each fiscal year. PTO may be prorated in year one based on date of hire.
  • Extended Illness Bank: 8 hours (1 day) accrued per month which can be used for illness or injury after one day of Paid Time Off is taken.
  • Paid Family Leave: Up to 240 hours (6 weeks) to care for a spouse, child, or parent after 6 months of consecutive employment.
  • Holidays: 12 set paid holidays each year.
• Discounts - Employees enjoy a range of discounts on services, tickets, and gym membership.

EEO Statement

UT Health San Antonio is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. It is our policy to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

Job Info

• Job Identification 7936
• Job Category Clinical Programs & Services
• Posting Date 09/10/2026, 01:57 PM
• Locations 0305 8300 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX, 78229, US (On-site)
• Organization O9277 - HOPD Urology MARC, O9000 - MSRH - HOPD Operations, O1000 - MSRH - Administration, UT Health Science Center, UT Health Science Center