Nurse Manager, Ambulatory Surgery Center

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,850 - 187,200; Full time

Job summary

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn seeks a Nurse Manager to lead the brand-new Ambulatory Surgery Center, overseeing OR and pre/post teams and opening the ASC with staffing and workflow implementation.

The role provides clinical leadership across a 24-hour care model, drives excellence in patient care, staff development, and engagement, and partners with senior leadership on financial planning and performance improvement.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
• Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association.
• Master’s degree in nursing.
• At least three years of pertinent clinical practice.
• Certification in nursing leadership upon eligibility.
• Ability to apply the nursing process toward achievement of outcomes.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Fosters a culture embedded in NYU’s mission and leads nursing teams in the OR and pre/post at the ASC.
• Collaborates with inter-professional teams to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience and efficiency.
• Fosters a positive work environment and promotes diversity, equity, and staff engagement.
• Demonstrates commitment to lifelong professional growth and development.
• Conducts interviews, hires, develops, and evaluates departmental leadership per standards.
• Evaluates performance and ensures accountability across staff.
• Leads communication and advocacy for staff and leadership.
• Participates in financial planning and budgets, monitoring expenses and outcomes.
• Coordinates care delivery using data to plan staffing and targets.
• Keeps staffing patterns aligned with productivity and patient care goals.
• Promotes service, interdisciplinary teamwork, and service standards.
• Designs and evaluates programs to ensure regulatory and accreditation compliance.
• Supports policy development with shared governance principles.
• Uses data to drive practice changes for quality and safety improvements.
• Encourages staff involvement in evidence-based practice and research.
• Ensures licensure and certification compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Master’s degree in nursing

Nursing leadership certification

Job description

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nurse Manager of our brand‑new Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC). This leadership role is accountable to the Senior Director of Perioperative Services at NYU Langone‑Brooklyn. A successful candidate will oversee nursing teams in the OR and pre/post at the ASC, including opening the ASC with staffing and workflow implementation. Strong people‑leadership skills are essential.

In this role, the successful candidate provides clinical leadership and management of designated care area(s) on a twenty‑four‑hour basis, consistent with the philosophy, goals, and mission of NYU Langone Health. The candidate assumes responsibility and accountability for all facets of nursing practice and performance within that area, meeting all pertinent organizational goals and targets. The candidate develops, fosters, and sustains an environment of excellence in patient and family service, staff growth and development, quality nursing care, and staff engagement and satisfaction.

Job Responsibilities

• Fosters a culture embedded in NYU’s tripartite mission: to serve, to teach, and to discover.
• Collaborates with inter‑professional teams to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience, and efficiency; develops positive and productive relationships across disciplines to establish strategic partnerships to achieve shared goals.
• Fosters a positive and productive work and care environment founded on diversity, equity, and inclusion to attract and retain staff; demonstrates a steadfast commitment to engaging and recognizing staff.
• Demonstrates commitment to lifelong professional growth and development.
• Conducts interviews, hires, develops, and evaluates departmental leadership from orientation through termination, when necessary, according to established standards.
• Evaluates performance of personnel fairly and transparently.
• Serves as a role model by demonstrating visibility, accessibility, and effective communication that conveys advocacy and support for staff and leadership.
• Participates in establishing the strategic area’s financial plan and utilizes data to make strategic recommendations to senior leadership; establishes the operational and capital budgets for the area, monitoring expenses and evaluating outcomes.
• Coordinates care delivery using labor productivity data to plan and evaluate staffing patterns, discharge and/or volume targets, and assists clinical leaders in validating staffing patterns.
• Holds self and others accountable for delivery of exemplary care in a cost‑efficient manner.
• Coordinates and facilitates activities to promote service and interdisciplinary teamwork; role models service standards in actions and communications with patients, families, staff, and other disciplines.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates programs and activities to ensure compliance with accreditation, regulatory standards, service standards, and policies at the organizational, local, state, and federal level.
• Participates in the development, approval, and implementation of nursing and organizational policy, incorporating shared governance principles.
• Collects, analyzes, and utilizes data to drive practice changes that integrate quality, safety, patient experience, and productivity metrics to achieve excellence in outcomes.
• Participates in and fosters staff involvement in nursing research and evidence‑based practice efforts.
• Ensures staff compliance with maintaining licenses, certifications, and mandated learnings and content.
• Develops positive and productive relationships across disciplines to establish strategic partnerships to achieve shared goals.
• Fosters high‑reliability concepts within the unit/organizational structure.
• Communicates with clarity and integrity to build trust with all stakeholders.
• Fosters a culture of inquiry, innovation, and transformation focused on the future.
• Leads and supports the development of new insights to complex situations, innovative designs, and programs/processes.

Additional Position Specific Responsibilities

This role requires flexibility to work across a variety of surgical specialties and peri‑operative care areas, including the ambulatory surgery center and the main operating rooms.

Minimum Qualifications

Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.

Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association.

Master’s degree in nursing required.

At least three years of pertinent clinical practice.

Certification in nursing leadership required upon eligibility.

Ability to apply the nursing process toward achievement of specific outcomes in an organized fashion addressing patient/family satisfaction and quality indicators.

Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, organizational, critical thinking, problem‑solving, and leadership skills.

Required Licenses

Registered Nurse License (NYS), Basic Life Support Certificate.

Preferred Qualifications

1–2 years of leadership or supervisory experience.

Benefits

NYU Langone Hospital‑Brooklyn provides its staff with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package that offers a robust support system for any stage of life, including career development, family support, retirement planning, financial security benefits, generous time‑off program, employee resource groups, and a holistic employee wellness program covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NYU Langone Hospital‑Brooklyn is an equal‑opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration.

Salary Information

Salary range: $185,850.00 – $187,200.00 annually. Actual salaries depend on experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The range does not include bonuses, incentives, differential pay, or other compensation.

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