Nurse Manager - One Day Surgery Operating Room

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health One Day Surgery at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC seeks a Nurse Manager to lead the outpatient department overseeing 11 operating rooms and about 800 surgeries per month across multiple specialties. Strong clinical OR nursing background and prior nurse supervisor or service line leadership experience are highly valued.

The role emphasizes professional practice, regulatory compliance, staff development, and performance improvement to ensure high-quality nursing care

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current RN licensure in appropriate state.
• MSN preferred.
• MSN required within 5 years if undergraduate degree is not BSN.
• Previous management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the hospital-based outpatient department at the Carolinas Medical Center campus.
• Recruitment and retention of qualified staff; ensure orientation, education, credentialing and development.
• Budgetary oversight; maintain cost-effective unit with staff involvement.
• Lead performance improvement activities to enhance quality and patient outcomes.
• Promote evidence-based practice and shared governance in nursing.

Skills

Nurse management

Clinical nurse supervision

Team leadership

Budget oversight

Regulatory compliance

Education

RN licensure

MSN preferred

MSN within 5 years if BSN

Job description

Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, which is distinguished throughout the southeastern United States for its excellent patient care and medical expertise. CMC serves as the region’s only Level 1 Trauma center, is Magnet-designated, and also an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas and liver. We also serve as one of North Carolina’s five Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serve as a satellite for the medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Atrium Health One Day Surgery is seeking a Nurse Manager to oversee its hospital-based outpatient department on the Carolinas Medical Center campus in the heart of Charlotte. The department includes 11 operating rooms and performs approximately 800 surgeries per month across specialties such as general surgery, pediatric and adult urology, gynecology, robotics, oncology, plastic/reconstruction, orthopedics, and EENT. Successful candidates will bring a strong clinical operating room nursing background, along with experience as a clinical nurse supervisor or service line lead. OR nurse management experience is strongly preferred.

Essential Functions

• Continually demonstrates and supports a Professional Practice model that allows nurses to work in collaboration with interdisciplinary partners to achieve high-quality patient outcomes.
• Ensures that unit operations and employees are in compliance with the Nursing Practice Act, regulatory agency standards, and policies and procedures.
• Functions as a team member to accomplish goals and objectives of the unit and the organization, upholding quality management, patient care, and departmental standards.
• Assumes responsibility in the recruitment and retention of qualified staff and to ensure appropriate orientation, education, credentialing and continuing professional development of personnel through mutual goal setting and performance evaluation.
• Delegates effectively by promoting shared governance, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes.
• Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary.
• Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient and family education.
• Participates with performance improvement activities to improve quality of nursing care, promote patient outcomes and provide a cost-effective environment for patient care.
• Assists in development of policies, procedures and standards reflective of evidence-based practice.
• Promotes shared accountability for professional practice.
• Allocates resources to meet the unit needs. Responsible for budgetary oversight, and along with staff involvement, accountable to the organization for maintaining a cost-effective unit.

Physical Requirements

Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak and understand English fluently. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and / or unit/department conditions.

Education, Experience And Certifications

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required. Current RN licensure in appropriate state. Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred. Must have or complete MSN if undergraduate degree is not BSN. Enrollment in MSN program within 1 year of hire/transfer date and graduation of MSN program required within 5 years of hire. If undergraduate degree is BSN, a master's degree from a health-related program or MBA is acceptable. Previous management experience preferred. BLS required per policy guidelines. Appropriate professional certification (either clinical or leadership) is required within 1 year of eligibility for professional certification exam. Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.