Nurse Manager - PACU/Recovery Room

Catholic Health Services; West Islip (NY); On-site; USD 139,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Good Samaritan University Hospital, part of Catholic Health, seeks an experienced Nurse Manager to lead the PACU with clinical, operational, and financial responsibility. You will oversee patient care quality, safety, and staff development while guiding performance improvements.

You will manage budgets, staffing, and vendor relations, build interdisciplinary teams, and mentor nursing leaders, ensuring a patient-centered culture and continuous improvement across the unit.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years RN experience in acute care.
• 2+ years progressive nursing leadership.
• Licensure as NY RN with active license.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24-hour clinical, operational, and financial leadership for PACU.
• Ensure adherence to standards and patient safety.
• Develop policies, competencies, and clinical standards.
• Lead quality improvement and performance initiatives.
• Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing team.
• Oversee budgets, staffing, and resource utilization.
• Foster collaboration across physicians and care teams.

Skills

RN experience

Nurse leadership

Budget management

Team collaboration

Education

BSN

MSN preferred

Job description

Overview

Good Samaritan University Hospital is a 537- bed (including 100 nursing home beds) teaching hospital and a member of Catholic Health. With almost 900 physicians on staff, and a level I Trauma Center, we care for well over 100,000 patients annually across the south shore of Long Island. Our reputation for excellence is built on great choices and empowered leadership, and fosters a team that's focused on evidence based practice, continual learning and exceptional quality of care.

Are you exceedingly driven, dedicated, and passionate about caring for your patients? Do you consistently create and nurture meaningful relationships with your team, your patients, and their loved ones. Can you strike the perfect balance of integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence?

Then you have what it takes to be a Good Samaritan Nurse. You are at the heart of health.

Job Details

Reporting to the Director of Perioperative Services, the Nurse Manager provides 24-hour clinical, operational, financial, and administrative leadership for the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). The Nurse Manager is accountable for clinical quality, patient safety, patient experience, operational performance, workforce engagement, and financial stewardship while fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

The Nurse Manager will:

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to ensure safe, high-quality, patient-centered care.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, accreditation, organizational, and professional standards.
• Participate in the development, review, implementation, and evaluation of unit policies, procedures, competencies, and clinical standards.
• Utilize evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and performance improvement methodologies to improve clinical and operational outcomes.
• Build collaborative relationships with physicians, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Recruit, develop, mentor. coach, and retain a high-performing workforce.
• Promote employee engagement, shared governance, professional development, and staff recognition.
• Foster effective communication, teamwork, and a culture of respect, accountability, and inclusion.
• Provide leadership and oversight for Assistant Nurse Managers, registered nurses, and ancillary personnel.
• Model integrity, professionalism, accountability, and ethical leadership.
• Lead change initiatives and support innovation and continuous improvement.
• Develop future nursing leaders through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and performance management.
• Manage unit budgets, staffing, scheduling, productivity, and resource utilization.
• Oversee supply management, equipment planning, capital requests, vendor relationships, and contract management.
• Monito operational, financial, quality, patient safety, and patient experience metrics to improve unit performance.
• Promote efficient patient flow, effective resource allocation, and fiscal stewardship.
• Lead process improvement, technology adoption, and workflow redesign to enhance quality, safety, efficiency, and the patient experience.
• Strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration to support innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable outcomes.

What you'll bring:

• 5+ years of Registered Nurse (RN) experience (preferred) in relevant acute care clinical setting.
• 2+ years of progressive nursing leadership experience preferred.
• Education: Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree required. Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.
• Licensure: New York Registered Nurse (RN) License & Registration required.
• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) required, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required.

Salary Range

USD $138,555.00 - USD $166,634.00 /Yr.

This range serves as a good faith estimate and actual pay will encompass a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. The salary range or rate listed does not include any bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation that may be applicable to this job and it does not include the value of benefits.

At Catholic Health, we believe in a people-first approach.

In addition to the estimated base pay provided, Catholic Health offers

• generous benefits packages
• generous tuition assistance
• a defined benefit pension plan
• a culture that supports professional and educational growth.