Nurse Manager, Periop Services - Surgery Admin - FT, Days

UC Irvine; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

UCI Health is seeking a Nurse Manager, Perioperative Services to provide comprehensive operational, clinical, and financial oversight across perioperative services. The role drives performance, quality, and patient safety while aligning with regulatory standards and organizational goals.

The incumbent will lead a multi-disciplinary team, manage staffing, budgeting, and policy implementation, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and service excellence within the surgical enterprise.

Qualifications

• RN with valid license and clinical leadership experience.
• Experience overseeing perioperative operations preferred.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards and quality metrics.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical, operational, and financial performance of perioperative services.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team across assigned facility(s) ensuring safe, high-quality care.
• Develop goals, policies, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Recruit, onboard, and evaluate perioperative staff and supervising physicians.

Skills

Customer service

Management experience

Regulatory knowledge

Data analysis

Project management

Education

Bachelor of Science, Nursing

Job description

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties.

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange County's only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region's only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary

The Nurse Manager, Perioperative Services is responsible for the comprehensive operational, clinical, and financial oversight of perioperative services across assigned facility(s). The incumbent is accountable for all aspects of performance within the assigned area or program ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based patient care in alignment with regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards. This role directs a multi-disciplinary team and maintains accountability for departmental operational processes, staffing, scheduling, budgetary performance, and financial accountability. The Nurse Manager leads the development and implementation of departmental goals, policies, and performance improvement initiatives, and is responsible for the selection, onboarding, competency validation, performance evaluation, and professional development of all assigned perioperative coworkers. The incumbent fosters a culture of patient safety, service excellence, teamwork, and continuous quality improvement, and serves as a key operational and clinical resource for care providers, and interdisciplinary care teams across the surgical enterprise. This position works under limited oversight and exercises wide latitude of authority in determining departmental goals and measures to achieve operational and clinical objectives.

Required Qualifications

What It Takes to be Successful

• Must demonstrate excellent customer service skills
• Minimum 2 years management experience preferably in a hospital or large, complex healthcare system
• Knowledge of Title 22 and Joint Commission Requirements
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collect, analyze, and interpret data, including report creation and data validation
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification
• Prior experience in unit specific service line business
• Master's Degree in Business Administration or related discipline
• Master of Science Degree in Nursing

Licenses And Certifications

• Registered Nurse
• Basic Life Support

Education

• Bachelor of Science, Nursing

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions Of Employment

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at [e-mail] or at [phone], Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization