Nurse Manager RN - Post Op Surgical Acute Care

HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

Wellbeing support and counseling

Paid time off and disability

401(k) with employer match

Education and tuition support

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare West is seeking a Nurse RN Manager for Medical-Telemetry to lead a skilled clinical team in complex adult health, cardiac telemetry, and acute cardiac interventions. You will drive protocol-driven treatments and promote a culture of clinical safety with surgical suites and rehabilitation services, supported by a large network of clinicians.

The role emphasizes leadership, evidence-based practice, and stakeholder collaboration within a 600+ clinician/400 physician network.

Qualifications

• RN degree from an accredited program (diploma/associate/bachelor).
• BSN preferred.
• Current Texas RN license or Multi-State Compact with Texas eligibility within 90 days of hire.
• Current BLS preferred from AHA.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• 1 year of leadership experience in a hospital/healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Upholds organizational alignment and nursing standards.
• Develops unit goals aligned with organizational strategy.
• Encourages frontline staff to use evidence-based practices.
• Conducts regular staff meetings and shares updates.
• Manages budgets, expenses, and staffing resources with data systems.
• Controls overtime and staffing to deliver cost-efficient, high-quality care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

RN License

Education

RN Diploma/Associate/Bachelor required

BSN preferred

Job description

Work schedule: Monday-Friday - additional coverage as needed.

Advance your nursing leadership career as the Nurse RN Manager for Medical-Telemetry at HCA Houston Healthcare West, an elite facility recognized by Healthgrades with the America's 250 Best Hospitals, Surgical Care Excellence, Coronary Intervention, and Prostate Surgery awards. In this role, you will lead a skilled clinical team specializing in complex adult health, cardiac telemetry, surgical recovery, and acute cardiac interventions. Your leadership will drive protocol-driven treatments and clinical safety cultures, fully supported by dedicated surgical suites, integrated outpatient rehabilitation continuums, and HCA's signature Unit of Distinction quality framework. Leading this advanced inpatient environment embeds you within a highly collaborative network of over 600 clinical colleagues and 400 staff physicians dedicated to bedside nursing excellence.

Job Summary And Qualifications

What you will do in this role:

• Upholds Organizational Alignment: Drives NCMC mission, nursing standards, patient satisfaction, and Studer Concepts across assigned units.
• Executes Strategic Goal-Setting: Develops four unit-specific goals aligned with the organization and documents progress for leadership.
• Empowers Staff Autonomy: Encourages frontline staff to develop evidence-based practices and participate actively in department councils.
• Maintains Consistent Communication: Conducts ten monthly staff meetings annually and shares detailed updates via minutes and memos.
• Optimizes Fiscal Resources: Prepares and manages expense, personnel, capital, and supply budgets using advanced information systems.
• Balances Workforce Staffing: Controls overtime, PTO, and Nursing Hours per Patient Day to deliver cost-efficient, quality care.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
• Current BLS issued from American Heart Association preferred.
• Excellent oral/written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with all customers both orally/written in a clear, professional and effective manner.
• 1 year of previous Leadership experience in a hospital/healthcare environment required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

HCA Houston Healthcare West is a full-service, 300+ bed hospital that has been offering exceptional care to the West Houston communities for over 30 years. We proudly provide Houston residents with exceptional healthcare, including a vast-array of medical services from board-certified doctors and nationally accredited departments. We are recognized as a Certified Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and under an affiliation agreement with The Woman's Hospital of Texas, we are able to bring our community The Woman's Hospital of Texas at West Houston, a three-story cardiac and critical care tower. The Sugar Land Cancer Center and the Sugar Land Diagnostic Center, departments with HCA Houston Healthcare West, provide additional services to meet the needs of our community. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

Be a part of an organization that leverages our size to make a real impact in our industry! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Nurse Manager RN Acute Inpatient opening.

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