Nurse Manager (RN) - Surgical Services

Shriners Children's; United States; On-site; USD 129,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Shriners Children's is seeking an OR Nurse Manager to oversee patient care, nursing staff, and ancillary teams across Surgical Services. You will lead safety initiatives, budgeting, and staffing for the Operating Room, Pre and Post Anesthetic care, and Central Sterile.

You will supervise RNs, OR Techs, and support staff, ensuring high-quality pediatric patient outcomes. Strong leadership, collaboration with physicians, and proactive performance improvement are essential.

Qualifications

• BSN degree or higher and RN license in state of practice.
• Current BLS and PALS certifications.
• 3+ years of management/supervisory experience in healthcare preferred.
• 2+ years pediatric experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in the delivery of care and nursing practice in the Operating Room.
• Supervises surgical services personnel and ensures patient safety.
• Assists in developing, implementing and tracking unit KPIs for Performance Improvement.
• Directs staff hiring, orientation, and ongoing development for the OR.
• Communicates with anesthesiologists, surgeons, nursing staff, and ancillary personnel.
• Maintains clinical competency through skills updates, continuous education, and professional memberships.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Communication

Education

RN license in state of practice

BLS

PALS

Job description

Company Overview

Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family's ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

Job Description

The Operating Room Nurse Manager is accountable for overall management of patient care, nursing staff, and ancillary staff in the Surgical Services (i.e. AM / SDS, Pre and Post Anesthetic care, Operation Room and Central Sterile departments). Provides supervision to competent RNs, OR Techs, NA and ancillary staff. Directs ongoing evaluation of safety and quality of patient care. Develops annual operating and capital equipment budgets in accordance with organizational and patient care needs. Plans and controls staff and supply utilization within allocated funds. Collaborates with administrative, medical and interdisciplinary staff in the analysis and improvement of programs, systems and staff development. Provides direct patient care as necessary.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership in the delivery of care and nursing practice within the Operating Room. Supervises activities of surgical services personnel in providing care to patients and family members.

• Assists in the developing, implementing and tracking unit based key performance indicators supporting Performance Improvement programs and other measurements.

• Directs employee selection, hiring, orientation, training and ongoing staff development for the Operating Room.

• Communicates and maintains liaison with anesthesiologists, surgeons, nursing staff and ancillary personnel in various hospital departments.

• Demonstrates correct use and operation of required equipment according to written competency checklist procedure on file.

• Demonstration of professional practice and career development. Maintains clinical competency by successfully completing yearly skills updates, attends in-servicesand reviews current professional literature and distributes appropriate findings. Maintains memberships in appropriate medical/professional organizations. Formulates and meets annual performance goals.

• Supervises various personnel actions including, but not limited to, performance appraisals, promotions, transfers and vacation schedules. Maintains ongoing feedback with employees supervised.

Required Qualifications:

• BSN

• RN license in state of practice

• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years Management/Supervisory experience in healthcare setting

• 2 years pediatric experience

The pay range for this position is $129,242.88 - $250,427.42. Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.