Operating Room Manager

10 Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center; United States; On-site; USD 104,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

On-site training programs

Professional development

Management incentive pay

Job summary

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center seeks an experienced Operating Room Manager to lead staffing, operations, and development for Surgical Services. You will direct OR staff, coordinate scheduling, and partner with the Surgical and Perioperative Services Director to ensure high-quality patient care.

The role emphasizes education, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to maintain service excellence in the operating room.

Qualifications

• BSN degree required and RN license in Illinois.
• ACLS and BLS certifications required within 90 days of hire.
• CNOR certification preferred for perioperative leadership.
• Active RN license in good standing in Illinois.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day OR operations and staffing.
• Provide direction to OR staff, scheduling, and assistants.
• participate in ongoing education and professional development.
• Attend meetings and report to Surgical and Perioperative Services Director.
• Lead hiring processes and ensure documentation and compliance.
• Foster collaboration across departments and professional teams.
• Develop staffing schedules to maximize resource utilization.
• Monitor safety and quality initiatives within the OR.

Education

BSN

ACLS

BLS

CNOR

RN license (IL)

Job description

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Position Summary

Operating Room Manager - Reports to the Surgical and Perioperative Services Director, responsible for staffing, operations, planning and development for Surgical Services. Provides direction and support to the operating room surgery staff, scheduling staff and operating room assistants.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for managing day-to-day operations
• Accountable for managing day-to-day operations
• Actively participates in ongoing continuing education opportunities to accomplish both personal and professional self-development and to remain current in healthcare issues and department specific trends.
• Attendance to committee meetings as required and reporting pertinent information back to Director and colleagues as necessary.
• Attends at meetings on behalf of Director, when unavailable.
• Coach: Leads by example. Demonstrates and coaches employees to attain the highest level of SBL Performance Standards.
• Inspires, nurtures, and challenges othes to reach their full potential.
• Provides timely employee feedback in spirit of helping employees to be successful.
• Provides meaningful performance evaluations within established timelines.
• Empowers employees to perform to their fullest potential.
• Cooperates, collaborates, and forms partnerships. Works well with others (senior leaders, peers, employees, medical staff, etc.).
• Supports the needs of other departments and/or leaders.
• Retains and selects people who fit the culture of Service Excellence.
• Actively participates in hiring process and ensures that new employees meet all job and documentation requirements.
• Effectively applies the peer interview principles to select employees that reflect SBL Stds of Performance.
• Fosters positive employee relationships.
• Demonstrates passion and compassion.
• Shows empathy for others (patients, employees, peers, etc.) during difficult situations.
• Exudes enthusiasm everyday.
• Expresses appreciation for time and effort and offers rewards.
• Demonstrates effective use of Bravo Recognition and Rewards Program.
• Expresses appreciation/awards in a manner meaningful to the employee, uses the Bravo Preference Sheet.
• Provides education and cultivates successors.
• Supports employees in educational and professional growth opportunities.
• Identifies and nurtures potential successors.
• Collaborates with Surgery Charge Nurse to communicate all pertinent information to surgeons.
• Collaboration with Perioperative Manager on patient flow issues, clarification of surgeries and consents, back-up coverage in each other’s absence.
• Collaboration with Sterile Processing Manager on: bi-annual inventory, organization and location of new equipment/supplies, instrument issues, IUSS.
• Communicator: Effectively conducts cascade learning sessions and submits accountability forms on time; ensures that the communication board is up to date; supports and participates in The Daily Charge.
• Demonstrates strong presentation and listening skills. Articulates thoughts effectively, using the SBAR format appropriately.
• Respects all others and their opinions.
• Applies active listening principles and is open to ideas of others.
• Presenting differing opinions in a constructive manner.
• Consistently provides clear and honest feedback in a helpful manner.
• Frames mistakes positively, as learning opportunities.
• Accepts constructive feedback.
• Commits to improving performance where opportunities exist.
• Coordinates with Sterile Processing, Vendor Representatives, and Supply Chain to ensure necessary equipment is available for scheduled and add-on cases.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise and innovative critical thinking to advise other surgical services colleagues on what equipment they can use as a substitute when equipment necessary is not available.
• Demonstrates flexibility with work days, shifts and hours to cover department needs.
• Develops and administers staffing schedules to maximize utilization of material and human resources to achieve superior patient/customer service.
• Develops and manages staffing schedules and/or block schedules to maximize utilization of material and human resources to achieve superior patient/customer service, while maintaining productivity standards.
• Develops creative solutions as required in solving conflicts or complex problems; works to structure win-win solutions when possible.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies governing health care delivery and the rules of accreditation.
• Focuses on establishing stability and reducing variance in the operations of all departmental functions. Promotes and utilizes Quality Improvement principles and methods to achieve continuously improving departmental services and systems.
• Responds to appropriate requests and initiatives from Vice Presidents, other Directors and Managers, physicians, and staff to improve services.
• Functions as a nurse advocate, who makes decisions in the best interest of the patient when called to the operating rooms for concerns brought forward by the OR team.
• Effectively uses ARCC tool to elevate any concerns to Director and/or physicians.
• In collaboration with Director, responsible for developing capital budget projections through collaboration and input from specialty coordinators, colleagues and providers on an annual and 3-year projection plan.
• In collaboration with Director, responsible for development, implementation, and evaluation of departmental policies, procedures, protocols and standards to maintain a high quality level of service.
• Leads/facilitates daily morning huddle in intra-operative area at 0630am. Keeps Director informed of any issues, concerns, opportunities to improve safety.
• Life-Long Learner: Pursues learning opportunities. Actively participates in professional associations/organizations. Continues learning and professional development through reading and taking courses. Commits to professional leadership development.
• Actively involved in professional associations; encourages staff to develop their careers.
• Identifies and seeks best practices. Networks with professional groups/organizations to seek and share best practices. Participates in discussions and/or site visits to explore ways of doing things.
• Takes risks, is resilient and learns from mistakes.
• Uses FOCUS-PDCA to improve process performance and service mapping to improve customer service.
• Oversight of compliance of intraoperative staff in timekeeper capturing worked hours appropriately.
• Provide guidance/mentorship to all department colleagues through coaching and leading by example.

Requirements

• BSN (Required)
• ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support (within 90 Days of hire)
• BLS or CPR certification (within 90 days of hire)
• CNOR – Certified Nurse Operating Room – Competency & Credentialing Institute
• RN-Registered Nurse – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Compensation & Benefits

• Estimated Compensation Range $104,145.60 - $161,428.80
• Pay based on experience
• Eligible for participation in Management Incentive Compensation Program
• Benefit package to help retain employees, including on-site classroom learning programs, internet courses, generous tuition reimbursement program

When you come to work for Sarah Bush Lincoln or Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care, you have our commitment to help make this the best work experience of your life. Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us! We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area. Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs. We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers. We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program– all designed to help staff achieve their goals.