Outpatient OR Nurse Manager

CommonSpirit Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, TX is seeking a Manager of Perioperative Services to provide leadership and operational oversight for all perioperative phases.

You will optimize patient outcomes, improve staff performance, and ensure safe, high-quality surgical care. The role involves coordinating multidisciplinary teams, optimizing schedules, monitoring regulatory compliance, and driving continuous improvement to achieve superior surgical outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 3 years leadership experience, upon hire
• Or minimum of 5 years leadership experience in the discipline, upon hire
• Master's Degree and no experience, upon hire
• Registered Nurse (RN) license - TX, upon hire
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days of hire

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient flow throughout perioperative services from admission to discharge.
• Provide consults in diverse patient care situations requiring advanced competency.
• Serve as clinical resource for problem solving and staff support.
• Act as a role model to develop staff competence in delivering nursing care.
• Oversee cost-effective operations, including product evaluation, waste prevention, materials management, patient flow, overtime control, and staff mix.
• Deliver safe, high-quality care to surgical patients as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Staff development

Operational oversight

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

RN license (TX)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Manager of Perioperative Services, you will provide comprehensive leadership and operational oversight for all perioperative phases, ensuring safe, high-quality, and efficient surgical care. Your role optimizes patient outcomes and staff performance.

Every day you will manage multidisciplinary teams, optimize surgical schedules, oversee resource allocation, and implement best practices to enhance quality, safety, and efficiency. You will also monitor financial performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement.

To be successful, you need extensive perioperative clinical/leadership experience, a deep understanding of surgical processes, and exceptional interpersonal/problem-solving skills. Your ability to inspire staff, manage challenges, and align services strategically will be paramount in fostering excellence and achieving superior surgical outcomes.

• Responsible for the coordination of patient flow throughout the perioperative services areas from admission to discharge.
• Consults in a variety of patient care situations requiring advanced competency and knowledge.
• Serves as the clinical resource for problem solving and assists staff with patient related issues.
• Serves as a role model to develop staff competence in the delivery of nursing care.
• Responsible for cost effective operations and initiatives, including product evaluation, prevention of waste & damage, materials management, patient flow, control of overtime, & appropriate staff mix.
• Able to provide safe, quality care directly to a surgical patient as needed.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelors Other Starting in January of 2016, any new hires should have:*Bachelor's Degree and and minimum of 3 years leadershipexperience , upon hire or
• or minimum of 5 years leadership experience in thediscipline or
• Masters Other and no experience., upon hire
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Where You'll Work

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.