Lead a high-performing surgical services team while advancing quality, safety, and exceptional patient care.
As the Nurse Manager, Operating Room and PACU, you will be responsible for coordinating and supervising perioperative services, including preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative recovery care. You will provide both clinical and operational leadership while partnering closely with the director of perioperative services, surgeons, anesthesia providers, nursing staff, sterile processing personnel, and hospital leadership to ensure exceptional patient outcomes. This position offers a unique blend of leadership and clinical practice, enabling you to influence patient care, staff development, quality initiatives, infection prevention efforts, resource management, and strategic growth within Surgical Services.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the daily operations of the Operating Room and PACU, ensuring safe, effective, patient-family-centered care while supporting staff performance, clinical competency, scheduling, and department workflow.
- Develop, mentor, and support perioperative team members through education, competency assessment, performance evaluation, leadership development, recruitment, and staff engagement initiatives.
- Drive quality, safety, infection prevention, and performance improvement initiatives while leading compliance with evidence-based practice standards, regulatory requirements, and departmental policies and procedures.
- Oversee perioperative resources including staffing, scheduling, equipment, supplies, budgets, vendor coordination, OR utilization, and operational planning to ensure efficient and effective surgical services.
Required Qualifications- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
- BSN or Bachelor's Degree in a related field required. Masters in Nursing preferred.
- Current Vermont Registered Nurse license or a Compact Multi-State RN License.
- Minimum five years of perioperative nursing experience, including circulating and scrub experience.
- Current American Heart Association BLS certification required.
- ACLS certification required within one year of hire.
Preferred Qualifications- Previous supervisory or management experience preferred.
- CNOR certification preferred.
- PALS certification preferred.
- Experience with quality improvement, budget management, and perioperative operations.
Build a rewarding leadership career where your expertise, vision, and commitment to excellence help shape the future of perioperative care for patients throughout Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.
