OR Nurse Manager

Responsibilities

Primary Function:

Under the direction of the Director of Perioperative services the Operating Room manager is responsible for coordinating all nursing care and related activities of the Operating Room in coordination with Pre-Op and PACU managers, Material Management, and Central Processing to deliver high quality patient outcomes.

Essential Duties:

• Performs essential duties in accordance with established standards of Perioperative Nursing practice.
• Collaborates with staff, physicians and other hospital leaders to ensure patient needs are met and quality out comes are achieved.
• Ensure the staff is adhering to Hospital policies and procedures
• Identifies the need to evaluate and revise nursing policies and procedures as changes occur in the perioperative arena.
• Participates in quality improvement programs and initiatives.
• Conducts and attends weekly staff meetings and in-services in collaboration with the Nurse Educator.
• Promotes cost effectiveness within the department through the management of time and resources.
• Demonstrates adaptability, flexibility, and accountability when necessary changes are made to the job description.
• Maintains appropriate certifications and professional organization memberships.

FT Days / 5 days a week / 8am-4:30pm 

No on call requirements / hours may be flexible

Qualifications

Education & Training:

• BSN required, MSN preferred
• CNOR preferred and required within 1 year

Experience:

• 5 years clinical experience in the Operating Room
• 2 years' experience in Leadership/Management

License, Certification & Registration:

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania required
• BLS Certification through American Heart Association required 
  • ACLS & PALS certification through American Heart Association preferred 

Conditions of Employment

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson’s clinical entities or at the University.  If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Closing Statement

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.