ASC Nurse Manager

About the role

To provide our patients and community the most innovative and breakthrough treatment options to improve overall health and wellness.

Responsibilities

• Attends all professional staff meetings, prepares agenda, gathers data for review and analysis, and prepares minutes.
• Reviews, revises, and updates all Policy and Procedure Manuals by laws, job descriptions, meetings, etc. on a regular basis.
• Provides day-to-day leadership for clinical and administrative staff assigned to the surgery center.
• Establishes clear expectations, provides timely coaching and feedback, supports employee development, and ensures concerns and assigned action items are addressed through closed-loop communication.
• Maintains survey readiness and ensures ongoing compliance with applicable regulatory, accreditation, infection prevention, medication management, emergency preparedness, and patient safety requirements.
• Identifies gaps, develops corrective action plans, and verifies sustained compliance.
• Assures the facilities compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.
• Deals with all review agencies.
• Establishes, maintains, analyzes, and evaluates standards of nursing care within the facility in compliance with professional nursing standards and recommended operating room, pre/post-operative procedures.
• Initiates and/or supports activities to control costs without compromising patient care.
• Ensures that existing nursing policies and procedures are understood and implemented.
• Provides appropriate resources for meeting the educational needs of the nursing staff.
• Supervises the collection of all required records and reports.
• Develops and maintains the staffing schedule, reviews time-off requests, and adjusts coverage based on patient volume, staff competencies, and operational needs.
• Conducts skilled nursing assessments, plans and evaluates treatment, and administers appropriate nursing interventions to all patients admitted to the surgery center.
• Maintains competency in the clinical functions performed at the surgery center and provides direct patient care or procedural support when needed.
• Ensures care is delivered safely, documented accurately, and performed in accordance with professional standards, approved policies, and provider orders.
• Responds to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol.
• Collects, interprets, documents, and communicates patient information in accordance with State and Federal guidelines, rules, and regulations applicable to the facility setting.
• Demonstrates proficiency in all nursing duties performed by the team, including patient assessments, administering treatments, monitoring vital signs, and ensuring accurate documentation.
• Serves as a resource and support for team members by actively engaging in day-to-day patient care tasks, ensuring a high standard of clinical practice across all areas.
• Provides on-site leadership and may be required to provide direct clinical coverage, adjust work schedules, respond to urgent operational needs, or support another surgery center location based on staffing and patient-care needs.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position supervises the Registered Nurses, ASC Assistants, and Patient Service Representatives in the Surgery Center.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in nursing required.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
• Active, unrestricted, State of MN RN License required.
• BCLS certified.
• ACLS certified.
• At least five years of related RN experience, preferably in an ambulatory surgery setting, operating room, or other perioperative environment.
• 1+ years prior management experience required.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to independently make decisions and solve problems; ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Evidence of leadership qualities. Consistently contributing to the improvement of the department and participate in committee participation, task force, etc.
• The ability to contribute in a team environment and to provide excellent customer service.
• Strong organizational, judgment, communication, and analytical skills, sometimes under pressure.
• Ability to multi-task and perform multiple priorities.
• Cooperative and professional behavior toward patients, peers, providers, management, and visitors.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in a medical surgery center and office setting. This position is 100% in-office due to the nature of the responsibilities.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to grasp, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch; talk, hear and smell. The employee must be able to lift or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• HSA plan

Schedule

Full-time: 40 hours/week. Exempt. Day Shift: Monday – Friday; however, this role may require availability outside standard business hours to manage scheduling needs.