Nurse Manager - Operating Room (Boulder Surgery Center)

About the role

The ideal candidate will plan, organize, direct, and evaluate nursing care and personnel management for the OR and Sterile Processing departments. They will manage the overall nursing care in the operating room to maintain a safe and comfortable environment. In addition, they will oversee sterile processing, ensuring a sterile environment in the operating rooms.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and clinical support as needed.
• Lead the daily operations of the Operating Room to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality surgical care.
• Promote excellence in patient outcomes by ensuring compliance with clinical, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
• Ensure adherence to AORN and AAMI standards and best practices.
• Assign nursing care based on patient needs, staff competencies, and available resources.
• Oversee sterile processing, infection prevention, and patient safety initiatives.
• Maintain a 60% focus on direct patient care and a 40% focus on leadership, staff development, quality initiatives, and department operations.

Requirements

• Current Colorado Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Minimum of 5 years of Operating Room nursing experience.
• At least 3 years of progressive leadership or management experience.
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications.
• Strong knowledge of perioperative nursing practices, aseptic technique, and surgical technology.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency with electronic health records and basic computer applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC).
• Orthopedic surgery experience.
• Knowledge of AAAHC and/or Joint Commission accreditation standards.
• Surgical scrub experience.
• CNOR certification.

Qualifications

• Current Colorado Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Minimum of 5 years of Operating Room nursing experience.
• At least 3 years of progressive leadership or management experience.
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications.
• Strong knowledge of perioperative nursing practices, aseptic technique, and surgical technology.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Proficiency with electronic health records and basic computer applications.

Benefits

• Boulder Surgery Center offers a comprehensive benefits package including:
• Basic Life/AD&D – Guardian
• EAP
• 401(k) Safe Harbor Contribution
• Profit Sharing
• Voluntary Life and AD&D
• Flex Spending Accounts
• General Purpose Healthcare FSA
• ID Theft Legal
• Optional Protection Benefits (Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Cancer Care, and Critical Illness Insurance)

Pay

$104,000 - $135,200.00 per year, commensurate with experience

Schedule

FT Exempt