Assistant Nurse Manager – ORSacramento, California | Onsite | Full-Time
Base Salary: $190,000 – $210,000Position Overview
The Assistant Nurse Manager – OR supports daily OR operations, staffing, resource allocation, patient safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and staff development within a 24/7 acute-care environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise OR staff, daily operations, assignments, and resource utilization.
- Support patient safety, quality improvement, risk management, and clinical standards.
- Maintain survey readiness, mock rounds, and Joint Commission compliance.
- Support emergency preparedness and hospital response planning.
- Assist with staffing, productivity, budget, and utilization management.
- Coach, mentor, and develop nursing staff.
- Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe patient care.
- Support labor relations and union-environment operations.
- Monitor performance metrics and implement operational improvements.
- Maintain clinical competency and perform clinical duties as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
- Active California RN License.
- BLS certification at hire.
- Associate’s degree or higher in Nursing, Healthcare, Business, or related field.
- Minimum 2 years of patient care experience.
- Minimum 1 year of leadership experience.
Ideal Candidate
- 5+ years of Main OR RN experience in an inpatient acute-care setting.
- Previous OR leadership experience as Charge RN, Lead, Preceptor, Supervisor, or similar.
- BSN and/or CNOR strongly preferred.
- Experience in a large union hospital preferred.
- IntraOp/Main OR experience required; ambulatory OR experience is a plus.
Key Skills
- OR operations and nursing resource allocation
- Joint Commission compliance and survey readiness
- Emergency preparedness
- Clinical quality and risk management
- Labor relations
- Budget, productivity, and utilization management
- Staff coaching and performance management
- Multi-unit hospital operations