Nurse Manager, Operating Room
Nurse Manager, Operating Room—lead an exceptional perioperative team in East Tennessee where advanced surgical care, professional growth, and meaningful leadership opportunities come together for an exciting next career chapter! 🌟
This opportunity allows a Nurse Manager, Operating Room to excel in a mission-driven, patient-centered environment recognized for complex clinical care, strong quality performance, and a culture built around excellence. The hospital fosters shared governance, evidence-based practice, and frontline engagement, providing a Clinical Nursing Manager with the resources to improve safety, enhance patient experiences, and strengthen team performance. Leaders benefit from innovation-focused initiatives, AI-enabled decision support, optimized EHR processes, comprehensive analytics tools, and clear professional development pathways supported by tuition assistance, paid continuing education, conference opportunities, mentorship programs, and specialty councils.
For an Operating Room Nurse Manager committed to delivering exceptional perioperative services, the surgical program serves as a regional destination for advanced specialties including surgery, stroke care, neuroscience, orthopedics, oncology, and cardiovascular services. The Nurse Manager, Operating Room will help oversee a department featuring 15+ operating rooms and more than 10,000 annual procedures across specialties such as bariatrics, cardiothoracic, orthopedic, neurological, plastics, and additional complex surgical services. The hospital has earned recognition from Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of Great Hospitals in America and Newsweek’s America’s Best-in-State Hospitals. The organization was also an early adopter of robotic-assisted surgery in East Tennessee and continues to advance perioperative care through a modern hybrid OR and minimally invasive surgical technologies.
Reporting to a Director of Perioperative/Surgical Services and partnering with anesthesia providers, surgical service line leaders, and sterile processing teams, the Manager Surgical Services will oversee daily OR operations, case scheduling and block utilization, workforce planning and recruitment, financial management, surgeon partnerships, clinical education, regulatory preparedness, infection prevention initiatives, and ongoing quality improvement efforts. With support from clinical educators, service coordinators, and business intelligence resources, the Surgery Manager will lead a skilled nursing and interdisciplinary team—building a culture centered on collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement where an Acute Care Surgery Manager can make a measurable impact.
Life in East Tennessee provides an OR Manager with the ideal combination of outdoor recreation and metropolitan conveniences: easy access to the Great Smoky Mountains, scenic lakes, and miles of trails for hiking, biking, kayaking, and climbing; a lively arts, music, and festival scene; collegiate athletics, museums, local dining, and community events. The region offers family-oriented neighborhoods, an affordable cost of living, diverse housing opportunities, manageable commutes, greenways for walking and cycling, excellent educational resources, expanding employment opportunities, entrepreneurial support, dependable healthcare services, and a convenient regional airport. It is a welcoming community recognized for safety, natural beauty, civic involvement, and a high quality of life where a Nurse Manager, Operating Room can build both a rewarding career and fulfilling lifestyle.
The Nurse Manager, Operating Room will receive competitive compensation, leadership incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical coverage, retirement plans with employer contributions, generous paid time off, mental health and wellness programs, tuition assistance, and professional certification support. To learn more or begin a confidential conversation, connect with a Clinical Management Consultants recruiter today—your next opportunity as a Manager Perioperative/Surgical Services starts here. 🩺
This opportunity allows a Nurse Manager, Operating Room to excel in a mission-driven, patient-centered environment recognized for complex clinical care, strong quality performance, and a culture built around excellence. The hospital fosters shared governance, evidence-based practice, and frontline engagement, providing a Clinical Nursing Manager with the resources to improve safety, enhance patient experiences, and strengthen team performance. Leaders benefit from innovation-focused initiatives, AI-enabled decision support, optimized EHR processes, comprehensive analytics tools, and clear professional development pathways supported by tuition assistance, paid continuing education, conference opportunities, mentorship programs, and specialty councils.
For an Operating Room Nurse Manager committed to delivering exceptional perioperative services, the surgical program serves as a regional destination for advanced specialties including surgery, stroke care, neuroscience, orthopedics, oncology, and cardiovascular services. The Nurse Manager, Operating Room will help oversee a department featuring 15+ operating rooms and more than 10,000 annual procedures across specialties such as bariatrics, cardiothoracic, orthopedic, neurological, plastics, and additional complex surgical services. The hospital has earned recognition from Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of Great Hospitals in America and Newsweek’s America’s Best-in-State Hospitals. The organization was also an early adopter of robotic-assisted surgery in East Tennessee and continues to advance perioperative care through a modern hybrid OR and minimally invasive surgical technologies.
Reporting to a Director of Perioperative/Surgical Services and partnering with anesthesia providers, surgical service line leaders, and sterile processing teams, the Manager Surgical Services will oversee daily OR operations, case scheduling and block utilization, workforce planning and recruitment, financial management, surgeon partnerships, clinical education, regulatory preparedness, infection prevention initiatives, and ongoing quality improvement efforts. With support from clinical educators, service coordinators, and business intelligence resources, the Surgery Manager will lead a skilled nursing and interdisciplinary team—building a culture centered on collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement where an Acute Care Surgery Manager can make a measurable impact.
Life in East Tennessee provides an OR Manager with the ideal combination of outdoor recreation and metropolitan conveniences: easy access to the Great Smoky Mountains, scenic lakes, and miles of trails for hiking, biking, kayaking, and climbing; a lively arts, music, and festival scene; collegiate athletics, museums, local dining, and community events. The region offers family-oriented neighborhoods, an affordable cost of living, diverse housing opportunities, manageable commutes, greenways for walking and cycling, excellent educational resources, expanding employment opportunities, entrepreneurial support, dependable healthcare services, and a convenient regional airport. It is a welcoming community recognized for safety, natural beauty, civic involvement, and a high quality of life where a Nurse Manager, Operating Room can build both a rewarding career and fulfilling lifestyle.
The Nurse Manager, Operating Room will receive competitive compensation, leadership incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical coverage, retirement plans with employer contributions, generous paid time off, mental health and wellness programs, tuition assistance, and professional certification support. To learn more or begin a confidential conversation, connect with a Clinical Management Consultants recruiter today—your next opportunity as a Manager Perioperative/Surgical Services starts here. 🩺