Nurse Manager II - Main OR/Surgery

Nurse Manager II - Main OR/Surgery

Full Time Day Shift - TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital

Location: 

10500 Montgomery Rd, Montgomery, OH 45242

Work Schedule: 

• Full Time Days, M-F - (7:00am - 3:30pm)
• No weekends/holidays but will have call responsibilities

Seeking an energetic, resilient OR Manager to lead operational teams with focus, drive, and a commitment to efficiency, quality, and performance. This role combines strategic oversight with hands‑on leadership to ensure smooth operations and optimal patient care outcomes in a fast‑paced surgical environment. The OR Manager maintains 24‑hour accountability for patient outcomes, service excellence, human resources, fiscal management, quality compliance, and communication. Success in this role requires strong relationship‑building with physicians, surgeons, and interdisciplinary team members, while fostering a positive culture that promotes professional growth, engagement, and retention through role modeling, mentoring, and coaching.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Collaborative, collegial environment with strong nurse‑physician partnerships.
• Opportunity to sharpen rapid assessment and decision‑making skills in a fast‑moving OR
• Autonomy to apply holistic, evidence‑based nursing care across diverse patient populations. 
• A culture that prioritizes patient dignity, safety, and the voices of frontline nurses.

Incentives & Benefits: 

In addition to a comprehensive benefits package—including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement as well as student loan repayment options—this role offers career growth opportunities. 

Please view our benefits page:  https://careers.trihealth.com/what-we-offer/benefits  

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required
• Certification within specialty area within two years of assuming position 
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)
• Registered Nurse licensure required
• CNOR certification strongly preferred
• Membership in related professional organization preferred
• 1-2 years' experience in progressive leadership in nursing, preferably within a Periop/OR setting
• 3-5 years' experience within a surgical nursing setting required

Job Responsibilities: 

Quality and Patient Safety

• Monitors key quality, safety, and nursing outcome indicators
• Implements performance improvement initiatives based on data and best practices
• Ensures care delivery meets regulatory standards and customer expectations
• Evaluates internal and external customer satisfaction to drive improvements

Retention Risk Assessment

• Actively identifies staff concerns and potential retention risks
• Supports retention of new employees, particularly new graduate nurses
• Maintains high visibility, availability, and approachability on the unit
• Varies work schedule to ensure leadership presence across shifts

Staff Recruitment and Selection

• Assesses departmental staffing needs and sets recruitment priorities
• Partners with Human Resources on recruitment and hiring efforts
• Networks internally and externally to build a strong candidate pool
• Interviews, evaluates, and selects candidates aligned with unit needs

Customizing Staff Development

• Identifies staff educational and professional development needs
• Collaborates with nurse educators to support learning opportunities
• Monitors staff performance and compliance with policies and procedures
• Addresses performance gaps through coaching and corrective actions

Enhancing Unit Communication

• Promotes open, interactive communication with staff
• Provides opportunities for feedback and staff input on initiatives
• Builds effective, collegial relationships with physicians and interdisciplinary teams

Unit Leadership

• Collaborates with staff to achieve strategic nursing and unit-specific goals
• Develops leadership skills among staff, including Shared Leadership Committee members
• Fosters a culture of mutual respect, accountability, and collaboration

Leadership Performance Standards

TriHealth leaders create a culture of engagement, safety & reliability and high performance by consistently modeling and utilizing the following TriHealth Way leadership competencies, tactics and ALWAYS Behaviors to drive strategic pillar results: 

Achievement of Annual Pillar Goals: 

1) Safety/Quality, 2) Service, 3) Growth, 4) Culture/People, 5) Finance 

Leadership Competencies: 

TriHealth Way of Leading 

TriHealth Way of Serving 

Transformation Change 

Drive for Results 

Build Organizational Talent

Leadership Tactics: 

Conduct department huddles. Generally, clinical departments hold daily huddles, non-clinical hold weekly huddles. 

Regularly Round on Team Members, using questions from the rounding log. 

• 25 or fewer team members = monthly 
• 26-50 team members = every other month 
• 51+ (and optional team members) = quarterly 

Lead monthly team meetings using meeting agenda template; review stoplight report; cascade key leadership messages. 

Model, coach and validate team members’ use of TriHealth Way behaviors (AIDET + Promise, Always Behaviors and Always HEARD). 

Other Job-Related Information:

The TriHealth Nursing Vision, Mission, and Philosophy speaks to professional development, collaboration, and our nursing culture. To achieve excellence in nursing care, TriHealth encourages: pursuit of improved knowledge through continuing education classes, formal education leading to advancement of degrees, and the attainment of specialty certification; nurse membership in local, regional, and national nursing organizations related to the appropriate nurse specialty; involvement in activities that better the health of our community; nursing research activities and use of evidence-based practice, and all nurses to foster, support and personally model collaborative relationships amongst nurses, physicians, and other caregivers for the betterment of patient care.

Working Conditions:

Bending - Frequently 

Climbing - Rarely 

Concentrating - Consistently 

Continuous Learning - Consistently 

Hearing: Conversation - Consistently 

Hearing: Other Sounds - Consistently 

Interpersonal Communication - Consistently 

Kneeling - Occasionally 

Lifting <10 Lbs. - Consistently 

Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Consistently 

Lifting <50 Lbs. - Consistently 

Pulling - Consistently 

Pushing - Consistently 

Reaching - Consistently 

Reading - Consistently 

Sitting - Occasionally 

Standing - Consistently 

Stooping - Consistently 

Talking - Consistently 

Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently 

Use of Hands - Consistently 

Color Vision - Consistently 

Visual Acuity: Far - Consistently 

Visual Acuity: Near - Consistently 

Walking - Consistently

TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors

At TriHealth, we believe there is no responsibility more important than to SERVE our patients, our communities, and our fellow team members. To achieve our vision and mission, ALL TriHealth team members are expected to demonstrate and live the following:

Serve: ALWAYS... 

• Welcome everyone by making eye contact, greeting with a smile, and saying "hello" 

• Acknowledge when patients/guests are lost and escort them to their destination or find someone who can assist 

• Refrain from using cell phones for personal reasons in public spaces or patient care areas

Excel: ALWAYS... 

• Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when a customer's expectations have not been met 

• Offer patients and guests priority when waiting (lines, elevators) 

• Work on improving quality, safety, and service

Respect: ALWAYS... 

• Respect cultural and spiritual differences and honor individual preferences. 

• Respect everyone's opinion and contribution, regardless of title/role. 

• Speak positively about my team members and other departments in front of patients and guests.

Value: ALWAYS... 

• Value the time of others by striving to be on time, prepared and actively participating. 

• Pick up trash, ensuring the physical environment is clean and safe. 

• Be a good steward of our resources, using supplies and equipment efficiently and effectively, and will look for ways to avoid waste.

Engage: ALWAYS... 

• Acknowledge wins and frequently thank team members and others for contributions. 

• Show courtesy and compassion with customers, team members and the community

Job Keywords: Registered Nurse, Assistant Nurse Manager, Nurse Manager, Charge RN, Nursing, Hospital, OR, Surgery, Surgical, Perioperative, Supervisor, Leadership