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Nurse Manager, Perioperative Services

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix Children’s Hospital is looking for a Nurse Manager, in Perioperative Services, responsible for facilitating operations within the pre-procedural, post-anesthesia, surgery outpatient departments and anesthesia departments.

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The Opportunity

This position manages and facilitates operations within the pre-procedural, post-anesthesia, surgery outpatient departments and anesthesia departments.

Duties and Responsibilities

Primary Duties

Ensures family-centered care for all areas of responsibility
Patient Satisfaction Results are benchmarked quarterly, shared with staff, and performance improvement plans are in place to continuously improve and exceed targets.
Is a leader in the Service Excellence Program in all areas of responsibility.
Coaches and Mentors all staff in exceeding family centered standards.

Accountable for Compliance in Regulatory and Professional Practice Standards of Quality Care

Continuously Audits areas of responsibility for continuous regulatory readiness.
Holds themselves and others accountable to being aware of new professional and regulatory standards of practice in all areas of practice.
Maintains Continuing Education Units and Servitor where applicable

Facilitates a Positive Team Environment

Demonstrates knowledge and utilization of human resource protocols for interviewing, hiring, coaching, counseling for improvement, and termination.
Completes timely and thorough staff evaluations.
Has positive physician, peer, and senior administration interactions and respectful professional relationships.
Works as a team with other departments on performance improvement, patient throughput 5. Shares employee engagement scores and joint action plans to improve overall benchmark scores each year.
Assure Surgery Schedulers, Nursing Clinical Supervisors, Surgery Techs are all aware and in alignment with patient throughput and access initiative.
Conducts staff meetings, morning huddle, UBC meetings, and coaching as needed to assure staff and front line supervisors are mentored as needed.

Actively Manages Staffing and Supplies Daily to meet or exceed budgeted Targets

Work with the Vice President of Perioperative Services and the Perioperative Business Manager to plan budget for staffing and supply targets
Work with Service Leads, Nursing, and Materials management on par levels and preference cards to assure accuracy and timely revenue.
Manage staffing to assure productivity levels are met or exceeded.
Documents variances in a timely fashion.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education

Bachelors of Science in Nursing

Experience

Five or more years of clinical OR experience in nursing including 2 years of management/leadership experience OR 5 years of leadership experience in lieu of pediatric specific experience.

Licenses/Certification

Current State of Arizona RN License from a compact state with multistate privileges or the ability to establish licensure according to Arizona laws prior to start date
Current BLS certification for Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association
National certification in area of specialty or related field

Special Skills

Additional

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is someone with passion and experience leading a team of tenured staff in a pediatric perioperative services department. We are looking for someone who remains positive, flexible, and supportive to the ever changing and fast paced environment of this department and hospital. This manager position will be hands on and out in the unit so the ideal candidate will need to be someone that is engaging, motivating, and outcomes driven. Phoenix Children’s has seen consistent growth and is looking for an individual that is excited and energized to help with continual growth and expansion throughout the valley. Phoenix Children’s offers tremendous benefits, like tuition reimbursement, that will help for further career development.

More About the Organization

1919 E Thomas Rd

Phoenix,

Arizona

85016

Phoenix Children’s has provided hope, healing, and the best healthcare for children since it was established in 1983, growing to become one of the leading pediatric healthcare systems in the country. With a medical staff of nearly 1,000 pediatric specialists and over 6800 staff, Phoenix Children’s provides inpatient, outpatient, trauma, and emergency care across more than 75 pediatric subspecialties, the most comprehensive pediatric care available in the state. The Hospital’s Centers of Excellence have grown in size and expertise to place them on par with some of the most prestigious of their kind in the United States.

For the 14th consecutive year, Phoenix Children’s is ranked among the nation’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” and is the No. 1 children’s hospital in Arizona. Phoenix Children’s is the only children’s hospital in Arizona ever to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report.

Over the next five years, Phoenix Children’s will build on its achievements and accelerate its investments in the people, research, technologies, and programs that will solidify its position as a world-class hospital for decades to come. That means recruiting clinical staff, providers and physician-scientists who will change the shape of medicine from right here in Phoenix; fostering discoveries that will improve the quality and length of children’s lives; establishing groundbreaking, destination programs that will attract young patients from around the world; and driving innovations that will give ill and injured children hope beyond their wildest dreams.

Phoenix Children’s is one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems. It comprises Phoenix Children’s Hospital—Thomas Campus, Phoenix Children’s Hospital— East Valley at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, four pediatric specialty and urgent care centers, 11 community pediatric practices, 20 outpatient clinics, two ambulatory surgery centers, and seven community-service-related outpatient clinics throughout the state of Arizona.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital – East Valley: Last year in 2023, Phoenix Children’s opened the Mercy Gilbert Medical Center campus. The five-story, state-of-the-art hospital offers 24 pediatric beds, a 24-bed pediatric emergency department, surgical services, and diagnostic imaging. The centerpiece of the hospital is the Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which integrates top-quality pediatric and maternity care and offers 24 labor and delivery rooms, 48 postpartum beds and a 60-bed Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Phoenix Children’s Specialty Clinics – Gilbert: These clinics opened to provide East Valley families with comprehensive pediatric specialty health services closer to home. The clinics bring together Arizona’s top pediatric subspecialists in high- demand areas including cardiology, orthopedics, cancer care and more.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital West Valley: The West Valley’s population is projected to grow at twice the national rate between now and 2025. Phoenix Children’s is growing its specialty, surgical, inpatient, sports physical therapy and emergency care to make it easy for West Valley kids to get the highly specialized pediatric health services they need and deserve.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Arrowhead Campus: This three-story pediatric hospital in Glendale offers inpatient care, an emergency department, a surgery center, and a multi-specialty clinic. The facility has 24 inpatient beds, 6 operating rooms, 2 minor procedure rooms, 30 emergency bays/trauma rooms, and a 45,000-square-foot clinic to house orthopedics, neurology, cardiology, oncology, and numerous other in-demand specialties.

Phoenix Children’s – Avondale Campus: Located in Avondale, this campus includes a 71,250-square foot multi-specialty clinic offering care in high-need specialties including cardiology, orthopedics, and psychology. A freestanding emergency department offers 24/7 emergency care; 40 triage, treatment, and resuscitation patient rooms; six fast-track beds; and comprehensive imaging services.

Strategic Areas of Focus

Growth: Phoenix Children’s will grow by expanding service lines; enhancing geographic coverage; aligning with physicians, hospitals, and networks; expanding research and academic programs; and improving financial performance.
Integration: Phoenix Children’s will become a clinically integrated organization aligned with physicians and organizations committed to improving quality across a full range of care while effectively managing the total cost of care.
Quality: Phoenix Children’s will identify and implement changes that continually improve clinical quality, patient safety and customer service, using evidence-based best practices.

Leadership

Tracy Herbert

Vice President, Surgery Central

Dynamic Nurse Executive with over 30 years’ experience in Pediatric Nursing specializing in Perioperative Services. Collaborative Leader excelling in strategic planning, project management, and innovation to achieve excellence in healthcare outcomes. Proven success expanding Surgical Services through volume growth and new build operations. Recipient of 2018 Phoenix Children’s Transformational Leadership Award.