Charge Nurse, Ambulatory Surgery Center

Step into a leadership role that directly impacts patient outcomes, team performance, and the overall flow of surgical operations. As an Operating Room Charge Nurse, you will coordinate the day’s intra‑operative activities, support high‑functioning clinical teams, and ensure exceptional care experiences for patients and families. This is an opportunity for an experienced peri‑operative nurse to lead with confidence, elevate standards, and drive operational excellence every day.

Essential Functions

Daily Intra‑operative Coordination

• Manages intra‑operative processes to optimize patient outcomes, customer satisfaction, and resource utilization.
• Ensures timely and accurate peri‑operative communication between clinical areas.
• Supervises and implements the daily surgical schedule.
• Collaborates with surgical schedulers and physician offices to ensure accurate case scheduling and OR availability.
• Works with the Anesthesia Coordinator to facilitate patient flow, add-on case placement, and appropriate staff assignments.
• Assists in meeting regulatory agency requirements and controls vendor/visitor access.
• Minimizes OR room turnaround time through effective communication and oversight.
• Partners with physicians and staff to maintain efficient use of surgical time.
• Resolves interdisciplinary conflicts in a professional and productive manner.
• Communicates respectfully and collaboratively with physicians, staff, peers, and leadership.
• Coordinates emergency responses, including Code Yellow, Code Blue, and power outages.

Resource Management & Collaboration

• Reviews and adjusts staffing assignments daily, ensuring appropriate staff mix and coverage.
• Works with Surgical Specialists, Team Leaders, and leadership to identify opportunities for standardization and cost‑effective supply and equipment utilization.

Quality, Patient Safety & Experience

• Reports near misses, adverse events, and patient/family complaints promptly.
• Conducts proactive rounding in pre‑op and post‑op areas to identify improvement opportunities.
• Delegates and assigns care activities to nurses, nursing care technicians, and unit secretaries within regulatory guidelines.
• Ensures adherence to infection prevention protocols.
• Manages patient delays efficiently and appropriately.
• Initiates service recovery when needed.
• Utilizes patient satisfaction data to support action plan development.
• Promotes patient‑centered practices and holds staff accountable to satisfaction and quality goals.
• Collaborates with the Nurse Liaison to enhance patient and family experience.

Team Leadership & Staff Development

• Participates in competency assessments.
• Evaluates orientees and provides feedback to Clinical Managers and Assistant Clinical Managers.
• Serves as a clinical resource, mentor, and coach for nursing staff.
• Collaborates to ensure physician privileges remain compliant.
• Communicates performance or behavioral concerns to unit leadership.
• Coordinates professional development opportunities in partnership with leadership.

Clinical Role Modeling

• Maintains unit and hospital competencies.
• Demonstrates appropriate psychosocial interventions based on developmental and age-related needs.
• Ensures environmental safety and maintains a safe care environment.

Professional Practice

• Participates in unit and hospital initiatives, such as in-services, committees, and quality teams.
• Integrates new knowledge and skills into clinical practice.
• Complies with policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains confidentiality and respects patient privacy.

Education, Experience & Licensure Requirements

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure
• CNOR certification required
• BSN preferred; ADN accepted with agreement to enroll in a BSN program within 2 years and complete within 5 years
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum 2 years intra‑operative/peri‑operative experience
• Minimum 1 year charge nurse experience
• Strong clinical skills and critical thinking abilities
• Effective communication and teamwork skills
• Demonstrated leadership experience

Shift & Schedule

• No holidays
• No weekends
• Full‑time leadership role aligned with daily surgical operations