Assistant Nurse Manager - Operating Room

Assistant Nurse Manager – Operating Room

Riley Hospital for Children is seeking a dynamic and collaborative nursing leader to join our Perioperative Services team as an Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) for the Operating Room. This is an exciting opportunity to support one of the nation's premier pediatric healthcare organizations while helping lead a highly specialized surgical environment that includes 16 operating rooms serving a broad range of pediatric surgical specialties.

As an Assistant Nurse Manager, you will partner closely with nursing leadership, surgeons, anesthesia providers, and interdisciplinary team members to ensure exceptional patient outcomes, operational excellence, and an outstanding team member experience. This role is ideal for a clinically strong nurse leader who is passionate about quality, safety, staff development, and advancing pediatric surgical care.

The Assistant Nurse Manager of Clinical Operations combines clinical expertise, contemporary leadership practices, and the principles of the IU Health Way to achieve exceptional clinical, operational, and patient experience outcomes.

Working in partnership with the Operating Room Manager, the ANM helps create an environment where nurses and team members are empowered to deliver safe, high-quality, family-centered care. The role provides frontline leadership and operational oversight for a department that supports patients and families around the clock, including weekends and holidays.

Key responsibilities include supporting daily perioperative operations, staffing and scheduling, quality and safety initiatives, regulatory readiness, professional governance activities, team member engagement, and performance coaching. The ANM serves as a visible leader who fosters collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across the department.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Unit Manager to develop and execute strategic action plans related to: quality and patient safety outcomes, clinical excellence and evidence-based practice, care affordability and operational efficiency, team member engagement and retention, patient and family experience.
• Provide daily operational leadership for the Operating Room, ensuring safe and efficient patient flow and resource utilization.
• Support staffing, scheduling, productivity management, and deployment of resources to meet patient care needs.
• Conduct off-shift and weekend rounding to maintain leadership visibility and support staff across all shifts.
• Coach, mentor, and develop team members while promoting accountability, professional growth, and a culture of continuous learning.
• Lead and support quality improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance activities, accreditation readiness, and patient safety programs.
• Collaborate with physicians, anesthesia providers, perioperative leaders, and interdisciplinary partners to optimize surgical services and patient outcomes.
• Promote shared governance, professional nursing practice, and evidence-based care delivery.
• Analyze operational and clinical performance metrics and assist in implementing improvement strategies.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree required.
• Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
• Required Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
• Other advanced life support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.
• OR and/or leadership experience is strongly preferred.
• Pediatric experience preferred.

About Us

• Indiana University Health has nearly 40,000 team members, including more than 3,600 physicians and 1,200 advanced practice providers, and we're home to the largest nursing network in Indiana with more than 9,000 nursing team members at over 800 sites of care.
• IU Health is ranked No. 1 in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report, Riley Children's Health is ranked among the top children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
• A unique partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine – one of the nation's largest medical schools – gives patients access to groundbreaking research and innovative treatments, and it offers team members access to the latest science and the very best training – advancing healthcare for all.
• With 15 hospitals, including seven with Magnet designation and eight with Pathways to Excellence designation, our team members are leading the way through excellence.
• At Indiana University Health, your personal and professional growth is a top priority. You will have access to many diverse opportunities to learn and develop in meaningful ways that matter most to you, such as advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities and cross training development.
• Indiana University Health is invested in the lives of Hoosiers, leading the transformation of healthcare to make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

About the Team

Indiana University Health is Indiana's most comprehensive health system, with 15 hospitals and nearly 40,000 team members serving Hoosiers across the state. We're looking for team members who are inspired by challenging and meaningful work for the good of every patient. People who are compassionate and serve with a purpose. People who aspire to excellence every day.

Job Info

• Job Identification 423070
• Job Category Nursing Leadership
• Posting Date 07/08/2026, 12:08 PM
• Locations 705 Riley Hospital Dr, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, US
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day