Nurse Manager of Operating Room

Nurse Manager of Operating Room opportunity in Central Texas: lead a high-energy peri-operative team, elevate outcomes in a thriving surgical platform, and make a lasting impact as the trusted go-to expert for the OR-your next big move starts here!


The Nurse Manager of Operating Room role is tailor-made for a transformational nursing leader excited by a mission-driven, patient-first culture, recognized nursing excellence, evidence-based practice, and a Just Culture approach to safety. As an Operating Room Nurse Manager you will find strong clinical outcomes, comprehensive staffing investments, mental health resources, transparent career pathways, and innovation-forward leadership that pilots new care models and listens to frontline feedback.

Within the surgery service line, the Nurse Manager of Operating Room will guide a modern operating room across inpatient surgery and the broader surgical services continuum, with exposure to complex cases and high-acuity specialties. As an OR Nurse Manager you will advance an expanding surgical program with modern facilities while benefiting from a top-performing hospital with national recognition, a collaborative, community-focused culture, and the strength of an independent, nonprofit health system with stability and growth.

Reporting to the Director of Surgical Services, the Nurse Manager of Operating Room partners closely with the CNO, anesthesia leadership, surgeons, sterile processing, pre-op, and PACU to drive safe throughput, fair block utilization, surgeon satisfaction, and zero-harm performance. As a Manager of Surgery, responsibilities include day-to-day OR operations, staff coaching, hiring and retention, clinical education, competency validation, budget stewardship, supply and implant oversight, vendor management, alignment with AORN/AAMI standards, accreditation readiness, infection prevention, and peri-operative quality improvement. With friendly nurses, collaborative surgical technologists, and a diverse interdisciplinary team that takes pride in excellence and teamwork.

Central Texas offers the Operating Room Nurse Manager an unbeatable lifestyle with Hill Country trails, rivers, and lakes for year-round outdoor recreation, a vibrant concert and festival scene, celebrated cuisine from craft barbecue to Tex-Mex, mild winters, and a strong economy anchored by healthcare, tech, education, and small-business entrepreneurship; as an Intra-operative Nurse Manager you will appreciate a reasonable cost of living, housing choices from historic neighborhoods to new builds and acreage, reputable schools and nearby universities, accessible community healthcare, farmer's markets and family-friendly parks, inclusive community values, arts and culture, fitness and sports venues, convenient shopping, senior services, reliable digital infrastructure, clean air and scenic vistas, no state income tax, easy travel via regional airports and major highways, growing development with thoughtful planning, lively nightlife balanced by peaceful greenspace, pet-friendly patios, walkable town centers, and quick escapes to state parks-plus practical preparedness for heat and seasonal storms that keeps daily life moving smoothly.

This Operating Room Nurse Manager position includes competitive compensation aligned with experience and scope, incentive opportunities, comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement with employer match, generous PTO, paid parental leave, tuition assistance, certification and conference support, EU funding, wellness resources, and additional voluntary benefits. Connect today with a Clinical Management Consultants recruiter to explore how this OR Nurse Manager career can elevate your impact and quality of life-your next chapter in Central Texas awaits.