Clinical Nursing Director

Responsibilities

• Serve as the administrative and clinical nursing leader for the University Hospital Operating Room.
• Coordinate patient care and operational activities to ensure high standards of care and efficient throughput between OR, PACU, Anesthesia, and inpatient units.
• Develop and implement unit goals, standards of practice, and staffing patterns to meet patient needs and regulatory guidelines.
• Supervise unit operations, including interviewing, selecting, and evaluating nursing staff performance.
• Manage personnel and commodity budgets, providing regular updates on variances to leadership.
• Facilitate staff development through in-service guidelines, orientation, and continuing education opportunities.
• Collaborate with medical staff and interdisciplinary teams to resolve operational problems and implement institutional objectives.

Requirements

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
• Master's degree in Nursing, Health Care Administration, Public Health, Business, or a related field (if the degree is not in Nursing, a Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required).
• Minimum of five (5) years of nursing experience with progressive clinical competence.
• Two (2) years of recent leadership experience, including management, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills.
• Nurse Leadership certification (e.g., CNML or NE-BC) or ability to obtain certification within one year of employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years of recent supervisory experience specifically in a multi-specialty operating room department.
• Minimum of five (5) years of RN experience in a multi-specialty operating room department.
• Experience in managing large, complex OR budgets and instrumentation.
• Knowledge of designing and constructing Operating Room suites.

Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage effective on your first day.
• 2:1 match on retirement savings.

About the Company

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world, dedicated to improving the health of patients and communities through excellence in education, patient care, research, and technology. We strive to attract and develop outstanding professionals to become part of a world-class academic health system.