Nurse Manager, Operating Room - ARMC Surgical Services
At Adena Health, professional roles shape the systems, strategy, and operational excellence that support patient care across Southern Ohio. These positions are a great fit for leaders and specialists who value purpose-driven work and community impact.
Mission Statement:
“Called to serve our communities”.
Guiding Principle:
“Let all that you do be done in love”.
Vision:
To be the region's most trusted partner in healthcare.
Values:
Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, and Trust.
Position Highlights:
Position:
Nurse Manager, Operating Room
Work Life Balance:
Full-Time (Monday - Friday) Days
Location/Department:
Chillicothe – ARMC Operating Room
Reports to:
Director of Nursing
Sign-On Bonus:
$10,000
Relocation Assistance:
Yes
At Adena Health, professional roles shape the systems, strategy, and operational excellence that support patient care across Southern Ohio. These positions are a great fit for leaders and specialists who value purpose-driven work and community impact.
Why Adena?
Community-centered decision making
Leadership visibility and cross-functional collaboration
Competitive compensation and benefits
Growth-focused culture
Opportunity to influence real healthcare outcomes
Does Adena offer growth opportunities?
Growth at Adena isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s built through relationships, mentorship, and opportunity.
Caregivers are encouraged to explore career paths that fit their strengths and interests through:
Emerging leader and leadership development programs
Tuition assistance and education support
Skill-building and lateral career opportunities
Visibility with leaders who recognize potential early
What You’ll Do
The Nurse Manager leads a team of care providers in an assigned area(s) cultivating collaboration, enthusiasm, and mutual respect while providing patient care and supportive services directed towards achievement of positive patient care outcomes, maximizing the patient’s involvement in his/her own plan of care, improving service levels, reducing the length of hospitalization, and decreasing costs.
Under the manager’s leadership patients and their families experience the benefits of patient focused care through the integrated skills of all care team members. The Nurse Manager has 24 hour responsibility for overall planning, organization, direction and evaluation of patient care operations for a designated area(s) and is key in operationalizing the health system’s mission, values and goals to create an environment that supports the nursing professional practice model. The Nurse Manager is responsible for managing, guiding, coaching and evaluating the work performance of patient care staff in their designated area(s), ensuring ongoing collaboration with other departments/areas that relate directly or indirectly to patient care operations. The Nurse Manager is responsible for decision making within the scope of the unit needs, this may be independently or often in collaboration with the division director or physician lead(s). The Nurse Manager has occasional direct patient care and access to confidential employee and organizational information.
Minimum Qualifications:
Required Educational Degree: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) - All applicants must meet BSN requirement by being enrolled within 12 months and completed within 36 months
Preferred Education: Master's Degree in Nursing
Required Certifications, Credentials and Licenses: RN - Registered Nurse with Current Ohio License; Department specific certifications. BLS/ACLS within 90 days of hire. Specialty certifications to be completed within 36 months of hire. De-escalation training within 6 months.
Required Experience: Previous Management/Leadership experience; related work experience. Nurse
Manager for psychiatric services requires 4 years of psychiatric nursing experience unless Director/VP has associated experience. Care management nurse manager requires three(3) years of acute hospital case management/utilization review experience.
Why Caregivers Stay?
Reliable compensation
Strong healthcare coverage options
3.5% retirement match with automatic annual increase
PTO that grows with tenure
Visible leadership impact within a regional health system
Ready to Explore?
If you’re seeking meaningful professional work where strategy meets community impact — we’d love to connect. Apply today to be connected directly with a Talent Acquisition representative!
Adena Health System is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class