Nurse Manager - RN - Neurosurgery

Join the UTHealth Department of Neurosurgery in Houston, Texas, as a Nurse Manager and play a vital leadership role in advancing exceptional patient care within a fast-paced, growing specialty practice. In this position, you will lead, mentor, and support ambulatory nursing teams while overseeing daily clinical operations, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care. The ideal candidate is a collaborative and results-driven healthcare leader with strong operational expertise, experience managing clinical staff, and a passion for fostering staff engagement, accountability, and professional growth. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are committed to building high-performing teams that make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes, we encourage you to apply.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:  

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees  
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) 
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! 
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) 
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! 

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... 

• Free financial and legal counseling 
• Free mental health counseling services 
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs 
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. 
• Resources for child and elder care 
• Plus many more! 

Position Summary:

Directs, supervises, and coordinates nursing staff to assure high quality, optimum patient care. Responsible for the management and evaluation of clinical personnel and may provide direction to operational, clinical and administrative staff in a clinic or clinics.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates the schedules of the department physicians, administrative and nursing staff to ensure adequate coverage and maximum utilization of manpower.
• Manages the duty assignments of clinical staff which includes, but is not limited to, Staff Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Medical Assistants based on availability of physicians and patient load. May fill in to provide coverage because of illness, vacations, or emergencies.
• Schedules for as many as 160 doctors who may see up to 700 patients per week.
• Monitors departmental expenditures against a budget. May compile daily and monthly administrative reports. Works closely with Department Chairman's Office, Human Resources, Emergency Room, clinical quality and safety, Purchasing, area hospitals, and laboratories.
• May be responsible for the economical/efficient and quality performance of assigned clinic/area. Formulates goals and outcomes using an evidence-based and theoretical analysis of available data to reduce patient and community risks.
• Directs proper handling of patient records, coordinates with other medical departments and hospitals for admissions and scheduling, makes decisions involving personnel changes and assignments, type and quantity of supplies needed, and proper solution to any problems arising with patients over scheduling, appointments, or charges.
• Handles phone calls from patients regarding medical problems and laboratory results. Refers questions or problems of an unusual medical or emergent nature to physicians.
• Monitors and maintains inventory levels in order to assure efficient clinic operation.
• Ensures compliance with specifications of regulatory and accrediting agencies in order to meet federal, state, and local standards. Utilizes tools of quality improvement to collect and report quality data.
• Instructs subordinates in proper examination room techniques and procedures and often gives lectures and demonstrations of new procedures in order to update knowledge of nursing care.
• Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
• Registered Nurse (RN) State Licensure or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) by Texas Board of Nursing (BON) required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) required
• Clinical specialty certification determined by the department required
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) preferred
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) by American Heart Association (AHA) preferred

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing school required Associate's Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing school and 4 years of experience, in addition to the three years to meet the minimum experience requirement, may be substituted for the Bachelor's degree required

Minimum Experience:

3 years of experience required Prior supervisory experience preferred

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.