Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides advanced care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community. 

TMH is the region’s healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region’s only:

• Level II Trauma Center
• Primary Stroke Center
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle.

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

 Your Role:

• Oversees and directs the Surgical Pre-Admission Clinic, Pre-Operative, and Phase II Recovery areas’ daily operations.
• Promotes a consistent, consolidated direction for providing perioperative nursing care in accordance with the nursing service’s philosophy and the hospital’s mission.
• Plans individually and collectively to determine nursing care’s future direction.
• Collaborates with clinicians to ensure systems are proper and adequate to support nursing, surgeons, and patient care.
• Demonstrates integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence (I CARE values).
• Communicates information timely via appropriate channels.
• Displays an understanding of diversity.
• Manages departmental budget.
• Meet goals/expectations established over the previous year.
• Manages human resources.
• Meets or exceeds all The Joint Commission (TJC) requirements.
• Solves problems; recommends sound solutions.
• Enhances and contributes to a safe environment for all colleagues, visitors, and patients.
• Performs miscellaneous duties not expressly described herein.

Reports To: 

• SL [Service Line] Administrator Surgical Services

Supervises: 

• RN [Registered Nurse]/Nurse Manager 

Required Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Required Experience:

• Five (5) years of relevant perioperative or pre-operative nursing leadership experience.

Required Certification/License/Registry:

• Licensed as a registered nurse (RN) in accordance with Florida Statutes (F.S.), Title XXXII (Regulation of Professions and Occupations), Chapter 464 (Nursing), Part I (Nurse Practice Act) [includes multistate compact licensure].

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen, background check, reference verification, health assessment, and credential/license verification.