Nurse Manager

Nurse Manager Pain Services Line
Reports to: Chief Nursing Officer
Position: Exempt

Position Summary
The Nurse Manager of Pain Services Line provides strategic nursing leadership for the organizations procedural pain continuum with direct oversight of the Special Procedures Department and clinical support and integration for the Pain Center and affiliated Ambulatory Surgery Centers. This role functions as the clinical authority safety steward and service line integrator ensuring standardized practice regulatory compliance performance optimization and physician partnership across all procedural pain settings.

The Nurse Manager does not provide direct supervisory management of clinic or ASC staff but serves as the clinical governance leader supporting nursing practice safety quality competency and workflow integration across those settings.

Essential Leadership Accountabilities
Service Line Clinical Governance
Provides clinical governance for procedural pain nursing practice across Special Procedures Pain Center and ASC environments.
Leads standardization of clinical pathways sedation practices documentation standards and procedural safety workflows.
Serves as the clinical authority for policy development practice alignment and care standardization across all pain service locations.
Supports leadership teams in clinical integration and escalation management.

Quality Safety and Regulatory Stewardship
Serves as service line regulatory steward for CMS Conditions of Participation Joint Commission Physical Environment standards National Performance Goals AAAHC standards OSHA and applicable state regulations as they relate to procedural pain services.
Leads readiness efforts and tracer management for accreditation and regulatory surveys across procedural pain care settings.
Supports medication safety moderate sedation compliance infection prevention practices and procedural safety standards across the pain continuum.
Leads service line QAPI initiatives event review and performance improvement strategies using structured methodologies.

Operational Excellence and Clinical Support
Oversees day to day operations and clinical performance for the Special Procedures Department including staffing effectiveness competency validation patient flow and procedural readiness.
Provides nursing leadership support to the KSSH Pain Center and Surgery Partners ASC pain services teams for clinical workflows competencies and procedural readiness without direct supervisory authority.
Partners with scheduling pre authorization referral navigation and perioperative teams to ensure timely patient access and optimized procedural throughput.
Leads supply standardization equipment utilization and procedural room efficiency initiatives across the pain services line.
Drives productivity capacity management and reliability through data informed staffing scheduling and performance monitoring.

Physician and Partner Engagement
Serves as a trusted clinical partner and liaison to pain management physicians interventionalists anesthesia providers and ASC leadership.
Supports onboarding of new providers and expansion of procedural service offerings through standardized clinical processes and competency support.
Promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and shared clinical governance to reduce variation and improve outcomes.

Financial and Strategic Leadership
Partners with finance and executive leadership to support budgeting cost containment and resource utilization strategies for the pain services line.
Leads initiatives that improve throughput capacity and utilization while protecting quality safety and patient experience.
Supports growth planning service development and strategic initiatives for procedural pain services across all sites.

Culture Engagement and Leadership Development
Builds a culture rooted in accountability curiosity psychological safety and service excellence.
Coaches and mentors frontline leaders and staff to strengthen clinical practice and leadership capability across the service line.
Models servant leadership and supports transparent communication and team engagement.

Required Qualifications
Active RN license in the state of Kansas.
Minimum of five years of procedural perioperative interventional or special procedures nursing leadership experience.
Demonstrated working knowledge of CMS Joint Commission AAAHC and applicable state and federal regulatory requirements.
Proven experience leading multidisciplinary clinical teams and quality improvement initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
Masters degree in Nursing Healthcare Leadership Business or a related field preferred.
Experience in pain management interventional procedural nursing and or ambulatory surgery center operations preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) & Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Statement

Our hospital is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Additionally we are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the application and employment process. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability please contact Human Resources so that we may engage in an interactive process to determine appropriate accommodation.

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Required Experience:

Manager