Operating Room Team Leader RN Surgery Center

Job Title & Specialty Area: Operating Room Team Leader Registered Nurse Surgery Center

Department: Ambulatory Surgery Center

Location: Dallas Campus

Shift: Full Time; M - F;
No Call Required

Job Type: On-Site

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal. Through our cutting‑edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well‑being. Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community.

Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

The Team Leader Nursing – Ambulatory is responsible for providing leadership to the front line staff in collaboration with the Clinical Manager or Practice Administrator. Serves as a conduit between the front‑line nursing employees and managers for the purpose of facilitating communication, overseeing orientation of new team members in collaboration with the Clinical Educators, and evaluating clinical practice with a particular focus on quality and performance improvement.

Responsible for the results and development of assigned team members. Plans and executes day‑to‑day operational needs by setting priorities, planning for and addressing staffing needs, and coordinating work across other teams as needed. Provides guidance, coaching, and feedback to team members and provides significant input to employment decisions, addresses performance issues, and administers performance reviews. Monitors key metrics and analyzes information to solve on‑going problems to improve team performance.

Serves in various clinical nursing roles (i.e., direct care nurse, charge nurse, etc.). The Team Leader, Nursing will spend 60% of their time in clinical shifts and 40% in administrative/leadership, recognizing that at least 10% of that time in the clinical shifts is still spent coaching, mentoring, and developing staff.

• Perform all aspects of the Clinical Nurse job description during scheduled bedside care shifts.
• People Leadership:
  • Participates in interview and selection process of new team members.
  • Administers periodic evaluations for new staff members.
  • Administers annual PEAC's/merit increases.
  • Provides performance feedback, documentation, and counseling of performance issues.
  • Maintains positive staff relations through evidence‑based leadership and just culture.
  • Completes scouting reports and weekly rounding on staff.
  • Ensures staff are kept abreast of changes within the unit, department, division, and organization.
  • Provides mentoring and developmental opportunities to staff.
  • Administers disciplinary actions up to and including terminations, with support from manager, director, and HR.
  • Provides appropriate recognition to staff.
  • Develops and implements action plans from annual employee opinion surveys.
  • Accountable for ensuring staff meet patient care needs, safety standards, effectiveness, patient rights, and guest relations.
  • Ensures staff deliver care with team orientation, strong customer relations, sound clinical judgment, and evidence‑based practice.
• Operational Leadership:
  • Responsible for new hire scheduling with preceptors during orientation.
  • Processes Lawson personnel actions for staff.
  • Balances staff schedules to ensure adequate coverage and skill mix on each shift.
  • Monitors attendance trends and addresses dependability issues.
  • Approves PTO requests and monitors FMLA/STD/LOA.
  • Reviews Omnicell reports.
  • Develops and maintains positive physician relations.
  • Ensures direct reports’ timecards are accurate prior to bi‑weekly payroll sign‑off.
• Regulatory & Quality Compliance:
  • Ensures unit audits and clean sweeps are conducted.
  • Ensures readiness for disease‑specific certification audits where applicable.
  • Ensures regulatory readiness.
  • Conducts unit environmental rounds.
  • Monitors expiration of staff licenses and certifications.
  • Ensures employee paperwork is filed with HR promptly.
  • Prote…