Patient Care Manager​/Nurse Manager II - CVOR Day Shifts

Patient Care Manager/Nurse Manager II - CVOR (Full-Time, 8-Hour Day Shifts)

Day – 08 Hour (United States of America) – 500 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA

The CVOR Patient Care Manager (PCM) provides frontline clinical and operational leadership for the Cardiovascular Operating Room, overseeing a highly specialized team supporting cardiothoracic, vascular, and transplant surgical services. This role is accountable for daily operations, staffing, patient flow, and coordination of complex and emergent cases in a high‑acuity procedural environment.

The PCM ensures staff competency, onboarding, and ongoing education specific to CVOR practice, while maintaining compliance with regulatory, quality, and safety standards. The role partners closely with surgeons, anesthesia, perfusion, SPD, supply chain, and nursing leadership to ensure case readiness, efficient throughput, and timely issue escalation.

The CVOR PCM is responsible for performance management, staff engagement, and retention, as well as contributing to process improvement initiatives that support patient safety, operational reliability, and service line sustainability.

Stanford’s Cardiovascular Operating Room is globally recognized with a long history of excellence in surgical care. Stanford surgeons performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States (1968) and the first successful heart‑lung transplant (1981). Today, Stanford ranks #1 in the US for transplant rate and #1 in California for organ acceptance.

• Top 10 ranked level 1 trauma magnet facility in the U.S. with world‑recognition and state‑of‑the‑art facilities.
• Compensation rates in the top 1% of the nation.
• Yearly education fund of $2,000.00 and robust retirement matching.
• Career ladder with continued pay growth.
• Free commuting support and relocation assistance.
• Annual incentive plan up to 11.25% of base salary.

​This is a Stanford Health Care job.

The Patient Care Manager is a Registered Nurse who provides unit leadership and works in partnership with nursing, the healthcare team, hospital/System leaders to develop a quality practice setting that supports professional nursing and quality patient care.

Stanford Health Care – Palo Alto, CA

• Clinical Practice:
  Plan, organize, and direct nursing services of the unit(s), including patient assessment, implementation of physicians’ orders, treatment plans, medication administration, and record‑keeping. Monitor and evaluate patient care processes and outcomes.
• Communication:
  Communicate clearly and effectively to enhance team effectiveness, manage conflicts, engage employees, and collaborate with interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Fiscal Accountability:
  Forecast the department budget, calculate required FTEs, plan annual budgets, interpret payroll and other key fiscal reports, and assess productivity.
• Human Resources:
  Direct personnel management, ensure compliance with labor laws and collective bargaining agreements, interview, hire, train, orient, precept, and evaluate staff. Conduct performance appraisals and manage disciplinary actions.
• Leadership:
  Assume 24‑hour responsibility and accountability for the operation of the assigned patient care unit(s). Provide leadership and direction to staff and support the goals of the department and organization.
• Performance Improvement:
  Monitor unit operations and develop, implement, and evaluate process improvement projects to continually improve patient care.
• Professional Development:
  Facilitate professional development and clinical growth of nursing staff through unit‑specific competencies and educational opportunities.
• Quality Management:
  Support the quality framework, ensuring patient care is safe, effective, patient‑centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university – required.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited college or university – preferred.

• 3–5 years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience – required.

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