Manager, CVOR​/Heart Surgery

Manager, CVOR / Open Heart Surgery Leadership Opportunity

Leading Not-for-Profit Health System | 4-Suite Open-Heart & Cardiovascular Program / 70% of Nor Cal Open Heart procedures

Sacramento, California
· Full-Time, Exempt
· Varied Shifts, Weekends as Needed
· On-Site, Northern California | Relocation Available

If you’ve built CVOR teams before — this is your chance to build one the right way.

This established cardiovascular surgical program supports approximately 70% of NORCALs open-heart cases across 4 CVOR suites. Leadership is committed to stabilizing staffing, transitioning to a mixed care delivery model, and elevating surgical quality and operational efficiency.

Our client — a Forbes- and Newsweek-recognized, not-for-profit health system and one of Northern California’s premier destinations for complex heart surgery — is seeking a Manager, CVOR / Open Heart Surgery to lead the nursing and surgical teams of a four-suite cardiovascular operating room that performs a large share of the region’s open-heart procedures across both adult and pediatric cardiac cases.

You’ll lead a team of 20-plus RNs through a staffing-model transition — with direct authority over assignments, case-volume distribution, workflow, and financial performance — while partnering closely with cardiac surgeons, anesthesiology, and perfusion to keep the most complex cases running safely and on schedule. You will function as the clinical and operational anchor of a multidisciplinary heart team, not as an isolated administrator buried under paperwork.

This is a service line where your standards, your judgment, and your team-building set the tempo for how the most demanding cases in the building get done — from day one.

• Active California RN license in good standing.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current BLS (Healthcare Provider) certification.
• Demonstrated CVOR / open-heart operating room clinical experience.
• Minimum 2 years of open-heart / cardiovascular RN leadership experience (charge, supervisor, or manager level) — this program is not a place to learn open heart on the job.

• BSN or MSN
• Pediatric cardiac experience alongside adult open-heart.
• CNOR or related perioperative certification.
• Track record leading multidisciplinary teams and process-improvement initiatives.
• Proficiency with OR scheduling, EHR, and perioperative workflow systems.

Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.