Admin Nursing Ops Manager - Clinical Care Ops - FT Days

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The Administrative Nursing Operations Manager provides operational leadership and oversight of workforce functions across two hospital campuses. This role is responsible for leading house supervisors, the staffing office, and discharge lounge operations, ensuring effective coordination of resources to support safe, high-quality, and patient-centered care. The nurse manager directs workforce planning and execution, including partnership with Managed Service Providers (MSPs.) The role is accountable for optimizing labor utilization, managing costs, and maintaining appropriate staffing levels across the system. Additionally, collaborates closely with nursing leadership, operations and administrative teams to align organizational priorities. The manager will drive process improvement, promote operational efficiency, and ensure compliant and effective workforce operations that support both patient care excellence and organizational performance.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Strong skills in conflict resolution, critical thinking, and decision-making.
• Strong customer service orientation as well as written and oral communication skills
• Minimum 3 years recent nursing management experience in a healthcare delivery system, specifically in an inpatient/acute care setting
• Knowledge of JCAHO and other regulatory requirements present in an acute care setting
• Demonstrated understanding of clinical service lines in an acute care setting
• Complete understanding of acuity levels for all patient populations
• All external candidates must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Ability to work variable shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated House Supervisor experience

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered Nurse
• Pediatric Advanced Life Supp
• Basic Life Support
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support