Manager, Perioperative Services - Education - Surgery Admin - F/T - 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 Manager, Education, Perioperative Services is responsible for the operational leadership, administrative oversight, and day-to-day management of all education, training, and professional development functions within perioperative services. The incumbent is accountable for all aspects of performance, ensuring the design, development, and delivery of comprehensive onboarding, competency validation, continuing education, and professional development programs for all perioperative coworkers, in alignment with regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards, including The Joint Commission and applicable state and federal requirements. This role maintains accountability for the development and implementation of education policies, standards, simulation-based learning, and competency assessment frameworks to ensure perioperative coworkers maintain the clinical knowledge, skills, and proficiency required to deliver safe, high-quality patient care across all assigned perioperative service areas. The Manager provides direct oversight to perioperative education coworkers and is responsible for the selection, onboarding, competency validation, performance evaluation, and professional development of all assigned coworkers. This position collaborates with perioperative nursing leadership, surgical services, anesthesia, clinical operations, and administrative leadership to identify educational needs, advance coworker development, and support quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. The Manager works under limited oversight and exercises independent judgment in determining departmental goals and measures to achieve operational and educational objectives within the assigned perioperative education program.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Strong oral and written communication skills with an ability to interact effectively with all levels of staff and visitors
• Professional Certification in Specialty Area or Professional Development
• Minimum two (2) years' experience in a nursing leadership role
• Master of Science in Nursing
• Knowledge of Title 22 and Joint Commissions requirements
• Demonstrated effective management skills relating to nursing in an acute care setting
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collect, analyze, and interpret data, including report creation and data validation
• Current California RN license
• Current BLS certification from American Heart Association
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of UCI Health organizations, policies, procedures and forms

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered Nurse
• Basic Life Support

Education

• MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING