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Assistant Nurse Manager, Operating Room

Sutter Health

Modesto, CAFull-time$189–265K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$189–265K/yr
Location
Modesto, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Assistant Nurse Manager supervises nursing activities for inpatient patient care and supports consistent delivery of high-value care. The role establishes work priorities, helps staff resolve operational issues, and enforces department and system standards, policies, and regulations. It also identifies cost savings and process improvements and collaborates with others to coordinate services, streamline workflows, and drive positive outcomes.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Operations and Workflow KnowledgeHealthcare Regulatory KnowledgeLeadershipTeam BuildingCoaching and MentoringIssue ResolutionPartnership BuildingAge-Specific Patient CareConfidentialityCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsDecision-MakingAdaptabilityOrganizationTime ManagementCustomer ServiceCultural CompetenceEssential Software Applications

Qualifications

Accredited Nursing School GraduateCalifornia RN LicenseBLS Healthcare ProviderOr Required CertificationACLS Certification5 Years Recent Relevant Experience

Full job description

We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!

Organization:

MMC-Memorial Medical Center

Position Overview:

Supervises and oversees all nursing activities of patient care in an inpatient setting, ensuring consistent delivery of high-value quality care to all patient populations served. Establishes work priorities, and assists staff in resolving operational issues/problems. Implements and enforces adherence to inpatient department, affiliate, operating unit, and/or system standards, policies and procedures, the Joint Commission (TJC) standards, and applicable laws and regulations Identifies and implements cost savings and best practices, using Lean or other process improvement methods and concepts. Collaborates with others to coordinate services, streamline and standardize work flows and procedures, and/or drive positive outcomes.

Job Description :

EDUCATION:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

RN-Registered Nurse of California

BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider

DEPARTMENT REQUIRED CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

OR required, ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

5 years recent relevant experience.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

Solid understanding of operations and workflows and how department’s process/workflow impacts other flows or departments.

Knowledge and understanding of applicable local, state, federal and other health care laws, regulations and requirements – e.g., TJC, Medi-Cal, Medicare.

Demonstrated leadership skills, including team building, and coaching/mentoring with the ability to motivate and engage others.

Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve technical and operational issues problems as guided by policies, and procedures, or guidance from leadership.

Ability to build and establish effective working partnership with employees, peers and/or leaders to achieve business objectives.

Understands age specific needs in providing care to patient population served.

Demonstrates ability to handle confidential and sensitive issues.

Verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to handle difficult circumstances and make sound business decisions with little direction.

Demonstrates ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with changing business priorities.

Demonstrates organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple projects while delivering quality service/achieving business results.

Demonstrates commitment to providing exceptional customer service and responding to customer needs/requests in a prompt, courteous manner.

Demonstrates ability to work/interact with a diverse population while respecting cultural and linguistic differences.

Ability to use essential software and applications associated with the role’s duties and responsibilities.

Job Shift:

Days

Schedule:

Full Time

Days of the Week:

Monday - Friday

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

Benefits:

Yes

Unions:

No

Position Status:

Exempt

Weekly Hours:

40

Employee Status:

Regular

Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Pay Range is $189,134.40 to $264,763.20 / annual salary

The posted pay range is based on the position's primary work location. Candidates who reside and work outside of that location may be subject to a different pay range based on their work location. Candidate starting salaries consider multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.

How this job compares

Set against the 601 open Nursing Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$189–265K/yr
  • California median$200–291K/yr30 salary ranges
  • US median$100–138K/yr232 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $227K, is 9% below the California median midpoint ($249K) — in the middle half of Nursing Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 60 open Nursing Management jobs in California and 601 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Nursing Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 450 postings).
Education
232 of the 601 open Nursing Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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