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Operating Room Manager

Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 10/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/2/2026
Job Type: Full-Time | Day Shift | 40 hours a Week

Your Experience Matters

Frye Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As an Operating Room Manager joining our team, you are embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier.. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More About Our Team

The Operating Room team at Frye Regional Medical Center offers a fast-paced, collaborative environment where nurses play an essential role in delivering exceptional surgical care. With 13 operating rooms and approximately 15-30 cases performed daily, team members gain diverse procedural experience while working alongside skilled surgeons, anesthesia providers, and perioperative staff.

  • 13 Operating Rooms Supporting a Wide Variety of Surgical Procedures
  • Collaborative Team Environment
  • Leadership Development Opportunities

How You'll Contribute

A Manager who excels in this role:

  • Manages staff relations including performance management, staff satisfaction, and conflict management. Performs and oversees scheduling, staff development and student engagements.
  • Determines and justifies needs for systems/equipment/supplies purchases, monitors usage, and oversees properly working order equipment and/or stock supplies.
  • Assesses the quality of patient care delivered and coordinates patient care services with patients, staff, physicians, and other departments. May provide patient care when necessary.
  • Creates and fosters an environment that encourages professional growth.
  • Integrates evidence-based practices into operations and clinical protocols.
  • Coordinates and directs internal/external audits and reports out to proper committees.
  • Ensures the department stays focused on their important role in the continuum of care.
  • Adherence to all core measures, patient safety goals, and NQF safe practices.

What We're Looking For

Applicants should have a current state RN license. Bachelor's degree preferred but not required. Additional requirements include:

  • Active North Carolina RN license (single-state) or compact required. If relocating, licensure must be updated to the new Primary State of Residence (PSOR) before employment begins.
  • Basic Life Support certification is required within 30 days of hire.
  • ACLS and PALS are required within six months of hire.
  • Operating Room Manager experience preferred.
  • Three or more years of Operating Room RN experience required.

Why join us

We Believe That Investing In Our Employees Is The First Step To Providing Excellent Patient Care. In Addition To Your Base Compensation, This Position Also Offers

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
  • Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
  • Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
  • Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
  • Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

More About Frye Regional Medical Center

Frye Regional Medical Center is a 355-bed hospital offering acute care hospital, home to the Frye Regional Brain Center, Heart Center, Cancer Center, Emergency Services, General and Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, Surgical Weight Loss, Women's Birthing Center and Inpatient Rehabilitation that has been offering exceptional care to the Hickory NC community since 1911. We are proud to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a High Performing Hospital.

EEOC Statement

Frye Regional Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Frye Regional Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment. Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

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