Senior Clinical Project Manager Jobs in Michigan

At Henry Ford Hospital, all nurses strive to provide exceptional patient care every day. They are encouraged to participate in quality assurance activities, research and shared governance to make a difference in the care given to patients and families. Henry Ford Nursing uses evidence-based practice, professional practice standards and the Henry Ford Hospital Professional Nurse Practice Model to drive nursing practice.

Thank you for your interest in Henry Ford Health!

GENERAL SUMMARY:

• The Senior Manager of the Perioperative Optimization Clinic provides system-wide operational leadership for Pre-Anesthesia Testing (PAT) Nursing and Optimization Clinic workflows across all hospitals and surgical platforms.
• The Senior Manager owns platform standardization, governance, and execution to support scalable perioperative growth while ensuring consistent quality, staffing, and operational performance.
• Balances frontline operational management with system-level strategic thinking. Utilizes the ability to influence without direct authority, particularly across anesthesia, surgical, and administrative stakeholders.
• Reports to the Director of Anesthesia and maintains a co-leadership relationship with physician leadership and perioperative optimization governance.
• Position: Sr. Manager Optimization/40 hours per week
• Shift: Day Shifts (7AM to 3:30PM)
• Benefits: Full time benefit package
• INTERNAL CANDIDATES MUST APPLY WITH INTERNAL PROFILE

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or graduate degree in Healthcare Administration, Nursing Leadership, or a related field preferred.
• Five (5) years of related leadership experience.
• Five (5) years of RECENT clinical nursing experience, with at least three (3) RECENT years in a perioperative, surgical, or pre-anesthesia setting.
• Demonstrated experience in clinical operations management, workflow design, or process improvement.
• Experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary teams across complex clinical environments.
• Prior experience in a system-wide or multi-site operational role preferred.
• Familiarity with pre-anesthesia testing (PAT) or surgical optimization programs preferred.
• Experience with policy development, playbook creation, or clinical standardization initiatives preferred.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Michigan.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.

Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.