About this role
Mercy Ships is an international charity that brings hope and healing to the world’s forgotten poor through state-of-the-art hospital ships. Since 1978, our volunteer crew—made up of medical professionals and skilled workers from over 60 nations—has delivered free surgeries and medical care to over 2.8 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa, transforming lives one patient and one port at a time. Join our global team of over 3,000 volunteers and help us change lives daily.
About this role
The Operating Room Clinical Supervisor has oversight for all the daily operations within the Operating Room department, including the different Operating Rooms, PACU and Central Sterilizing Department. This role is responsible for the safe perioperative, intraoperative and direct postoperative care of patients in the Operating Room department.
What you will contribute
- Schedule surgical patients together with all personnel involved for each specialty
- Develop, improve, and maintain an excellent quality clinical culture within the Operating Room department
- Uphold and deliver standards of nursing care; initiate policies and procedures necessary for continued improvement in quality, safety, and function of the Operating Room department
- Interpret and disseminate information on hospital policies
- Coordinate and manage inventory and supplies with all departments involved
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Strong administrative and leadership skills
For This Role, You Will Need
- Successful completion of Mercy Ships On Boarding program if joining for 12 months or more
- Mercy Ships Alumni strongly preferred; but will consider qualified non-alumni candidates
- Current, active license as a Registered Nurse (or its International Equivalent)
- Minimum of five years of Operating Room Nurse experience, with the ability to both scrub and circulate in multiple specialties
- Preferable PACU and anesthetic assistant experience
- Preferred leadership or management experience in an Operating Room
- Current Basic Life Support certification is required; Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support are optional
- Written and verbal fluency in English
- Flexibility and sensitivity to language and cultural diversity
The experience of a lifetime is calling.
More than 1,200 volunteers from over 60 nations serve with Mercy Ships each year.
At Mercy Ships, we are proud to be recognized around the world for the life-changing surgeries and training we deliver. We could not achieve this without our dedicated community of talented volunteers.
Imagine finishing your shift and stepping onto deck as the sun sets—knowing that today you’ve helped transform the lives of those who need it most.