About this role
This position will primarily be responsible for directing, coordinating and controlling the multidisciplinary activities required to provide a safe and efficient environment for patients undergoing surgical intervention.
Qualifications
- Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of employment.
- Current BLS and ACLS certification
- Minimum of five years' experience in surgery setting
- Minimum of 2 years' supervisory experience
- Thorough knowledge of nursing theories and practices
Essential Functions
- Conducts educational and in services for OR and SPD staff
- Participates and performs studies for the Quality Improvement committee
- Oversees the daily surgical schedule while ensuring specialty supplies and implants are available
- Assigns staffing in the Operating Room and monitors employees' PTO requests
- Provides leadership with support and maintains effective relationships
- Manages policies and procedures, clinical system tools, and training to ensure compliance
- Advocates on the Patient's behalf while in the operating room
- Ensures the preference cards are always up to date
- Monitors all implants, vendor access and charges in the Operating Room
- Collects, maintains, and supervises necessary logs for the OR and SPD
- Monitors and trains staff on outdate, sterilization, and terminal cleaning
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
The employee must be able to lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis.
The employee must be able to stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.