Location: Riddle Surgical Center
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervisor
- Supervises all clinical and ancillary personnel involved in Endoscopy, Operating Rooms and Sterile Processing.
- Monitors staff lateness and attendance and documents on staff records. Communicates with all staff so their reporting time is clear each day.
- Provides effective supervision and direction of all phases of the clinical nursing function in the Operating Room.
- Complete staff evaluations in conjunction with Director.
- Will balance staffing needs and efficiency while limiting overtime.
Relationships
- Serves as the formal liaison between the members of the surgical staff and the surgeons & Anesthesiologists along with any contracted service providers & sales representatives supporting the daily cases
- Represents the Operating Room nursing function in institutional planning and provides periodic reports on the status of surgical nursing care being provided in the Surgery Center.
- Collaborates with the Director of Nursing and other members of the management team to establish and maintain standards and expectations for the Operating Room.
- Collaborates with the Admin., DON, BOM, Scheduler and Pre-op/PACU Manager to assure correct staffing and supplies for all cases.
- Schedules and attends a weekly meeting with the Administrator and Director of Nursing. Meets informally day to day as needed.
Day to Day Operations
- Works closely with all leaders to manage the day-to-day, week-to-week and long term outlook for cases. This includes staffing, equipment, education and regulatory preparedness.
- Communicates closely with the Scheduling Coordinator regarding types and number of cases scheduled on each day.
- As each day progresses, will keep all leaders up to date on any necessary changes that have or will need to occur (Ex: calling patients to delay arrival)
- Affords efficient flow of procedures by monitoring surgeon availability, on time arrival, and informing surgeons of any delays.
- Updates all operating room changes so that our Electronic Health record reflects patient flow and is accurate.
- Collaborates with the Materials Management department on equipment, implants, and trays needed for upcoming cases. This includes returning equipment.
- In collaboration with the DON, coordinates X-Ray needs and communicate with (Scheduler) and Radiation Technicians.
- Evaluates staffing relative to patient acuity and makes adjustments as needed.
- Competent and able to circulate in all types of cases. Assists with patient care when required. This includes turning over rooms.
- Provides safe environment for patients, physicians, and staff.
- Collaborates with SPD/OR/Materials for efficiency.
- Assists all physicians with mastering the electronic health record, documentation and surgical notes.
Policies/Budget/Education
- Develops policies and procedures to provide quality nursing care and maintains optimal professional conduct and practice in the Operating Room complex.
- Ensures the nursing policies, procedures and practices in the Operating Room are consistent within the nursing team to ensure standardized practice.
- Participates in the development, allocation, and administration of the Operating Room nursing budget, ensuring adequate resources are available to accomplish the objectives and goals of the Operating Room.
- Work with Materials Management to monitor cost containment for supplies and inventory
- Reviews all procedures requiring surgical nursing care throughout the Operating Room complex to ensure that patients with the same health status and condition receive a comparable level of quality of surgical nursing care.
- Establishes and implements standards of nursing care and mechanisms for evaluating such care in the surgical nursing areas.
- Ultimately responsible for consulting with physicians on patient care and intercedes as patient/staff advocate as needed.
- Provides zero tolerance on inappropriate behavior by any member of Riddle Surgical Center.
- Builds redundancy without the Operating Room team. This includes assuring that the OR RNs can scrub if needed and cover most types of cases.
- Complete monthly staff meetings with Agenda’s and minutes.
- Monitors PI data, reviews at staff meetings and documents.
- Maintains regulatory compliance for designated area and staff compliance.
- Collaborates with the Physicians to collect and analyze data. Makes a plan with the DON for any additional data needed, or plans to change practice based on the data.
- Consults with Medical Director with regard to any medical concerns.
- Collaborates with the DON and Safety Committee to develop and monitor orientation policies and procedures to provide competent staff.
- Coordinates time off and call off procedures that are fair to all staff. Collaborates with the DON for approval on schedules.
- Performs quarterly and yearly evaluations and monitors job performance of all staff to confirm compliance with policies and personnel policies.
- Schedules with the Director of Nursing and Director of Facilities to schedule and conduct quarterly evacuation and fire drills for all facility personnel.
- Assists DON in coordinating employee injury/illness program.
- Reviews variance reports with the DON. Looks for trends or concerns and plans to improve practice.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned and/or needed within the Operating Room Complex.
