RN, Team Leader - Operating Room, 40 hpw

• Assess physical, mental, and psychological status of patient using age-appropriate knowledge within surgical specialty and patients served.

• Plans, evaluates and supervises care of all patients assigned and within surgical specialty assigned.

• Works collaboratively with other disciplines in care of patients to provide excellent service to patients served.

• Coordinates and participates in formal and informal educational programs, inservices and performance improvement activities to improve technical skills within and outside of surgical specialty assigned.

• Responsible for continued learning and application to practice within and outside of surgical specialty assigned .

• Synthesizes patient care information to formulate appropriate nursing diagnosis.

• Responsible to provide patient and family education to population served.

• Work practice reflects philosophy purpose and policies of the hospital and department based upon evidence based best practices and AORN standards.

• Assumes call coverage within 30 minutes travel time from hospital.

• Operates and plans Perioperative patient care, equipment instrumentation, information systems, preference cards, etc. within the assigned surgical specialty.

• Collaborates with surgeons, staff, OR resource coordinator, anesthesia and outside vendors to ensure a safe surgical intervention after intervention/cost effective value analysis process utilized.

• Coordinates care in conjunction with PAT, Day Surgery, and PACU to ensure safe and proactive patient planning by addressing needs.

• Reviews and updates preference cards within specialty and physicians served.

• Maintains listings of materials, equipment and updates staff on any repair, follow-ups; checks supply inventory for expiration dates at least twice per year.

• Reviews procedures booked in advance and follows up with sales reps and OR Resource Coordinator as needed to discuss equipment, instrumentation, and/or implants needed for new/routine procedures.

• Coordinates with Staff Ed to mentor new Operating Room RNs within specialty.

• Assists and performs inventory with surgical specialty-general, eye, podiatry, neuro, ortho, ob/gyn, gu, plastic, cardiovascular/thoracic, and any others as needed.

It is understood that this is a summary of key job functions and does not include every detail of the job that may reasonably be required.

Experience/Knowledge/Skills Required

• Evidence of continuing education; at least 20 CEU’s per year-BSN or Bachelors classes may be substituted.  If bachelors attained, have 20 CEU’s per evaluation year.

• Demonstrated proficiency in basic nursing process.

• 3-5 years experience with demonstrated skill to circulate and scrub in one or more surgical specialties.

• CNOR Certification within 2 years of appointment and maintained

• The RN will exhibit demonstrated skill in the clinical services which results in optimal safe patient care management within care planned and provided.

• Proactive, interpersonal written and verbal communication skills-evidenced based and best practice.

• Ability to prioritize responsibilities in order to remove barriers, solve problems and plan service delivery.

Education Required

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.

Registration/Certification

• Current RN Massachusetts License

• BLS Certification maintained

• ACLS strongly suggested and preferred. 

• If specialty service has a significant pediatric population, such as ENT, and Ortho, PALS certification strongly suggested and preferred.

• Specialty Certification (preferred)