Operating Room RN Service Leader- Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborates with other disciplines to facilitate the delivery of patient care.
• Ensures appropriate equipment and instrumentation are available for scheduled surgeries on day of surgery.
• Works with the ANM to create teams of excellence.
• Collaborate with ANM to optimize daily staffing assignments.
• Affirms that important processes and activities are identified, measured, assessed and systematically evaluated and monitored the processes.
• Is familiar with OR performance improvement activities and measurement data.
• Communicates effectively and professionally both verbally and in writing.
• Establishes and maintains good working relationships with colleagues, management, customers and visitors.
• Demonstrates effective teamwork skills by sharing information and encouraging input from other members of the team.
• Provides ANM/NM with input for staff annual performance appraisals.
• In the absence of the ANM will assume charge nurse responsibility.
• Respects the values (religious/spiritual, ethnic, cultural) of the patient and family.
• Maintains confidentiality and patient rights in interactions with the patient/family and other health care workers.
• Delegates work appropriately and provide direction and guidance to support personnel.
• Participates in nursing research activities.
• Participates in shard governance councils or nursing/hospital committees.
• Participates in activities that benefit the community.

Guiding Principles

• Incorporates Lahey Clinic Guiding Principles, Mission Statement and Goals into daily activities.
• Complies with all Lahey Clinic Policies.
• Complies with behavioral expectations of the department and Lahey Clinic.
• Maintains courteous and effective interactions with colleagues and patients.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment.
• Demonstrates a commitment toward meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and consistently adheres to Customer Service standards.
• Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.
• Participates in and successfully completes Mandatory Education.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of nursing theory and practice acquired through completion of an accredited program of professional nursing in order to be eligible for licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• Licensure, Certification, Registration: Must possess current Commonwealth of Massachusetts license as a Registered Nurse. CNOR and BSN.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Demonstrates the ability to be thoroughly trained to meet organizational standards.
• Requires 5 years of perioperative nursing experience and demonstrated leadership to acquire and effectively utilize knowledge of unit and department policies and procedures, and to fulfill quality and quantity standards for the job.

Pay Range

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.