RN - Team Leader, Operating Room

Job Description

Assesses physical, mental, and psychological status of patients 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 cost-effective value analysis process utilized.

Carefully 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.

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)

Pay Range

$40.64 – $85.72