Registered Nurse- Operating Room Supervisor

Large Ophthalmology practice with one room ambulatory surgery center is seeking an energetic, reliable RN with surgical experience preferred.  No evenings or weekends.

 

 

 

 

 

Job Purpose:

Promotes and restores patients' health by developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area; directing and developing staff; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs; providing physical and psychological support for patients, friends, and families.



Duties:

* Accomplishes nursing human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures.



* Meets nursing operational standards by contributing information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.



* Meets nursing financial standards by providing annual budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions.



* Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.



* Maintains nursing guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.



* Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.



* Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff; following up on work results.



* Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.



* Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching and counseling patient, friends, and family and reinforcing their understanding of disease, medications, and self-care skills.



* Provides information to patients and health care team by answering questions and requests.



* Resolves patient needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.



* Maintains safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from other health care professionals.



* Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.



* Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential information processing.



* Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records.



* Ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability; completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques..



* Maintains nursing supplies inventory by studying usage reports; identifying trends; anticipating needed supplies; approving requisitions and cost allocations.



* Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.



* Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.



* Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.



Skills/Qualifications:

Judgment, Supervision, Informing Others, Nursing Skills, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Hospital Environment, Medical Teamwork, Listening, Pain Mana