Nurse Manager, Operating Room

Nurse Manager, Operating Room

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In collaboration with Anesthesia and Surgical Services (SAS) management team, participates in developing, planning, and implementing departmental goals and objectives. Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and ensures optimal patient care is delivered to surgical patients according to established standards of care during all operative phases of the process. Provides and supports functional direction through effective leadership and Quality Improvement principles to insure quality patient care and employee satisfaction.

Plans, directs, and supervises daily operational activities of assigned staff in Operating Rooms. Serves as a liaison between supervisors, physicians, nursing personnel, patients/families, and other departments to direct smooth transitions of patient care activities during the perioperative experience. Coordinates departmental activities to ensure optimum patient care and directs the flow of the surgical schedule.

• Serves as coach and resource to staff by coordinating and supporting team activities, encouraging and modeling active participation and total quality principles and methodologies, and sharing accountability for outcomes.
• Encourages employees to take action, cross‑training through learning, sharing, and informal/formal training, and promotes effective use of resources through continuous process and quality improvement while identifying and removing barriers related to efficient daily operations.
• Oversees activities of staff in the department to ensure optimal performance, acting as an enabler for successful performance by ensuring adequate resources and training.
• Manages payroll and/or non‑payroll budget, monitors expenditures, and ensures compliance with the budget, promoting effective use of resources.
• Collaborates with customer stakeholders to establish policies, procedures, performance goals, and measures; monitors and ensures team performance against these goals, ensuring seamless and consistent service of all customers.
• Collaborates with other teams on issues requiring shared accountability or decision‑making, sharing accountability for outcomes.
• Contributes to team success by sharing learnings and specialty expertise with team members, promoting team play and motivating the team towards self‑governance.
• Develops, establishes, and maintains inter‑organization contacts with various groups, entities, or departments to ensure adequate flow of information and cooperation at all levels.
• Interprets and implements TJC, AORN, state, and federal requirements and recommendations within the department/hospital and assures compliance.
• Delegates authority and responsibility to staff based on their competency level and capability, assisting in daily review of staff assignments and specialty assignments through collaboration with the head nurse and management team.
• Analyzes, plans, and makes recommendations for future departmental planning needs regarding physical expansion, renovation, and/or expansion of services provided.
• Selects and maintains a computerized OR management/information system to evaluate, document, and analyze OR utilization and activities, designing format and compiling data.
• Controls and monitors physical and perpetual inventories, developing an inventory control program for ongoing evaluation of supplies and equipment to control cost, monitor usage, and assure standardization where possible.
• Establishes scheduling practices, monitors block utilization, and allocates block time to assure efficient OR resource utilization, coordinating scheduling activities with clinic administration.
• Coordinates projects and service standards, serving as liaison regarding OR operational issues when dealing with specialty heads, workroom, and systems assistants.
• Coordinates perioperative delivery of care with anesthesia, OR staff, physicians, PACU, OP, and inpatient nursing staff, establishing inter‑departmental standards and procedures to resolve patient care issues.
• Manages and participates in department/physician research projects to promote…