Surgery Manager

Position: Surgery Manager - Salaried
Location: Gibson City

Surgery Manager – Salaried

Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services

Job Title & Department

Job title:

Surgery Manager/Supervisor

Department:
Surgery

Pay Range

Base pay: $90,000.00 /yr – $95,000.00 /yr

General Summary

Responsible and accountable for coordinating and supervising the nursing care provided to patients having operative or other invasive procedures.

Mission Statement

To provide personalized, professional healthcare services to the residents of the communities we serve.

Principle Duties And Responsibilities

• Promote the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Manage the surgical area both operationally and fiscally.
• Verify that perioperative personnel provide safe patient care in the area managed.
• Incorporate and assist perioperative personnel with assimilating evidence‑based practices into patient care.
• Assist perioperative personnel in evaluating practice and creating strategies for further improvement.
• Verify that educational resources are available for perioperative team education and hold perioperative personnel accountable for attendance and completion.
• Coordinate, facilitate, and manage change within the surgical area.
• Demonstrate effective communication, consultation, negotiation, and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders.
• Collect and analyze data related to performance improvement projects that apply to the area managed.
• Use effective conflict resolution techniques.
• Facilitate or serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care.
• Evaluate perioperative personnel performance.
• Interview for perioperative personnel selection.
• Verify that necessary perioperative personnel, equipment, and supplies are available.
• Verify perioperative personnel compliance with organizational policies and procedures and regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Provide guidance, support, and constructive feedback to surgical team.
• Exhibit professional, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Use effective project management principals.
• Pursue professional growth and participate in a professional organization.
• Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
• Working irregular hours

Physical/Emotional Requirements

• Visual acuity to observe patient assessment data and use manual/automated documentation tools.
• Auditory acuity to hear patient verbal communication and gather data using auscultatory skills.
• Manual dexterity of hands and feet to ambulate 8‑12 hours per shift and to adroitly manage multiple pieces of equipment/tubes/invasive lines.
• Physical strength to perform CPR (bed/floor), lift/push/pull 60‑300 pounds (with assistance) as often as 20 times per 8‑12 hours and perform constant walking, twisting, turning, and stretching maneuvers in patient care and use of patient care equipment.
• Physical strength to perform the following lifting tasks:
  • Floor to waist – 40 pounds
  • 14” to waist – 50 pounds
  • Waist to shoulder – 30 pounds
  • Shoulder to overhead – 10 pounds
  • Carry 40 pounds 30 feet
  • Push 40 pounds 30 feet
  • Pull 40 pounds 10 feet
  • Carry 20# away from body for 30ft
• Keen mental faculties to perform assessment and decision‑making skills in the management of acutely ill patients.
• Possess an interested and empathetic attitude toward caring for the patients and families seeking care and services at the GAHHS Surgical Services Department.
• Communications/speaking/enunciation skills to receive and give information in person and by telephone.
• Emotional stability conducive to dealing with a high stress level for 8‑12 hours at a time associated with caring for acute patients fast‑paced physical activity, rapidly changing patient conditions, emotional demands of patients and their families, and the demands of maintaining effective working relationships with peers, managers, physicians and other health care workers.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to the Director of Perioperative Services.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Management

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care

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