Supv OR Sterile Processing Operations

Summary

The Supv of OR Sterile Processing Operations is a first line supervisor who, in collaboration with the Clinical Manager, directs care and coordinates resources for a specified unit and performs administrative activities while providing leadership and support to staff.

The Supv of OR Sterile Processing Operations is a first line supervisor who, in collaboration with the Clinical Manager, directs care and coordinates resources for a specified unit and performs administrative activities while providing leadership and support to staff.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence, as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

Ensure Accountability and Build Effective Teams

Drive Vision and Purpose and Optimize Work Processes

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Areas of major responsibility include:
Department Focus;
Human Resource Management;
Departmental/Organizational Support; and Clinical Practice Management/Development. The related values of each major area of responsibility are:

• Identifying and allocating environmental, technical, personnel resources needed to meet the need of operation room and colleagues.
• Participation in quality assessment and improvement programs in order to evaluate effectiveness of care delivered.
• Enhancement of unit behaviors through encouragement of education, implementation of new concepts and technology.
• Providing leadership in the development of policies, procedures, standards of care and critical paths to promote positive patient outcomes.

• Documentation and communications of staff performance with recommendations for quality and growth.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration to foster staff development.
• Development of unit staffing schedule to provide a fiscally sound and safe staffing pattern which meets patient and family needs and expectation.
• Conducting informational staff meetings to provide a positive environment conducive to change and progress in the health care field.
• Identifying staff educational needs and works with the Clinical Manager and Unit Teacher to promote learning.
• Identifying and resolving nursing care conflicts related to the unit.
• Contributing to unit staff appraisals and developmental goals.
• Assist in the credentialing process and assesses compliance to unit standards.
• Collaborates with Nursing Faculty and students to meet educational needs.
• Respect for Rhode Island Hospital policies, procedures including union contracts and standards of practice.
• Participating in staff recruitment and retention.
• Implementation of disciplinary action with respect to Rhode Island Hospital Personnel, Policies and Procedures.

• Critical Path development and utilization that provides quality cost-efficient guide to patient care.
• Encouragement of financial conscientious staff with stimulation to participate in development of cost-effective ideas and plans.
• Assist in the development of capital and operational budgets defined for the unit.
• Encouragement of staff to develop and implement new concepts and technology into nursing practice.
• Develop unit staffing and scheduling to maximize personnel talent and potential.
• Monitoring staff compliance to schedule through weekly payroll.

• Providing unit management coverage in collaboration with the Clinical Manager.
• Directing and supervising unit staff.
• Identify and resolve conflict and problems related to the unit.
• Communicating the status of unit operations, activities and issues to the Clinical Manager or appropriate discipline.
• Participating in unit management meetings and recommending fiscal/patient care objectives, standards, and goals.
• Chairing unit staff meetings in collaboration with the Clinical Manager.
• Collaboration with nursing faculty to facilitate students to meet educational needs.
• Participation in the formation of policy, procedures, standards.
• Participation on organizational committees.
• Compliance to JCAHO standards.

• Remaining current on the latest concepts, techniques, and methods relative to areas of responsibility.
• By demonstrating flexibility and recognizing the needs for the overall organization.
• Participation in professional organization.

• Ensures equipment is maintained in proper working order and that malfunctioning equipment is removed from use and repaired or replaced.
• Ensures compliance with departmental and regulatory standards i.e., IAHCSMM, JCAHO.
• Ensures safety checks are done on schedule i.e., crash carts, autoclave testing, etc.
• Daily clinical assignment based upon staff level of experience and patient acuity.
• Assignment of staff to projects/committees to support department strategic and quality plans sand follows through to…