RN Manager - Perioperative Services; Evenings

Overview

The RN Manager, Perioperative Services - Evenings has leadership accountability for planning, facilitating and monitoring the evening activities and functions of the Operating Room, Pre‑Op, PACU, and Sterile Processing Departments. Responsible for planning, organizing, delegating, coordinating staff utilization, budgeting, and marketing perioperative services in collaboration with OR, SPD, and Pre‑Op/PACU leadership. Directly supervises nursing care and all related activities of the perioperative areas.

Develops and fosters internal and external physician relationships to provide surgical services to the community. Continually develops process improvement plans to ensure efficient patient throughput and staff workflows. Is responsible for leading staff to ensure organizational goals and objectives are met through comprehensive support provided in perioperative services.

Manages and supervises functions of assigned direct and non‑direct patient care areas on a 24‑hour basis in collaboration with OR, SPD, and Pre‑Op/PACU nurse managers; ensures effective delivery of clinical patient care and compliance with administrative, quality and clinical policies and procedures. Accountable to ensure perioperative services readiness for state, federal, and local surveys and accreditations. Scope of services includes the preprocessing/distribution, decontamination process and sterile processing to be in compliance with DNV, DHS, OSHA, AAMI and AORN standards.

Manages the loaner equipment processes to ensure compliance with organizational policies.

Provides support to clinical departments for equipment and instrumentation to support patient safety, infection prevention policies and department operations in alignment with the organization priorities. Responsible for planning, organizing, delegating, coordinating staff utilization, budgeting, and staffing resource management. Continually develops process improvement plans to ensure efficient patient throughput and staff workflows. Is responsible for leading staff to ensure organizational goals and objectives are met through comprehensive support provided in perioperative services.

• Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days
• National Nursing Certification within 3 years

• Bachelor's Degree:
  Nursing

• Nursing Perioperative - 3 years (preferred)
• Nursing Leadership (preferred)

• Performs introductory, annual and on‑going performance appraisals for team based on job description and performance standards.
• Ensures appropriate orientation, education, and credentialing.
• Continues professional development of personnel in OR, SPD, Pre‑Op, and PACU.
• Evaluates staffing needs and appropriate patient care assignment.
• Participates in recruitment, selection, and retention of personnel.
• Directs and manages personnel in assigned area.
• Functions as a role model in nursing.
• Demonstrates competency in clinical judgment, selective technical skills and appropriate knowledge base.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise in the execution of the nursing process and directs.
• Assists staff in its application and evaluates level of care provided by the unit nursing staff.
• Ensures patient rounds are completed on a daily basis.
• Monitors HCAHPS scores and develops and implements plans to correct scores as needed.
• Responds to action lines in a timely manner.
• Manages the development and maintenance of a list of required regulatory reports and the responsible owners, and the maintenance of copies in online reference repository.
• Accountable for staff compliance with credentialing, accreditation, regulatory, financial, employment, etc. standards/expectations.
• Understands Human Resource policies and procedures.
• Ensures all staff are compliant utilizing monitoring and audits.
• Develops an ongoing Employee Engagement Program, action plans to improve Engagement Scores.
• Develops patient satisfaction scores, staff satisfaction scores and provider satisfaction scores.
• Develops, analyzes, and manages capital and operating budget within agreed upon standards.
• Identifies and justifies variances on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for the…