Lead RN-Vascular Surgery Full Time Days

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare•Palos Heights, IL

About The Position

The Lead RN reflects Northwestern Memorial HealthCare’s mission, vision, and values and adheres to its Code of Ethics, Corporate Compliance Program, policies, procedures, guidelines, and applicable regulatory and accreditation standards. This role plans and monitors day-to-day clinical operations for a specialty service, coordinates room assignments and case readiness, supports physicians and staff through schedule changes, and provides direct patient care as needed. The Lead RN also promotes safe, ethical, patient-centered care, supports staff orientation and performance improvement activities, and communicates specialty-service activities and issues to the OR Clinical Nurse Manager.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Current licensure in the State of Illinois.
Competence in basic nursing and computer skills.
Maintain CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).

Responsibilities

Assign rooms according to the skill level of the specialty service team.
Manage, plan, and monitor day-to-day clinical operations for the specialty service.
Develop and maintain preference cards.
Provide direct patient care as needed.
Monitor room turnover.
Coordinate with specialty service team members to ensure equipment and supplies are available for cases.
Identify and coordinate specialty-service physicians’ needs through scheduled meetings.
Support staff and surgeons when schedules change within the service line.
Support cost control through conservation of supplies and care of equipment.
Document assessments, interventions, and patient responses.
Inform the OR Clinical Nurse Manager of specialty-service activities and issues.
Support and enforce infection control policies and procedures.
Ensure procedure documentation is complete.
Ensure specialty-service staff adhere to OR-related National Patient Safety Goals.
Reassess nursing actions for effectiveness in achieving desired outcomes.
Communicate effectively with medical, nursing, and interdepartmental staff.
Collaborate with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
Maintain patient confidentiality and act as a patient advocate.
Provide nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care sensitive to patient diversity and protective of patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
Seek available resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
Work with the Perioperative educator to orient new staff to the specialty service.
Support efforts to achieve optimal team performance and maintain a positive professional work environment.
Delegate tasks based on others’ knowledge and skill and patient needs.
Maintain CPR certification.
Stay aware of unit-based performance improvement activities and participate appropriately.