Registered Nurse (RN) Surgical Lead - Cardiothoracic Team

Riverside Health System • Newport News, VA

2d • $43 - $60 • Onsite

About The Position

Works under the supervision of the OR Nurse Manager/Clinical Director and is responsible for ensuring operational oversight of surgical cases and the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN Cardiothoracic Specialty Surgical Lead is responsible for ensuring that proper preparation has taken place for surgical cases within the designated specialty through coordination with physicians, staff members, vendors, and surgical leadership. Must demonstrate competence in dealing with age related needs of the specific patient populations served in the Perioperative. The RN Cardiothoracic Specialty Surgical Lead will sit on the Surgical Services Value Analysis Team (VAT) and participate in product standardization efforts.

Requirements

• Program Graduate, Nursing (Required)
• High School Diploma or GED, Only Required if Nursing Diploma Graduate (Required)
• 2 years OR RN Experience (Required)
• 6 months of Cardiothoracic OR RN Operating Room Experience (Required)
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) or licensed in a compact state Upon Hire(Required)
• CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required)
• ACLS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required)
• Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - The Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI) Upon Hire(Required)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
• Associates Degree, Nursing (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ability to assess Cardiothoracic patients clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population served in the Perioperative Services units/departments (see Cardiothoracic RN specific competencies and equipment checklists).
• Partners with patients and families to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient. Assesses and incorporates evidence-based standards of practice. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the coordination care. Facilitates safe patient transitions to the next care setting as part of plan of care. Will round on the patient pre-operatively and post operatively to enhance the patient experience.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to assure patients receive consistent, competent, and ethical care. Focuses on quality outcomes of patient care when addressing customer’s needs to include current evidence based practice and quality measures.
• Ability to delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and ensure patient care needs are met. Able to recognize and respond to emergency situations. Evaluates own needs for support and uses identified systems to meet need.
• Successfully coordinates with physicians, employees and leadership to meet specialty-specific needs; to include, employee education, equipment/supply needs, and physician preferences. Work with leadership to determine cardiothoracic coverage needs on a daily/on call basis.
• Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations and ability to modify education method to ensure patient/family comprehension. Educates by assuming responsibility to individualize and coordinate patient education, and discharge specific education that includes family/caregiver. Evaluates for patient comprehension and documents.
• Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements. Document required information for registry and antibiotics and beta blocker timing.
• Works to implement cost-saving measures for assigned specialty through limited supply use accurate documentation and auditing of specialty charts, coordination with vendors and achieving physician support for product standardization.
• Works to train all staff assigned to the specialty to a level of proficiency with documented competencies. Engages physicians in the training process. Works directly with the specialty tech and lead first assistant to ensure competencies are valid and complete for surgical techs. Works with OR Educator to ensure completion of specialty specific competencies for all OR staff. Responsible for emergency supplies, processes related to Cardiothoracic surgery to include frequent drills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree