Registered Nurse, RN - Service Lead OR General Surgery/Trauma

Tufts Medicine

3d•$46 - $106

About The Position

This senior-level perioperative nursing role focuses on providing professional nursing care in accordance with physician orders and supporting the care plan for a designated group of patients. The Service Lead develops nursing staff in a specified area of practice and influences patient outcomes through consultation on patient-care issues, in addition to performing perioperative registered nurse duties. The role covers clinical practice, professional development, collaboration and consultation, staff development, leadership, and evidence-based practice. The Service Lead serves as a clinical resource, consultant, and role model for nursing staff; supports the Department of Surgery in staff, physician, and patient care and education; and helps advance nursing practice and patient-care quality. The role includes direct and indirect patient care, including scrubbing and circulating; staff education and competency development; quality-improvement work; collaboration on policies and practice guidelines; and service-area resource, equipment, and cost management. The position requires a nursing license and may direct the work of other professionals or manage processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Registered Nurse (RN) license.
Two years of nursing experience, including one year in a clinical specialty.
Certifications such as ACLS or PALS may be required depending on the department and type of care provided.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate with a wide variety of audiences.
Ability to work independently and use time-management concepts to maximize efficiency.

Nice To Haves

Three years of nursing experience, including one year in a clinical specialty.

Responsibilities

Interpret, support, and practice the mission and philosophy of the hospital and Operating Room.
Serve as a clinical resource, consultant, and role model for nursing staff in perioperative nursing practice.
Provide expertise and support to the Department of Surgery in the care and education of staff, physicians, and patients within the specialty area.
Integrate knowledge, research findings, and experience to enhance nursing practice and promote excellence in patient care.
Adapt to a variety of workload assignments.
Use clinical expertise to assess and evaluate nursing care on an ongoing basis.
Develop, monitor, and evaluate unit- and hospital-level quality-improvement projects using outcome indicators, including planning one service-area quality-assurance project each year.
Serve on a committee at the unit, surgical services, or hospital level.
Validate and benchmark nursing practice within the specialty area.
Respond to service-related needs for new products and equipment and follow established acquisition processes.
Maintain service-related resource materials, including preference cards and nursing help manuals.
Maintain competency in applicable organizational, departmental, and outside-agency safety standards and meet mandatory hospital and Operating Room requirements.
Promote clinical expertise through networking, professional development, and literature review.
Network with management, other hospitals, physicians, peers, and the Manager of Quality Outcomes to develop the role.
Collaborate and coordinate resources to support patients’ plans of care; provide direct and indirect patient care, including scrubbing and circulating.
Collaborate with other affiliates on supply and equipment value analysis and evaluate the effects of changes on the environment of care.
Consult with the unit-based management team on patient-care, staff-development, and practice issues.
Collaborate across disciplines to develop protocols, policies, procedures, and practice guidelines.
Collaborate with nurses and other health-care team members regarding patient plans of care.
Work with the management team and staff to develop, facilitate, and evaluate the specialty-area orientation framework.
Help develop, implement, and evaluate unit- or specialty-based competencies in partnership with quality-outcomes staff.
Assess staff learning needs and provide formal and informal education to increase knowledge and improve clinical care.
Train staff or arrange education on new products and service-related equipment, and monitor compliance and ongoing competency.
Assist with mandatory education and deliver at least one service-related educational presentation per year.
Evaluate current service-area practice using national benchmarking.
Foster an empowered environment that addresses psychosocial, developmental, and professional-practice needs through mentoring, group support, consultation, resource identification, and team building.
Support cost-effective patient-care delivery and apply financial-management skills, including service-area cost management.
Provide clinically sound, evidence-based information and help write policies based on AORN standards and requirements from outside agencies such as The Joint Commission and the FDA.
Participate in research activities.
Provide culturally and age-appropriate care and communication, applying knowledge of growth and development and interpreting age-specific data and responses to care.