RN - Team Leader, Operating Room

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Plymouth, MN

2d•$41 - $86•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. This role involves assessing the physical, mental, and psychological status of patients, planning and supervising patient care within a surgical specialty, and collaborating with other disciplines to provide excellent patient service. The position also requires participation in educational programs and performance improvement activities to enhance technical skills and patient care. The RN will be responsible for continued learning and applying evidence-based best practices and AORN standards. This role operates and plans Perioperative patient care, including equipment, instrumentation, and information systems within the assigned surgical specialty. Collaboration with surgeons, staff, OR resource coordinator, anesthesia, and outside vendors is essential for safe and cost-effective surgical interventions. The position involves coordinating care with PAT, Day Surgery, and PACU for proactive patient planning, reviewing and updating preference cards, managing supply inventory, and reviewing procedures booked in advance. The RN will also coordinate with Staff Ed to mentor new Operating Room RNs and assist with inventory across various surgical specialties. This is a summary of key job functions and does not include every detail of the job that may reasonably be required.

Requirements

Evidence of continuing education; at least 20 CEU’s per year-BSN or Bachelors classes may be substituted. If bachelors attained, have 20 CEU’s per evaluation year.
Demonstrated proficiency in basic nursing process.
3-5 years experience with demonstrated skill to circulate and scrub in one or more surgical specialties.
CNOR Certification within 2 years of appointment and maintained
The RN will exhibit demonstrated skill in the clinical services which results in optimal safe patient care management within care planned and provided.
Proactive, interpersonal written and verbal communication skills-evidenced based and best practice.
Ability to prioritize responsibilities in order to remove barriers, solve problems and plan service delivery.
Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
Current RN Massachusetts License
BLS Certification maintained
Vaccinated against influenza (flu)

Nice To Haves

ACLS strongly suggested and preferred.
If specialty service has a significant pediatric population, such as ENT, and Ortho, PALS certification strongly suggested and preferred.
Specialty Certification (preferred)

Responsibilities

Assess physical, mental, and psychological status of patient using age-appropriate knowledge within surgical specialty and patients served.
Plans, evaluates and supervises care of all patients assigned and within surgical specialty assigned.
Works collaboratively with other disciplines in care of patients to provide excellent service to patients served.
Coordinates and participates in formal and informal educational programs, inservices and performance improvement activities to improve technical skills within and outside of surgical specialty assigned.
Responsible for continued learning and application to practice within and outside of surgical specialty assigned.
Synthesizes patient care information to formulate appropriate nursing diagnosis.
Responsible to provide patient and family education to population served.
Work practice reflects philosophy purpose and policies of the hospital and department based upon evidence based best practices and AORN standards.
Assumes call coverage within 30 minutes travel time from hospital.
Operates and plans Perioperative patient care, equipment instrumentation, information systems, preference cards, etc. within the assigned surgical specialty.
Collaborates with surgeons, staff, OR resource coordinator, anesthesia and outside vendors to ensure a safe surgical intervention after intervention/cost effective value analysis process utilized.
Coordinates care in conjunction with PAT, Day Surgery, and PACU to ensure safe and proactive patient planning by addressing needs.
Reviews and updates preference cards within specialty and physicians served.
Maintains listings of materials, equipment and updates staff on any repair, follow-ups; checks supply inventory for expiration dates at least twice per year.
Reviews procedures booked in advance and follows up with sales reps and OR Resource Coordinator as needed to discuss equipment, instrumentation, and/or implants needed for new/routine procedures.
Coordinates with Staff Ed to mentor new Operating Room RNs within specialty.
Assists and performs inventory with surgical specialty-general, eye, podiatry, neuro, ortho, ob/gyn, gu, plastic, cardiovascular/thoracic, and any others as needed.