Supervisor, Surgical Technicians

Children's Hospital and Health System•Milwaukee, WI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for organizing and directing the daily workflow of the surgical technologists. Create schedules and monitors quality and equipment performance in the Operating Room. Communicates with staff, peers, perioperative leadership team and medical staff regarding patient care issues and concerns. Spends 70% of the time in clinical shifts and 30% of the time in administrative/leadership, recognizing that at least 10% of the time in the clinical shifts is spent coaching, mentoring, and developing staff.

Requirements

Associate's Degree
Graduate from a CAAHEP accredited two-year Associate's degree surgical technology program
2+ years of operating room or special procedures as a surgical technologist in order to obtain knowledge of policies and procedures and proficiency in performing the role
Understands and satisfies the needs of the neonatal, pediatric, adolescent and adult patient in regards to their growth and development process.
Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with providers and other department personnel and coworkers in order to ensure quality patient care and present positive department and interdepartmental cooperation.
BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required
CST-Certified Surgical Technologist - The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting required

Responsibilities

Supervises Technologists and assists in staff scheduling.
Maintains open lines of communication with the staff through high visibility and accessibility.
Solves problems and addresses conflicts in an effective manner.
Verifies accuracy of employee timesheets.
Trains staff on new processes, equipment, hospital and department policies.
Communicates with and works collaboratively with surgery leaders to achieve continuity and consistency of information, performance, productivity, and communication among all shifts.
Recommends changes, reports issues or problematic trends, assesses staff morale, and implements strategies to support the department mission.
Provides education and quality control for surgical technologists in the OR in regard to equipment, sterile technique and managing supplies for all service lines.
Maintains staff compliance with state requirements, AORN standards as well as regulatory requirements in the OR.
Works effectively with the providers to address their clinical and support needs.
Promotes and assists with quality improvement including prioritization of projects, data collection, and process change facilitation.
Provides input for projected personnel and equipment needs and provides input into the development of the surgery budget.
Performs human resources responsibilities for staff which includes coaching on performance, completes performance reviews and overall staff morale.
Recommends hiring, terminations, compensation changes, promotions, corrective action decisions, and terminations.
Responsible for understanding and adhering to the Children’s Organizational Code of Ethics and for ensuring that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations and laws applicable to Children's business.
Performs people management responsibilities for employees which may include but are not limited to: employee engagement, recruitment, performance management and development
People Management Responsibility Performs people management responsibilities for employees which may include but are not limited to: employee engagement, recruitment, performance management and development