Associate Nurse Manager (Surgical Services/Operating Room) - Macpower Digital Assets Edge Private Limited (MDA Edge)
Clackamas, OR 97015
About the Job
Job Summary:
- The Surgical Services Associate Manager is responsible for providing support and assistance to the Manager for the daily operations of surgical services of that center including OR, SPU/PACU and Endoscopy.
- The Associate Manager reports to the Manager of Surgical Services.
- The Associate Manager manages personnel, provides safe and cost-effective care, ensures a safe environment and supports an efficient and cooperative interdepartmental workflow in the departments.
- The Associate Manager will assume specific project accountabilities as delegated by the Manager of Surgical Services.
- Minimum three years of RN clinical experience in OR and/or PACU, L&D, CVL, GI.
- Minimum three years Surgical Services area of clinical experience, 5 years is expected.
- Registered Nurse License of OR State
- Basic Life Support (BLS).
- CNOR.
- Bachelors degree in nursing or related field.
- Effective management of unit operations:
- Assists the Manager to maintain a process of identifying, evaluating and implementing cost structure improvements to develop a basis for assessing overall cost effectiveness in units.
- Undertakes appropriate planning of same regarding effective deployment of resource allocations, staffing/acuity system through continuous evaluation, revision and communication (written and verbal) of unit staff matrix and resources.
- Maintains effective collaborative physician/colleague relationships to achieve financial targets.
- Personnel management:
- Assists Manager with recruitment and hiring of staff.
- Provides leadership and direction in support of the organization and department goals and objectives on the front line.
- Conducts performance appraisals.
- Counsels' employees and acts on disciplinary problems.
- Develops and maintains staffing patterns for the units.
- Assists in the coordination and leadership with the Manager of Surgical Services in leading staff and UBT meetings.
- Monitors compliance of staff with employees' requirements.
- Quality assurance/improvement:
- Develops and updates policies, procedures and standards of care for the units and monitors compliance with those standards.
- Supervises and assists in the delivery of patient care.
- Develops and achieves departmental goals and objectives in support of Surgical Services.
- Coordinates inter-departmental and intra-departmental problem resolution.
- Serves as a resource to other departments in area of specialty.
- Assists in maintains compliance with regulatory standards:
- Prepares for local and inter-regional survey. Develops orientation plans for new hires to unit.
- Assists in coordination of in-service for all surgical services.
- Works with educator to develop and mentors' preceptors.
- Develops work plans as necessary.
- Assists in coordination of training/in-service on all new equipment or new procedures for surgical services.
- Works with educator to plans annually competencies and coordinates annual competencies for all areas of responsibility.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Source : Macpower Digital Assets Edge Private Limited (MDA Edge)