Nurse Manager II, DCH Operating Room - Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
About the Job
OHSU's Doernbecher Children's Hospital (DCH) is a truly exciting place to work. We have 8 operating rooms and 2 procedure rooms. OHSU is the only hospital in Oregon that has intraoperative hybrid operating rooms for pediatric patients that use the most advanced imaging guidance for neurosurgery and minimally invasive cardiac surgeries. A whopping 70% of our nursing staff have advanced certifications and are engaged at the top of their licenses. This manager will have a staff of approximately 65.
The Nurse Manager (NM) is a Registered Nurse (RN) who is responsible for operational, human resources, quality, and financial management of the assigned inpatient unit. The NM works with the interdisciplinary team to translate and implement organizational and division priorities into the unit’s operations. The NM ensures a patient care environment that supports a safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, productive, and engaged staff. The NM partners with the interdisciplinary care team to ensure the delivery of safe, quality patient care and compliance with administrative, regulatory and clinical policies and procedures. The NM implements quality and safety initiatives, leads process improvement, ensures adherence to hospital and clinical standards of performance, and human resource management. The NM ensures adherence to regulatory standards, bargaining unit agreements, hospital and clinical standards of performance, and human resource management. The NM creates and sustains a patient care environment that supports a safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, productive, and engaged staff.
The NM’s decisions and actions are based on the ethical principles outlined by the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for Nursing. The NM practices in adherence with the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice for Nurse Administrators, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nursing, the Oregon State Board of Nursing’s Nurse Practice Act, and within the context of the Nurse Executive Competencies developed by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). The NM exemplifies the principles of the OHSU Culture of Safety Position Statement by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
Function/Duties of Position:The DCH OR manager reports to the Director of Doernbecher Perioperative Services. This manager organizes, manages, and directs daily operation activities. This position has continuous operational authority and responsibility for accomplishments of departmental goals and objectives. The nurse manager is accountable to, and advises the Director in the management of departmental operations to achieve departmental goals and objectives, including fiscal, safety, quality, patient experience and other benchmarks. The Manager is responsible for facilitating a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach in the provision of health care within the departments, to ensure effective delivery of high quality, safe patient care, and assure compliance with regulatory, administrative and clinical policies and procedures. The nurse manager performs managerial and leadership activities including performance management, employee mentoring, project management, process improvement, and leading or participating in organization or departmental initiatives to achieve desired outcomes. The Nurse Manager establishes and maintains effective relationships with patients, families, staff, providers, administration, other departments and agencies. DCH OR maintains operation of 10 surgical/procedural rooms. DCH OR provides surgical care for, but not limited to the following Pediatric Subspecialties: Neuro, Otolaryngology, General, Plastics, Dental, OMFS, Dermatology, Urology, Orthopedics, Cardio Thoracic, and Transplant.
- Coordinates, facilitates, and manages change within perioperative services and the health care institution.
- Assists in collecting and analyzing data related to quality or performance improvement projects that apply to perioperative services.
- Assists educators and PPL’s for perioperative personnel in evaluating practice and creating strategies for further improvement.
- Assists perioperative personnel in verifying that appropriate personnel, equipment, and supplies are available.
- Facilitates or serves as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care.
- Participate in the DCH Periop Value stream to improve process through the entire continuum of care.
- Collaborates with providers and staff to ensure the accreditation standards for American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification.
- Collaborates with providers and staff to ensure that accreditation standards for the American College of Surgeons trauma certification are maintained.
- Provides additional manger support for PRE/POST and Pediatric Sedation in collaboration with NM of these units.
Working Conditions:
- Requires prioritization of multiple projects, activities, and assignments.
- Frequent interruptions in an environment of frequent change and fluctuations.
- May be exposed to excessive auditory and visual stimulation.
- For inpatient units: accepts 24/7 accountability and responsibility to include possibility of stepping into patient care or clerical role, as needed. For outpatient or special service-type units: accountability and responsibility for overall program during hours of operation and overall program coordination, including stepping into a clinical or clerical role as needed.
- May be required to attend out of town conferences according to hospital travel and reimbursement policies.
- Subject to computer work for several as needed.
- Must be able to deal with competing needs and priorities of internal and external customers including ensuring safe conditions for patients, families and staff.
- Exercises the ability to implement a flexible work schedule to meet the unit needs and to create a work-life balance.
- Five years of experience as a registered nurse in a related specialty and two years recent related management/leadership experience in a perioperative or procedural unit.
- BSN or higher degree in nursing and Master’s degree in nursing or related field, or in process.
- Experience in complex organization environments.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple conflicting priorities.
- Proficient with word processing, computational spreadsheet (e.g., Excel), and presentation software.
- Professional certification in nursing leadership-Nurse Executive/Administrator within 3 years of assuming the manager role.
- Unencumered Oregon RN License.
- BLS for healthcare provider.
- Master’s degree in nursing leadership
- Experience in nursing management
- Three years of recent management experience in the related clinical area of practice
This position also comes with some terrific benefits!
- Comprehensive health care plans. Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents for .9 FTE and higher.
- $25K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
- Two separate above market pension plans to choose from
- Paid time off- 208 hours per year (full-time), prorated for part-time
- Extended illness bank- 64 hours per year, prorated for part-time
- 9 paid holidays per year
- Three weeks of paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance program (up to 5k)
- Substantial Tri-met and C-Tran discounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Innovative Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
