Manager - Operating Room (Full Time)

POSITION SPECIFICS
Title: Manager, Operating Room
FTE: Full time (1.0 FTE)
Schedule:  Primarily Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 5:00pm
 
POSITION SUMMARY
The Operating Room Manager, under the direction of the Director of Surgery, provides leadership, direction, supervision and coordination of the operational activities in the Operating Room and Sterile Processing at Sauk Prairie Healthcare. The Operating Room Manager is a registered nurse who has responsibility for the management of patient care, nursing personnel, surgical technicians, sterile processing technicians and unit operations.  This individual helps ensure the delivery of high-quality services, manages resources and people, quality and performance improvement and serves as a role-model for SPH’s values and mission.  The Operating Room Manager may provide direct patient care as needed and maintains an expert knowledge base for surgical practice.  This position consults with staff to monitor clinical practice, works with staff to effect change, and performs customer service. 
 
POSITION TECHNICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Practice and Service Delivery:

• Serves as a role model, demonstrating effective patient care, leadership, and professional behavior. 
• Provides support in the environment to facilitate excellent surgical practice and other supporting roles.
• Promotes and supports the nursing vision, as well as unit-based mission, values, standards, and goals.
• Facilitates true collaboration, effective communication and respect of diverse perspectives through role-modeling and coaching clinical staff and members of the interprofessional team.
• Coordinate and collaborate with providers, leaders, and clinical staff.
• Functions as a clinical expert while ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory standards and incorporating research findings into practice.
• Works with director to maintain and update policies as needed either for accreditation or due to changes in best practices.
• Interprets policies and procedures for staff members.
• Facilitates and expedites patient flow to ensure that patients receive appropriate and timely care.
• Provides direct patient care as needed to support surgical staff, include occasionally providing on-call support.
• Guides surgical staff in the development of a plan of care that is culturally sensitive and honors the uniqueness of each patient and family.

• Manages day-to-day staffing and resources based on unit-based guidelines in a changing environment by allocating resources to respond to dynamic changes in patient census and acuity.
• Provides guidance to clinical staff on patient assignments with continuity of care and knowing the patient as a core value in addition to facilitating the development of clinical staff
• Manages evaluating and hiring of staff that are a cultural fit to the organization and department. 
• Manage scheduling and approving requests from clinical staff.
• Provide coaching, counseling, development, performance evaluations, payroll functions, and recognition to staff with support from team leads.
• Develops education and training for support staff and works with Director to integrate these groups in the larger interprofessional team.
• Promotes and facilitates the development of interdisciplinary relationships with other members of the care team.

• Participates in applicable professional organizations and provides support to staff with identifying and participating in professional development activities.
• Seeks feedback from his/her respective director and other colleagues.
• Identifies opportunities to continue to develop leadership skills and expertise.
• Provides developmentally appropriate coaching and clinical consultation to clinical staff.

• Provides leadership and participates in unit-based projects.
• Promotes and assists with the implementation of clinical practice changes and quality initiatives on the patient care unit and sterile processing.
• Engages surgical staff in the implementation and evaluation of clinical practice changes on the patient care unit and sterile processing.

• Works with the director to develop capital and operating budgets.
• Identifies and participates in the resolution of recurring operational deficiencies, focuses on improving workflow and eliminating waste both within the department and between hospital departments.
• Ensures optimal use of supplies, space, and equipment through observation and education.
• Monitors fiscal reports in collaboration with the director.

• Engages in quality and safety rounding to ensure CMS and other regulatory and accreditation standards are met.
• Assists director with patient experience, staff engagement and service excellence initiatives.
• Identifies and successfully addresses opportunities for improving operations, monitoring outcomes, and providing feedback when needed.
• Identifies and reacts to patient safety concerns and evaluates the impact of related responses.
• Addresses patient safety event reports and analyzes strategies for appropriate follow-up.
• Participates in developing and implementing organizational strategies to improve patient transitions of care.
• Works collaboratively with interdepartmental groups such as the quality department and infection control to perform process improvement initiatives and ensure safety and quality checks and audits are in place.
• Assists in development and implementing policies and procedures to guarantee efficient and effective patient care.
• Serves on hospital committees as assigned.

• Required: Bachelor’s degree nursing.  Associate Degree in Nursing with applicable work experience will be considered
• Preferred: Bachelors preferred.

• Required: Minimum of 3 years operating room experience with demonstrated progressive leadership.
• Preferred: Nursing leadership role.

• Required: Valid Wisconsin RN License.
• Preferred: None

• Required: Basic Life Support (BLS) with 3 months of hire. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of hire. Certified Nurse – Operating Room (CNOR) within the first two years from the date in position.
• Preferred: None

• Competitive health and dental insurance options
• Flexible paid time off to balance work and life
• Retirement plan with immediate vesting and employer match
• Discounted membership to our state-of-the-art fitness facility
• Generous tuition reimbursement
• Employer provided life and disability insurance
• Free parking at facility