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(Archived) NURSE MANAGER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL SERVICES
Job Description
NURSE MANAGER - ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL SERVICES
The Nurse Manager is responsible for managing, coordinating and monitoring the entire perioperative patient care delivery system. The manager has 24-hour responsibility for administration of fiscal, materials management, regulatory and human resources management. Responsibilities include oversight over the operating room, pre-op, post-op (PACU), Anesthesia, Prepare and Environmental Services.
The duties of the Nurse Manager include developing performance improvement goals and facilitating staff, surgeons, and anesthesia personnel toward achieving goals. The individual is responsible for fostering teamwork, establishing common goals and achieving successful goal-oriented outcomes; efficient and user-friendly scheduling practices; educational needs; recognition; patient safety, including National Patient Safety Goals, JCAHO and infection control standards; operational efficiencies; effective communication, and staff, physician and patient satisfaction.
The Nurse Manager will actively involve the Director, OI, surgeons, anesthesiologists, schedulers, EVS staff, SPD staff and the entire perioperative team to concurrently and proactively manage patient flow. Active communication and collaboration with internal, external partners of the OI is imperative to provide overall OR efficiency. The Nurse Manager will have responsibility over RN’s, clinical staff, anesthesia technicians, environmental services staff (PSA), and Patient Care Assistants (PCA).
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