Job Details
Job Location: Oakland, CA
Salary Range: $61.00 - $120.00 Hourly
Description
OR Supervisor
Seeking a full-time Operating Room Supervisor for an Ambulatory Surgery Center specializing in orthopedics. Eligible for either 4 10-hour shifts, or 5 8-hour shifts per week.
Position Summary:
The Operating Room Supervisor is the team member who is responsible for overseeing and supervising all aspects of the operating room before, during and after procedures. These duties include supervising the procurement and maintenance of equipment and supplies and staffing and training of employees.
Accountable To: VP of Clinical Services
Job Responsibilities:
- Leader for OR staff; directs the team through regular group meetings, coaching, training, development, and assessment.
- Supervises and directs patient care
- Acts as liaison between staff, patients, and physicians
- Coordinates all activities within the OR in order to provide for a safe, effective, and timely surgical interventions
- Assures that proper technique and practices are used according to accepted standards of practice
- Ensures care of patient through proper identification, checking of chart, and reporting of changes in condition
- Provides assistance to surgeons and anesthetist as required
- Assures documentation of patient care meets criteria dictated by state licensing and Medicare certification regulations
- Assesses quality of nursing care by regular review of audit results and chart documentation. Discusses treatment of selected patients with nursing staff members and Director
- Coordinates the employment of qualified personnel for operating room positions. May recommend subordinates for promotions, salary increases, or for suspension/termination
- Follows through with orientation and training of new OR staff
- Determines need for OR facilities, supplies and equipment, then recommends and substantiates requests for purchase
- Utilizes nursing knowledge and discriminative judgment while giving direct or indirect patient care
- Reduces chances of nosocomial infection by directing attention to infection control and environmental safety practices
- Responsible for patient safety during the state of enforced dependency created intra-operatively
- Provides a channel of communication between events and team members in the Operating Room
- Assesses needs for instrumentation, supplies, equipment, and pharmaceutical requirements of surgical procedures
- Responsible for overseeing and directing all drug utilization, control, and accountability per policies
- Makes fiscally responsible decisions around facilities, supplies and staffing that support the financial and operational growth of the business
- Must file an incident report for any unusual event that occurs to a patient or member of staff; this would include, but not be limited to, falls, needle stick injuries, aspiration of gastric contents, allergic reactions, and disruptive behavior by staff or patients. Also required to report any incidences or alleged incidences of abuse, harassment, or injury to self, other employees, or patients occurring at the center or relating to the center. Further specifications can be found in the Abuse Reporting documents and Code of Safe Practices, provided by Human Resources
- Performs other duties assigned by Director
Benefits Overview
Employees who work 30 hours per week are eligible for the following benefits:
Insurance – Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance
Holidays – 8 paid holidays per year
PTO – 25 days per year (5 weeks)
401(k) – Auto enrollment in the company 401(k) plan
FSA – Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 2-4 years of experience in peri-operative nursing, including a thorough working knowledge of surgical and aseptic technique
- Graduate of a school of professional nursing
- Current RN (Registered Nurse) licensure in the State of California
- Current certification in BLS, ACLS and PALS (if applicable)
- High ability to problem solve and solution-based thinking
- Full command of the English language, both verbal and written
- Must possess the physical ability and perceptive acuity (e.g., visual, hearing) to satisfactorily perform all direct and indirect care functions
- May be expected to lift up to 25 pounds without assistance
- May be required to push patients in wheelchairs or on gurneys