Registered Nurse (RN) Orthopedic/Podiatric Surgery Team Lead

Department:

37703 Advocate Sherman Hospital - Surgery Room

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

M-F 0645-1515

Some call required

Major Responsibilities:

• Manages, develops, implements and evaluates the standards of care in a specialty area to facilitate quality patient care, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
  •     1)Maintains accurate preference cards for the assigned surgical specialty which utilizes resources.
  •     2)Collaborates with the Surgery Leadership Team to resolve interdisciplinary conflicts.
  •     3)In collaboration with the Clinical Manager, Team Clinical Leaders assures that intra-operative compliance with regulatory agencies is met.
  •     4)Acts as a clinical resource to OR staff and other hospital departments.
  •     5)Evaluates OR Turnover Times and assists the Scheduler Coordinator/OR Manager to meet designated turnover time targets for specific cases.
  •     6)Leads and Particpates in unit-based process improvement projects.
  •     7)Assumes responsibility for direct patient care.
  •     8)Collaborates with Anesthesia to provide the necessary anesthesia care.
• Promotes and supports an environment that is conducive to staff growth, development and autonomy.
  •     10)Responsible for mentoring and coaching team members. Develop a team member to be a resource to provide coverage when on vacation.
  •     1)Defines and implements service-specific orientation programs in conjunction with the Clinical Manager and Educator which augments the intra-operative orientation classes.
  •     2)Provides ongoing feedback to Clinical Manager regarding orientee performance.
  •     3)Provides competency-based education processes for staff.
  •     4)Fosters ongoing professional development of staff by assisting with performance and assessment of needs and assisting individuals with identification of professional goals.
  •     5)Accountable for assuring intra-operative staff are educated on essential components of surgical specialty for off-shift and on-call assignments.
  •     6)Provides/ assists the manager with input for the team members during their evaluation process.
  •     7)Collaborates with OR Schedulers, Inventory Supervisor, OR Manager and Schedule Coordinator to assure appropriate vendor or outside representatives or proctoring physicians, observers adhere to OR/Advocate policies/procedures • Verify appropriate vendor is in requested OR and not soliciting other physicians • Communicate and enforce Vendor Policy.
  •     8)Participates and/or leads unit/hospital activities such as educational opportunities and Shared Governance Teams.
  •     9)Collaborate with Surgical Services Leadership Team to provide updated and continual self/team education for Key Result Areas (KRA’s).
• Is accountable for appropriate resource utilization within surgical specialty.
  •     1)Coordinate and evaluate new supplies / equipment. Reviews and recommends products based on results of evaluation with Leadership team.
  •     2)Review Inventory on specialized supply carts; remove outdated supplies, bring soon-to-be-outdated items to the attention of Perioperative Business Manager/OR Supply Supervisor for immediate use or possible return to vendor. Communicate re-ordering of supplies to suppy chain, & develop/evaluate PAR levels.
  •     3)Regularly reviews assigned specialty surgeon supply requests with surgeons identifying opportunities for standardization and cost-effective utilization.
  •     4)Reviews surgical procedures times with surgery schedulers and coordinator to ensure an accurate OR schedule.
  •     5)Reviews staffing requests for specialty utilizing appropriate level of caregivers in an efficient manner.
  •     6)Fosters a collaborative relationship with Sterile Processing (SPD). Communicates with Sterile Processing Department (SPD) regarding instrumentation needs including spe