Manager, Perioperative

Sutter Health • Jackson, MS

2d

About The Position

Manages and provides operational and nursing leadership ensuring the quality of nursing care within preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative areas. Plans and organizes operations and resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery of patient care consistent with applicable laws, standards and regulations. Provides patient care and acts as a resource person to the staff and assures patient care needs are met in the department. Demonstrates critical thinking skills and, in collaboration with other disciplines, surgeons, anesthesiologists, is able to coordinate unit activities, staffing plans and contributes to resolving inter and intra departmental problems. Assesses the quality of care delivered and provides input for staff mentoring/evaluation, staffing, hiring, performance management and general daily operation of the unit. Establishes protocols and practices, ensuring compliance with department, affiliate, operating unit, and/or system standards, policies and procedures, the Joint Commission (TJC) standards, and applicable laws and regulations. Provides guidance and/or direct intervention in resolving challenging or complex situations. In addition to Perioperative services, provides operational and clinical oversight for the Wound Care & Infusion Departments, including staffing, scheduling, budgeting, workflow and throughput, policy and regulatory compliance, quality and patient safety, and coordination with providers and interdisciplinary partners to ensure timely, evidence based wound assessment and treatment. Sutter Amador Hospital's rich history of Amador County dates back as far as 1876. Today, the community based, not-for-profit Sutter Amador Hospital has 52 licensed beds and is the only hospital in Amador County serving a population of more than 40,000. Our hospital provides comprehensive services, including 24-hour emergency care, critical care, diagnostic imaging, a family birth center, surgery, orthopedics and laboratory services. We're proud to be a Baby Friendly Hospital. Sutter Amador is fully accredited by The Joint Commission. Job Description: The ideal RN candidate has leadership experience and a solid foundation of Periop to include Wound Care and Infusion.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• BSN: Bachelor's in nursing. Preferred
• RN-Registered Nurse of California
• BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider
• 8 years progressive clinical/healthcare management and/or operations experience with increasing responsibilities
• 8 years experience in relevant professional discipline with a solid understanding of operations.
• 8 years management, supervisory or team lead experience.
• 8 years experience in survey protocols on a department and organizational level (Joint Commission, State, etc).
• 8 years experience with electronic health record applications
• Solid understanding of operations and workflows and how department’s process/workflow impacts other department operations.
• Demonstrates understanding of business and operational requirements.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including team building, and coaching/mentoring with the ability to motivate and engage others.
• Demonstrates solid clinical proficiency and knowledge to effectively plan and coordinate patient care consistent with applicable laws, standards and regulations.
• Working knowledge and thorough understanding of state/federal/local and/or accreditation standards and requirements as it relations to operations and organization, with the ability interpret and implement applicable standards and requirements.
• Demonstrates understanding of healthcare financial environment.
• Demonstrates ability to develop and manage a budget.
• Understands age specific needs in providing care to patient population served.
• Demonstrates tactical and analytical thinking and planning skills, and is able to develop plan to accomplish objectives, identify obstacles and resolve operational issues.
• Knowledge of emerging treads and how it impacts operations.
• Ability to build and establish effective working partnership with employees, peers and/or leaders to achieve business objectives.
• Demonstrates ability to handle confidential and sensitive issues.
• Verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle difficult circumstances and make sound business decisions with little direction.
• Demonstrates ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with changing business priorities.
• Organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple projects while delivering quality service and achieving business results.
• Demonstrates a customer service focus in all decisions and actions.
• Demonstrates ability to work/interact with a diverse population while respecting cultural and linguistic differences and fostering an inclusive work environment.
• Working knowledge of wage and hour laws.

Responsibilities

• Manages and provides operational and nursing leadership ensuring the quality of nursing care within preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative areas.
• Plans and organizes operations and resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery of patient care consistent with applicable laws, standards and regulations.
• Provides patient care and acts as a resource person to the staff and assures patient care needs are met in the department.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills and, in collaboration with other disciplines, surgeons, anesthesiologists, is able to coordinate unit activities, staffing plans and contributes to resolving inter and intra departmental problems.
• Assesses the quality of care delivered and provides input for staff mentoring/evaluation, staffing, hiring, performance management and general daily operation of the unit.
• Establishes protocols and practices, ensuring compliance with department, affiliate, operating unit, and/or system standards, policies and procedures, the Joint Commission (TJC) standards, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Provides guidance and/or direct intervention in resolving challenging or complex situations.
• Provides operational and clinical oversight for the Wound Care & Infusion Departments, including staffing, scheduling, budgeting, workflow and throughput, policy and regulatory compliance, quality and patient safety, and coordination with providers and interdisciplinary partners to ensure timely, evidence based wound assessment and treatment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager