+ Position Summary

+ Under general direction, protects, promotes, and optimizes health and abilities. Prevents illness and injury. Alleviates suffering through the diagnosis and treatment. Advocates for patients and their families. Ensures all actions taken in carrying out responsibilities support patient centered care.

+ Position Responsibilities

+ Unit Specific Position Responsibilities

+ Under general direction of Supervisor, coordinates activities for specific service line.

+ Set up and operate all equipment used in the operating room arena.

+ Communicates and collaborates with interdisciplinary team

+ Communicates with OR and SPD staff to ensure coordination of supply and instrumentation needs.

+ Participates as a preceptor and mentor while providing education / orientation to staff, students, and others.

+ Resource for unit specific core competencies.

+ Actively assists Clinical Resource Nurse with department orientation goals

+ Actively assists patient, families, and visitors with various needs to enhance customer service.

+ Helps ensure compliance with regulatory agencies in meeting or exceeding Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrument (AAMI) Standards

+ Reads and accesses OR schedule a minimum of two days ahead and also daily at OR schedule to help trouble shoot if there are conflicts with instruments/equipment/implants/supplies

+ Maintains communication with both OR and SPD staff to ensure coordination of supply and instrumentation needs.

+ Ensures adherence to standardized sterilization procedures

+ Works with staff working in Center Core to maintain supplies/equipment/implants and instrumentation in Center Core and Rooms

+ Assists with annual/bi-annual inventory process and counts

+ Work with surgeons to determine contents needs for procedure.

+ Collaborates with Surgical Services Leadership, evaluates opportunities for supply standardization and inventory control

+ Verify implants have been ordered and are available in the department for upcoming cases

+ Assists in orientation of new Surgical Services employees, Surgical Technician, PT, and nursing students, and observational people

+ Assists Surgical Services Leadership with evaluation of staff

+ Make daily staff assignments based on acuity of patient, procedure length, complexity and staff experience.

+ Performs other assigned duties as needed

+ Maintains regular and reliable attendance

+ Can function in the scrub role, setting up sterile field and assisting physician with surgical procedures

+ Provides age and culturally appropriate care

+ Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

+ Audit chart for SCIP protocol

+ Assist with patient rounding in ACS

+ Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

+ Required Qualifications (Including any licensure, certification, education):

+ Licensed as a Registered Nurse and authorized by the State of Iowa to practice nursing or has active multistate license approved by the Nurse Licensure Compact.

+ Achievement of Baccalaureate degree in nursing within 6 years of hire if hired after January 1, 2014.

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) training, or within 90 days of hire and must maintain throughout employment.

+ Mandatory Reporter training or within 90 days of hire and must maintain throughout employment.

+ Member AORN within 12 months

+ Within twenty-four months of hire obtain certification in clinical area (CNOR- Certified Nurse Operating Room). If currently enrolled in bachelor program, the certification will need to be completed within twenty-four months of graduation.

+ Organizational Requirements:

+ Maintain stroke education per regulatory requirements.

+ Preferred Qualifications:

+ Baccalaureate degree in nursing.

+ Professional certification in nursing specialty.

+ Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

+ Proficient in communication skills.

+ Ability to pursue and foster a sense of team and partnership across all disciplines.

+ Ability to communicate effectively, in English, with diverse population groups.

+ Ability to be self-directed, flexible, and able to adapt to change.

+ Ability to communicate effectively in a professional and tactful manner with physicians, staff, patients and/or their representatives.

+ Ability to read and understand chart documentation.

+ Ability to demonstrate basic computer skills.

+ Ability to read, write and understand the English language.

+ Preceptor

+ Four years of current Surgical Services experience

+ Innovative, with the ability to think “outside the box.”

+ A strong service orientation

+ Excellent interpersonal skills; a positive, optimistic “can-do” approach to problems

+ Able to balance employee advocacy with Mary Greeley Medical Center’s needs

+ Able to mentor staff and develop their strengths

+ Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

+ None Specified