General Summary Statement

Provides comprehensive, quality nursing care through application of the nursing process. Adheres to Nursing Policies and Procedures and Organizational Goals and Objectives. Responsible for the planning, organization, and directing of specialty service lines. Assists the unit manager in assuming the responsibility of administrative management of the perioperative team. Assists in the development and monitoring of quality improvement initiatives, surgeon preference cards, specialty procedure tools and job-aids, and specialty specific inventory.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Role Specific Functions

1. Demonstrates an ability to organize and incorporate new routines, procedures, and skills.

2. Develops annual objectives for specialty specific procedures.

3. Collaborates with clinical educator to establish orientation and education plan for specialty services lines.

4. Collaborates with clinical educator to establish on-going training and updates to perioperative staff.

5. Evaluates, updates, and creates specialty specific surgeon preference cards.

6. Maintains adequate and appropriate inventory of supplies.

7. Collaborates with Business Manager and Unit Manager to communicate and implement procedures and supplies/equipment.

8. Monitors and adjusts par levels for chargeable and non-chargeable specialty items.

Clinical Practice

1. Provides age appropriate care for the population served. Gives consideration to growth & developmental phase of life, to age related factors such as thermal regulation, nutrition, medication administration, nutrition, safety and functional needs of the patient.
2. Uses appropriate resources for patients with special needs such as language barriers, sensory problems, altered cognition, cultural and religious needs.
3. Ensures attention to patient's physical, spiritual and emotional well-being.
4. Demonstrates competency in assessment skills (Includes initial and ongoing assessments).
5. Performs pain assessments and intervenes to optimally meet patient's needs for comfort.
6. Plans clinical care based on patient's needs and uses available resources.
7. Performs clinical care in accordance with policy and procedure.
8. Evaluates outcomes of nursing interventions and takes appropriate actions to move patient toward reaching goals of care.
9. Identifies situations that warrant patient rescue and takes appropriate action, e.g. Patient emergencies, changes in OR schedule and assignment changes.
10. Adheres to the 5 rights of medication administration and uses the Medication Administration Record (MAR) within PennChart per policy and procedure.
11. Follows Universal Protocol for patient identification and surgical site identification
12. Integrates principles of infection control & infection prevention into practice.
13. Adheres to aseptic technique.
14. Respects dignity and confidentiality of Operating room patients.
15. Uses resources and references for reviewing policies and procedures, medications, and clinical information.
16. Prioritizes and organizes work effectively within assigned shift.
17. Assesses the Surgical patient, plans and initiates care and evaluates the effectiveness of interventions.
18. Performs clinical care in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of the patient's surgical experience.
19. Demonstrates competency to perform both scrub and circulating role in assigned surgical procedures.
20. Utilizes proper body mechanics when moving patients, equipment or lifting trays.

Education Training and Experience

Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program. Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required.

Basic computer skills: keyboard, mouse use. Ability to complete data entry on clinical documentation screens. Ability to use email and internet. Ability to successfully complete on the job training for CCH computer programs. Ability to practice critical thinking and organizational skills. Ability to speak, read, write and understand English.

Minimum of 3 years of OR experience is required.

Licensure/Certification

Current Pennsylvania RN License.

CPR certification required.

Certification in clinical specialty (CNOR) required within 12 months.

Must meet specialty specific competency requirements.

Perioperative Record

Electrosurgical Unit

Sterilization

Aseptic Technique

Positioning