Description
At Bon Secours Mercy Health, we are dedicated to continually improving health care quality, safety and cost effectiveness. Our hospitals, care sites and clinicians are recognized for clinical and operational excellence.
**Spine Service Line RN Coordinator - FT - Operating Room**
St. Mary's Hospital - Richmond, VA
**Sign On Bonus for Qualified Applicant**
**Primary Function/General Purpose of Position**
The Operating Room Registered Nurse Specialty Coordinator provides direct and indirect patient care in surgical specialties of General, Gynecologic, Orthopedic, Otolaryngology, Neurosurgical, Plastic, Oral, Vascular, Thoracic, Urological, and Cardiac utilizing the nursing process and current clinical knowledge to provide professional nursing care for all patients in the surgical unit. Collaborating with health team members to coordinate patient care, anticipate the outcomes of nursing interventions, and set criteria for the quality of patient care. Participates in scheduling, budget, counseling and other unit management activities including supervision of staff as needed and assumes an increasing leadership responsibility for professional practice in the unit.
**Essential Job Functions**
Demonstrates a caring attitude and displays compassionate behaviors in all interactions with patients and their families.
Provides direct patient care as required, with respect to individual spiritual and cultural needs. Performing circulating and scrub nurse duties efficiently and effectively. On call for emergencies and available for additional duty
Accurately assesses the patient, develops a plan of care that meets individual patient needs and follows established nursing standards of care/practice and applicable hospital/departmental policies and procedures
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on assigned unit
Positions patients, provides protection of pressure points, keeps body parts in proper alignment and modifies positioning to reduce potential injury
Interprets assessment data reflective of the patient's status
Verifies surgeon, identifies the patient and operative site. Ensures informed consent and History and Physical are complete and present according to policy guidelines. Initiates and/or actively participates in the Universal Protocol procedures that assure correct site surgery. Responsible for the performance and maintenance of sponges, instruments and sharps counts
Follows established policies and procedures
Completes documentation as required
Prepares, handles, and documents specimens according to established hospital and departmental policies and procedures
Delivers medication according to policy, identifies and views medication label concurrently with the scrub person and ensures all solutions in all containers are labeled
Identifies unsafe patient care practices and employs measures for intervention
Protects patient information based on hospital policy and government regulations to assure information is kept confidential
Participates in unit and hospital efforts to reduce adverse employee or patient care events
Demonstrates understanding and integration of The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals into nursing practice
Clearly communicates all pertinent patient information to other members of the health care team, including but not limited to effective patient hand-offs. Anticipates the needs of the patient and/or case during the hand-off
Conducts employee counseling and performance reviews
Monitors supplies and maintains equipment for the specialty. May be responsible for special orders
Advises, directs, and engages team members in the selection and preparation of routine supplies, instruments, and equipment for surgical procedures. Notifies circulator of missing or malfunctioning instruments and any of suspect sterility. Provides and anticipates the needs and requests of the surgeon. Ensures that appropriate instrumentation and supplies are readily available in the room or on the sterile field
Provides support for new initiatives and assists with positive change management by adapting to the demands of the situation
Supports surgical service's efforts to exceed patient satisfaction rates for the individual facility, consistently using scripted language that promotes excellent patient satisfaction responses
Supports efforts to exceed targets for employee engagement, recruitment, and retention for the individual facility
Maintains medical records and documentation consistent with hospital policy, JCAHO, state, and federal regulations
Participates in relevant quality improvement activities. Achieves nursing outcomes that consistently meet or exceed generally accepted clinical standards for the nursing discipline
Maintains preference list of physicians and procedures. Reviews individual, unit and specialty data for all dimensions of performance and applies this data to continually improve patient care activities
Advises, precepts, and teaches staff. Serves as intra-facility resource for unit Inservice educational needs. Identifies opportunities for improvement in the areas of cost, quality, and service
Actively supports the professional practice model and participates in efforts related to key foundational elements
Advocates on behalf of patient/family to connect them with appropriate resources to meet identified needs and address concerns
Demonstrates awareness of clinical and administrative resources and uses them appropriately in meeting patient/family or coworker needs
Participates in nursing shared governance activities at the unit/division level to improve patient care and clinical outcomes (i. e. JCAHO compliance, performance improvement, safety)
Demonstrates ability to manage the Daily Surgery Schedule as required. Responsible for daily assignments of specialty team members. Coordinates care delivery to achieve optimal patient outcomes and physician satisfaction
Evaluates procedures, policies, and equipment for compatibility with current technology and research. Assists in developing and revising policies and procedures at the unit and departmental level
This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
**Licensing/Certification** -.-
BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (required -)-
Current RN license in state where they are working or covered by compact (required)
**Education**
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