Nurse Charge Main OR

Company: CHI Franciscan St. Joseph Medical Center
Location: Tacoma
Posted on: November 20, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description Overview: About Us: As the flagship hospital of CHI Franciscan Health, St. Joseph Medical Center continues to be the regional leader in the use of advanced medical technologies and therapies. The 361-bed regional medical center is a level II trauma center with a robust cardiac surgery program that has recently received Three Star Awards for our thoracic and cardiac programs. Our main OR suite includes 10 operating rooms (two are cardiac) and an additional 9 operating rooms at the adjacent Walters Day Surgery Center. We also have two operating rooms at an ambulatory surgery center in nearby Gig Harbor. Combined, we perform over 16,500 cases per year, including trauma, cardiothoracic, vascular, general, neurosurgery, orthopedics, urology, spine, ENT, gynecology. We provide 24/7 staffing in the main OR. Our Surgical Services Leadership team includes a Director, 3 Perioperative Clinical Managers, 2 Perianesthesia Clinical managers, a Sterile Processing Manager and an RN Educator. Combined, these leaders have over 100 years of nursing and leadership experience and they truly enjoy mentoring and developing staff members. Orientation for new OR RNs includes a formal six-month long OR residency. We offer two residencies per year. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community. CHI Franciscan has exciting and rewarding careers with competitive salaries and benefits. We are part of a family of hospitals, health care services, and medical providers delivering compassionate care to people throughout the South Puget Sound. We are part of Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the country. Responsibilities Opportunity to develop and work with highly engaged perioperative team in a dynamic environment with increasing surgery volumes and complexity. The OR team is a very experienced team with a high degree of teamwork in the OR. Opportunity exists to expand skills in a Level II Trauma Center and supportive team for learning. Job Summary: Serves as a leader and clinical resource to staff under the direction of nursing leadership. Collaborates with the primary RN or team leader to ensure the planning and delivery of quality patient care in partnership with physician, interdisciplinary team and patient/family. Acts as a role model, demonstrating technical/clinical competence consistent with the needs of staff and the patient population served. Assists staff with problem solving and decision making. Essential Duties: Oversees clinical operations to include: coordination of assignments, delegation of tasks, provision of clinical care, patient placement, unit and patient flow. Aligns staffing with productivity-based Staffing Matrix to include requesting resources based on patient need and flexing staff based on census and workload fluctuations. Prepares assignments considering patient acuity and staff skill mix/competency; ensures timely posting of Staffing Plan; assigns and/or ensures staff are provided with rest and meal breaks. Monitors and oversees Sitter usage in assigned area. Serves as the first point of contact in the department chain of command during the shift for staff's clinical needs, investigation of complaints, service recovery and completion of incident reports; ensures management is apprised of concerns and incidents. Coordinates care, collaborating and communicating effectively with the inter-disciplinary team. Maintains and applies knowledge of quality and SafetyFirst-related initiatives and requirements. Serves as mentor to develop and coach orientees and experienced staff; demonstrates skill in conflict management. Contributes to the development and evaluation of staff competency; provides objective feedback to assist with staff performance throughout the review cycle. Assists with monitoring of regulatory and auditing requirements. Qualifications Job Requirements: Two years of experience in the clinical specialty within the last three years preferred. Prefer previous charge nurse experience. Current licensure as a Registered Nurse issued by the Washington State Board of Nursing. Current Healthcare BLS Certification. Specialty certification preferred. Equal Opportunity CommonSpirit Health is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex

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