Description
Summary of Position:
The Director of Nursing at LTSC is responsible and accountable for the delivery of safe, effective, direct and indirect, patient-family centered care through the continuum of perioperative care up to and including preoperative, operating room, post anesthesia care, sterile processing, and anesthesia services. The Director oversees department human resource functions, staff training and ensures staff competencies. The Director will participate in budget development and management, organizational and regulatory compliance goals and ensures regulatory compliance. The Director will participate in the development, evaluation, revision, and implementation of policies and procedures for the surgery center.
Qualifications
Education:
• Bachelor's degree required in Nursing
• Master's degree in Nursing preferred
Experience:
• Five years varied and progressive perioperative experience
• Experience with staffing, operational management, and finance.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
• Excellent customer service skills and the ability to establish working relationships with patients, staff, and physicians.
• Highly effective collaboration skills, written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial documents.
• General knowledge of Human Resource functions including labor laws, recruitment and retention practices and organizational development.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced computer skills.
Certifications/Licensure:
• Current registered nurse licensure in the state of Nevada and California.
• Current CPR/BLS certification by the American Heart Association (BLS for the Healthcare Provider) or ability to obtain prior to start date.
• Certified Nurse, Operating Room (CNOR) certification preferred.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer patients.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Working Conditions
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Routine Hospital/Healthcare & Office/Administrative conditions.
• Contact with patients and guests under a wide variety of circumstances.
• Regularly exposed to the risk of bloodborne diseases.
• Exposure to infections and contagious disease.
• Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and waste.
• Subject to hazards of flammable and explosive gases.
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations, including the handling of emergency or crisis situations.
• Subject to pressure due to irregular hours, frequent interruptions and stressful situations due to multiple demands.
• Occasional travel to various health system locations.
Essential Functions
1. Provides consistently exceptional care at all times.
2. Provides supportive and compassionate leadership to nurses and ancillary staff. Responds to
staff requests in a timely manner. Ensures accurate and timely communication. Supports staff
when dealing with conflicts involving other disciplines and services. Uses a non-judgmental
and professional approach.
3. Manages perioperative services both operationally and fiscally.
4. Directs perioperative personnel with incorporating evidence-based knowledge into decisions for the provision of safe, patient-centered care in perioperative services.
5. Demonstrates effective communication, consultation, negotiation, and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders.
6. Collects and analyzes data related to quality or performance improvement projects relative to perioperative services.
7. Verifies that necessary perioperative personnel, equipment, and supplies are available.
8. Verifies perioperative services compliance with organizational policies and procedures and regulatory and accreditation standards.
9. Acts as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
10. Responds to the needs of the department by performing other duties, as necessary.
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