OR Nurse Manager -Evening
Brigham & Women's Hospital(BWH)

Job Info

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GENERAL OVERVIEW:

Operating Room Nurse Manager - Evenings

"Life-Changing Surgeries' and Support for Staff: Perioperative Services Nursing Director Reflects on New Role - Brigham Heart & Science (bwhheartandscience.org)

Brigham and Women's Hospital Operating Room has 48 rooms with 1 Hybrid OR along with 2 AMIGO rooms. We are an academic medical center with programs supporting Burn Trauma, comprehensive stroke, Cardiac, Lung and Renal transplant, Robotic surgery, and other complex surgical services to support our patient population.

OR Nurse Manager is an important member of the unit-based leadership team in clinical practice environments to extend leadership presence and provide clinical support. In this role the OR Manager provides nursing leadership supporting varied specialties of the Operating Room at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Under the leadership/direction of the Nurse Director of the Operating Room, the OR Manager is a representative of the Department of Nursing and supports the Nurse Director in translating the vision and values of the department at the unit-level for the purpose of meeting the needs of patients and families and in creating a therapeutic, healing patient/family centered practice environment.

The OR Manager helps to develop the very best staff, assists with assessing clinical patterns within populations, and facilitates mobilization/allocation of resources to meet the immediate needs of patients and families. The OR Manager may perform leadership functions as developmentally appropriate under the mentorship and coaching of the nurse director and may be assigned the management of specific projects. This role requires to rotate overlap of shifts

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

A. Professional Practice Environment

Provides support in the environment to facilitate excellent nursing practice

Promotes and supports the Department of Nursing vision as well as unit based mission, values, and goals

Facilitates true collaboration and effective communication and respect for diverse perspectives through role-modeling and coaching clinical staff and members of the interprofessional team

Participates in daily huddles/rounds with clinical staff for the purpose of clinical consultation, coaching, and problem-solving

B. Personnel Management

Manages day to day staffing based on unit-based guidelines approved by the Nurse Director

Manages resources in a changing environment by allocating resources to respond to dynamic changes in patient census and acuity

Provides guidance to clinical staff on patient assignments with continuity of care and knowing the patient as a core value in addition to facilitating the development of clinical staff

Participates in scheduling and approving requests from clinical staff under the direction of the Nurse Director

Participates in the investigation and administration of corrective action under the direction of the Nurse Director/Nurse Administrator

Provides Nurse Director with recommendation for corrective action and performance improvement plans

Provides Nurse Director with recommendations for evaluations for clinical staff

Provides support to staff in clinical support roles under the direction of the Nurse Director

Performs evaluations of support staff under the direction of the nurse director

Develops education and training for support staff and works with nurse director to integrate these groups into the larger interprofessional team

C. Clinical Leadership

Functions as a clinical expert emulating the vision and mission of the Department of Nursing

Interprets policies and procedures for staff members

Implements and monitors unit-based standards

Facilitates and expedites patient flow to ensure that patients and families receive appropriate and timely care in the Operating Room.

D. Professional Development Self

Participates in self-performance appraisal in ongoing manner.

Seeks feedback from his/her respective nurse director and other colleagues

Shares strengths and areas to be developed with others

Identifies opportunities to continue to develop leaderships skills and expertise Staff

Understands stages of nursing practice development

Provides developmentally appropriate coaching and clinical consultation to clinical staff

Supports all staff in identifying and participating in professional developmental activities

E. Project Management

Provides leadership and participates in unit-based projects under the direction of the nurse director

Promotes and assists with the implementation of clinical practice changes and quality initiatives on the patient care unit

Engages clinical staff in the implementation and evaluation of clinical practice changes on the patient care unit

F. Patients and Families

Facilitates all patients and families feeling known by clinical staff

Guides clinical staff in the development of a plan of care that is culturally sensitive and honors the uniqueness of each patient and family

Provides coaching and mentoring with clinical staff to facilitate the development of partnerships with patients and families

Provides consultation to clinical staff in the management of challenging patients and families

Participates in family meetings with the nurse director

Facilitates family meetings in the Nurse Director's absence in consultation with executive director/nurse administrator or available leadership

Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:

Current/valid nursing license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN) required

Perioperative experience required with a minimum of 3 years current Operating Room experience.

Leadership experience strongly preferred

CNOR preferred.

Cardiothoracic experience preferred

EEO Statement
BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives, and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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