Manager of Perioperative Services, PACU, Surgical Day

Hours: 40 Hours, Days

Job Summary

Perioperative Services Manager oversees daily operations in Surgical Day Care and PACU. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, creating monthly staffing schedule, daily staffing assignments, monitoring quality of nursing patient care and regulatory compliance, patient satisfaction, and serving as a clinical nursing resource. In collaboration with the OR charge nurse/Manager, Endoscopy Manager,  and the anesthesiologist in charge, perioperative manager facilitates and optimizes patient throughput throughout perioperative services. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to: leading performance improvement initiatives, implementing and maintaining policies consistent with the evidence based standards of care, assisting in clinical care as needed, timely completing employee evaluations.  Reports to the Director of Perioperative Services.

Essential Functions

Registered Nurse

• Assesses (and reassesses), plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.

• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.

• Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.

• Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.

• Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.

• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).

• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.

• Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.

• Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).

• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents). 

• Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.

• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.

• Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.

• Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as, documents assessment and patients’ response to medication.

• Responsible for obtaining supporting information and completing required documentation related to medication reconciliation for use by the Attending MD.

Perioperative Services Manager

• Coordinates the Operating Room schedule in collaboration with the PACU, SDC, PAT,  to ensure patient wellbeing during the perioperative process.
• Coordinates and organizes patient flow for Surgical Services with Surgeon, anesthesiologists, RN's, Surgical Technicians and other departments.
• Prioritizes and reprioritizes department needs based on changes and additions to the schedule.
• Demonstrates the clinical expertise necessary to function as a role model for staff on a daily basis.

• Utilizes the nursing process in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for patients undergoing surgical intervention.

• Maintains current knowledge of the uses of all equipment, medications and instrumentation needed during surgical intervention.

• Assures that work assigned to personnel under their supervision is completed accurately and thoroughly while optimizing own time through effective delegation. 

• Supports and promotes strict adherences to the policies and procedures outlined in the department and hospital policy manual at all times.

• Assures that all techniques and practices carried out during procedures are accurate and reflect standards of perioperative practice.

• Collaborates with materials management to manage the material needs of the Perioperative Services on a continuous basis so that sufficient equipment, instrumentation and supplies are available as needed by providers, patients and staff.

• Arranges for all equipment, instrumentation and supplies to be available for specific cases

• Creates and manages monthly staffing schedule, daily and call assignments. Ensures complete coverage.

• Maintains a safe environment for patients and staff.

• Leads and implement performance improvement and quality initiatives.
• Arranges for proper repair and maintenance of equipment, instrumentation and facilities within Perioperative Services.
• Responsible for assessing staff performance, providing feedback and completing timely evaluations.  Provide remediation or progressive discipline to employees as indicated.
• Ensures compliances with regulatory standards.

Statement of Other Duties:
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.

Job Requirements

Minimum Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.  
• BSN or enrollment in a BSN program preferred. 

Minimum Work Experience

• Recent clinical Operating Room experience required.  

Required Licenses

• Current MA RN License.
• CPR certified. 
• ACLS, PALS (may be obtained within 90days of start of employment).

Required Skills

• Nursing management experience of at least 2 years strongly preferred. 
• Pre-op (SDC) and PACU nursing experience strongly preferred.  
•  Perioperative nursing experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to function in an environment with competing priorities is a must. 
• Ideal candidate must possess excellent communication skills, ability to multitask and have a can-do attitude.  

Functional Demands

Physical Requirements

Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.  Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands), and feels (perceiving attributes of items such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of fingertips).  Occasionally stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist), and kneels (bending the legs at knee to come to rest on knee or knees).