PACU Nursing Manager
3 hours ago
The Waterbury Hospital is seeking a skilled PACU Nursing Manager to oversee the coordination and deployment of nursing resources for the Preoperative, Reed PACU, and Main PACU. This is a challenging role that requires strong leadership and clinical expertise to optimize the care delivery process and patient flow.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Practice
- Develop and implement daily activity plans, ensuring timely completion and adherence to KKESH standards.
- Assign staff based on surgical activity, staff skill-mix, educational activities, and special assignments, demonstrating continuous evaluation and modification of work plans as needed.
- Direct and supervise clinical activities, supporting RNs in clinical decisions for nursing diagnosis and care planning for special needs and high-risk patients.
- Review the planned operating schedule, ensuring adequate preparation of intraoperative patients and surgical requirements, and inform the Holding Area or Central Desk of any concerns and actions taken.
- Plan patient care needs based on clinical data and assessment findings, coordinating care among the multidisciplinary team and communicating with Providers and Anesthesia staff as required.
- Coordinate implementation of physician's orders, ensuring currency of preference cards through regular audit processes, and review utilization of equipment, instruments, and supplies, making recommendations for adjustment in support of outcomes.
- Inform the Director or designee of unit activities, unusual events, actual and potential patient problems, and provide supporting documentation as required, coordinating shift change and unit after-hour staffing to ensure continuity of care and communication.
- Evaluate patient care on an ongoing basis, conducting clinical practice review sessions to evaluate perioperative processes and patient care issues.
- Document patient records informatively and completely, following standards, and review patient records for deficiencies per unit protocols.
- Develop and implement staffing schedules, reflecting appropriate numbers, skill-mix, education activities, special assignments, and requests.
- Assess staff strengths and development needs, participating in staff performance appraisal, sharing knowledge and skills, and implementing counseling and corrective action following discussion with the Director.
- Participate in department-wide performance improvement activities, applying quality management strategies in the unit/area, initiating investigations into areas of concern, and taking action for improvement.
- Participate in the revision of policies, procedures, and systems, participating in TJC mock surveys, collecting and reporting on unit-based and service-wide performance indicators.
- Participate in nursing and surgical services research/data collection activities, coordinating changes to practice based on evidence-based research, and encouraging staff to continually update knowledge of current nursing/technical research and practice.
- BSN, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, or Associate Degree from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current nursing license registration from the country of professional practice.
- Minimum of five (5) years of current postgraduate experience in an acute care setting, three (3) years of which is in the operating room.
- One (1) year of previous experience in a Charge Nurse, Head Nurse, or Assistant Head Nurse position, or demonstrates leadership qualities during relief Charge Nurse assignments.
- BLS, ACLS required; PALS preferred.
- CCRN or CAPA certification preferred.
- Demonstrate current medical and surgical knowledge, with the ability to recognize and apply basic pathophysiology in the disease process, and possess an in-depth understanding of the nursing process and expertise in technical nursing skills.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to coordinate, supervise, and participate in clinical practice and resource management activities, implemented in a proactive and organized manner, indicating informed critical thinking skills and the ability to prioritize.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to recognize potential emergency situations, manage code blue or other emergency situations competently, and uphold the standards of the Nurses' Code of Ethics.
- Demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to assume clinical supervision of the unit.
- Demonstrate knowledge of Hospital-wide service departments and communication systems.
- Excellent oral and written language skills.
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