Perioperative Services Supervisor

Perioperative Services Supervisor / Patient Care Tech and Procedure Area Tech Supervisor

Schedule: Monday through Friday Rotating Day shift hours (starting as early as 6 a.m.) 40 hours weekly. Rotating weekends and holidays

Location: ChristianaCare Hospital - Newark -Willing to travel to Wilmington

Oversees three- locations- Newark/Surgery Center ChristianaCare Hospital/Newark and Wilmington Hospital

ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services home health care medical aid units two hospitals (1227 beds) a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care cancer care and womens health. ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit guiding health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. We are continually ranked by US News & World Report as the Best Hospital. With our outstanding data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care ChristianaCare is crafting the future of healthcare

ChristianaCare Benefits

Incredible Work/Life benefits include an annual membership to access to backup care services for dependents through retirement planning services financial mentor fitness and wellness reimbursement and excellent discounts through several vendors for hotels rental cars theme parks shows sporting events movie tickets and much more!

We also provide tuition assistance for degree programs and for some Nursing programs we offer to pre-pay. Our medical/dental/vision benefits are available to our caregivers on their first day of employment! And we offer two different mechanisms for planning for your retirement a 403(b) and a defined contribution plan.

We are seeking a Perioperative Services Supervisor to lead and advise the activities of assigned personnel engaged in providing patient care patient transport and environmental services. In this role you are responsible for daily workflow and preparing schedules and daily assignments for technicians. Adjusts daily work schedules to ensure adequate coverage of all areas. Check assigned areas to ensure work is being done accurately and personnel are following assigned schedules.

Responsibilities:

• Resolve priorities and assign work to tech staff.

• Serve as a communication liaison between tech staff and nursing leaders.

• Engaging in recruitment and onboarding of new hires payroll and performance management.

• Responsible for maintaining and performing the highest achievable level of technical competence and work performance.

• Coordinate orientation training and continuing education for new hires. Guide orient and train employees on crucial job duties such as but not limited to: equipment operation and storage supply usage sanitation standards patient transport and cleaning techniques. Coordinate annual proficiency review/critical skills training in conjunction with the NPDS team.

• Review formulate and draft policies and procedures and submit to nursing leadership for approval. Communicate to subordinates approved policies/procedures and ensure their compliance.

• Participate in problem-solving troubleshooting and quality assurance activities. Completes monthly quality and efficiency reports.

• Maintain an effective productive demeanor throughout the workday instilling a positive service-minded demeanor and feeling of pride in a job well done. Promote a professional image of the department to our customers and staff.

• Maintains good public relations with all patients hospital and staff personnel.

• Attends and participates in daily unit huddles.

• Support perioperative services personnel during staffing needs/high volume to ensure all work schedules/discharges are completed.

• Submit maintenance work orders for any repairs and follow up to ensure completion.

• Completing environmental rounds daily including weekends/holidays including the cleanliness of all spaces in assigned areas. Always ensure maintenance of a stringently clean work area.

• Effective follow-up on any incident or safety violations including on weekends/holidays.

• Support all aspects of quality control programs.

• Inspect equipment for safety and cleanliness and ensure quality controls are completed on point-of-care devices.

• Assist supervisor with fleet management strategy and capital planning for equipment replacement/upgrade.

• Assure staff are aligning with all state federal and local requirements.

Education/Experience:

High school graduate or equivalent

Nursing Assistant experience and certification preferred.

Two years of patient care experience is required previous Perioperative experience is preferred.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

BLS must acquire within 6 months of hire.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process perform crucial job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination whose staff is reflective of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.