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This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.

I. Major Responsibilities:
1. Constructs assignments in conjunction with the OR Service Group Managers based on patient surgeon and anesthesiology requirements.
2. Monitors on-time case starts for both elective and assigned urgent/emergent cases.
3. Maintains active communication among surgeons anesthesiology staff nursing staff sterile processing staff and other ancillary departments ensuring schedule progression and issue resolution.
4. Works to maintain the daily elective schedule as planned by implementing accurate schedule plans and a pre-established means of addressing urgent and emergent schedule access.
5. Proactively reviews future schedules (next day three days and one week in advance) with the scheduler to address the need for scheduling adjustments and coordinates advanced schedule situations with respective OR Service Group Managers and Anesthesiologists.
6. Manages the day-to-day operations of the OR schedule including practice standards staffing and quality assurance.
7. Motivates and manages assigned employees equipment and materials.
8. Provides assignments to perioperative staff members in collaboration with OR Service Group Managers and ensures staff assignments are appropriate to the skill level of personnel.
9. Participates in schedule preparation taking into consideration team limitations case types urgent/emergent demands and case start times and lengths.
10. Collaborates with the anesthesiologist in charge to ensure that the schedule runs efficiently in accordance with policies and procedures. Serves as a professional leadership role model.
11. Communicates routinely with OR Service Group Managers regarding the status of cases.
12. Makes rounds and maintains awareness of the level of patient care being performed in the Surgical Admissions Care Unit (SACU) and Post Anesthia Care Unit (PACU). Instructs and corrects policy or procedure errors as necessary.
13. Provides direct patient care as needed.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:
Required:
1. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
2. Massachusetts Registered Nurse License.
3. Current Certified Nurse in the Operating Room (CNOR) credentialing or must obtain the certification within 12 months of date of hire.
4. Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification.

Experience/Skill:
Required:
1. Minimum of 3 years of experience working in an OR.
2. Has demonstrated leadership potential.
3. Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills decision-making and problem-solving skills. Understands and demonstrates the concepts of conflict resolution. Able to direct others and negotiate for desired results.
4. Strong thorough knowledge of computer systems and software.

Preferred:
1. Membership and participation in professional nursing and community organizations.

Unless certification licensure or registration is required an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies including age-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Work is considered moderate frequent walking standing and potential exposure to hazardous materials including blood and bodily fluids. Position requires work indoors in a patient care environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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