OR Director PERM

A registered professional nurse who is accountable for the overall leadership management and delivery of high-quality perioperative care in a Critical Access Hospital. Responsible for the nursing process of assessment planning implementation and evaluation across the operating room (OR) Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and related perioperative areas. Provides direct oversight of nursing staff sterile processing supply management and surgeon relations while ensuring safe efficient and compliant surgical services. Functions within the Nurse Practice Act of the State of New Mexico and in accordance with hospital policies and :Provides leadership for planning organizing coordinating and evaluating perioperative nursing practice and the quality of patient care in the OR and adequate competent staffing levels to safely support surgical cases and daily supervises orients mentors and evaluates OR and PACU nursing sterile processing management ensuring proper decontamination sterilization storage and availability of instruments and equipment in compliance with regulatory standards and best and maintains strong surgeon relationships collaborating with surgeons to optimize scheduling address concerns improve operational efficiency and support physician operating supply room coordination including inventory control par levels supply ordering cost management and collaboration with materials management to prevent outages and control responsibilities and delegates authority to promote safe effective and efficient care for surgical implements and monitors the operational and capital budgets for the perioperative department with strong cost-conscious with surgeons anesthesia providers and other departments to optimize block time case scheduling and resource quality improvement initiatives infection prevention regulatory compliance and patient safety readiness for emergency and trauma surgical cases common to a Critical Access positive harmonious and efficient working relationships within the perioperative team and across all hospital regularly with the Chief Nursing Officer regarding departmental performance staffing needs equipment requirements surgeon feedback and operational QUALIFICATIONS:Current unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the State of New Mexico or current Nursing Compact CPR (BLS) and ACLS certification required; PALS and CNOR strongly of three (3) years of recent OR experience including scrubbing and leadership or managerial experience in perioperative services knowledge of sterile processing standards surgical supply management and physician interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with surgeons and of care requirements across all age groups.

Shift: This is an exempt position.

Specialty Type: Management

Sub Specialties: Director of Surgical Services

General Certifications : ACLS BLS/BCLS PALS NRP

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