Registered Nurse; RN - Manager, OR - Operating Room

Adventist Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Manager, OR – Operating Room for a nursing opportunity in Waimanalo, Hawaii.

Location:

Waimanalo, Hawaii.

• Specialty: OR – Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date:
  
  ASAP
• Duration:
  Ongoing
• Employment Type:
  
  Staff

Creates an environment where front line nurses and ancillary staff provide whole‑person care that is safe, complication‑free, and optimizes functional independence for each patient. Maintains a highly visible presence on the unit. Collaborates closely with staff, charge nurses, physicians, and other department leaders to ensure that clinical operations are efficient and effective, and achieve high patient/family/staff satisfaction. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned nursing and ancillary personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment.

Schedules, leads, and coordinates the daily activities of a defined unit on an assigned shift. Assists leadership in accomplishing unit and organizational goals.

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience:
  Required
• Master's Degree:
  Preferred
• Five years' technical experience:
  Preferred
• One year's leadership experience:
  Preferred
• Two years of acute‑care nursing experience in a hospital setting:
  Preferred

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice:
  Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS‑BLS OR RQI‑BLS) certification:
  Preferred
• National specialty certification in area of expertise or in nursing administration:
  Preferred

• Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS‑BLS OR RQI‑BLS) certification:
  Required

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS):
  Required
• AHA–PALS:
  Required

• Builds a high‑performing clinical work team by recruiting and retaining skilled professional staff, establishing a strong infrastructure with designated charge nurses and unit champions, engaging staff in developing action plans for needed changes, completing periodic evaluations of personnel, coaching and disciplining staff when appropriate, monitoring attendance, and identifying educational needs.
• Sets and strives to achieve goals for patient safety, quality of care and compliance with regulatory requirements, creates a culture of open communication, develops strategies to improve patient/family and physician satisfaction, establishes standards of care for professional nursing practice, monitors critical processes and outcomes through audits, data analysis and incident reports, and makes independent judgments regarding significant matters.
• Conducts daily rounds with physicians and other staff, actively communicates to coordinate care, directs and monitors personnel in patient‑care activities to ensure adequate patient care and quality of work, investigates and resolves patient‑care and operational issues, and initiates and coordinates interdisciplinary conferences with health team members, patients and/or families.
• Assesses daily personnel requirements of the unit, requests additional staff when necessary, authorizes and assigns overtime, and completes the monthly unit staff schedule accurately and on time.
• Facilitates throughput through early discharge, pull‑ahead beds, timely admission and transfer of patients and forecasting admissions; works with facility services to assure that the department and equipment are safe and operational; prevents complications of care such as nosocomial infections and conducts emergency preparedness reviews.
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.

All associates are required to receive all necessary vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E‑Verify and requires acknowledgment of E‑Verify participation and Rights‑to‑Work documents.

• Continuing Education
• Bereavement
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Health Care FSA
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Employee assistance programs
• Life insurance
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Health savings account

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