Manager Nursing - Charleston Surgery Center

Overview
Today, SCA Health has grown to 11,000 teammates who care for 1 million patients each year and support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care. Together, our teammates create value in specialty care by aligning physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal: delivering on the quadruple aim of high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care.
As part of Optum, we participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment, Only SCA Health has a dynamic group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge:

• We connect patients to physicians in new and differentiated ways as part of Optum and with our new Specialty Management Solutions business.
• We have pioneered a physician-led, multi-site model of practice solutions that restores physician agency by aligning incentives to support growth and transition to value-based care.
• We lead the industry in value-based payment solutions through our Global 1 bundled payment convener, that provides easy predictable billing to patients.
• We help physicians address everything beyond surgical procedures, including anesthesia and ancillary service lines.

The new SCA Health represents who we are today and where we are going-and the growing career opportunities for YOU.
Responsibilities
The Nurse Manager is responsible for the overall functioning of the Nursing Department. As a Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and coordinating patient care from admission to discharge. The Registered Nurse is responsible for assisting with the achievement of patient outcomes through implementation of critical pathways and in accordance with the mission of the hospital.
Responsibilities:

• Assesses, plans, evaluates, and ensures the implementation of the patient's pathway to achieve identified outcomes
• Assumes a leadership role in the provision of quality nursing care for patients receiving services within the nursing department
• Demonstrates continued competence in assessing, treating, and caring for individuals based upon age-specific needs utilizing a developmental perspective
• Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and competence of designated skills identified for position
• Supervises the smooth functioning of the unit on assigned shift
• Performs all other duties as assigned
• Coordinating professional development and education initiatives for Pre-Op, PACU, and Operating Room staff including, but not limited to:
  • Evaluating preceptor program for Pre Op / PACU staff (RN, CNA, CMA) and when/where needed creating and maintaining preceptor program for Pre-Op / PACU staff (RN, CNA, CMA) with input from the Director of Nursing and Clinical Manager
  • Assisting the OR Clinical Manager with the development and implementation of a preceptor program as needed
  • Supporting the Pre-Op / PACU and OR Clinical Managers and Team Leads with ongoing education and development for staff (e.g., in-services, competencies, certifications)
  • Developing and maintaining a central online repository for education and professional development materials; publishing to staff for ongoing development opportunities
  • Obtaining feedback from staff regarding development and education needs and interests
• • Coordinating Total Joint Program activities for the center including, but not limited to:
    • Developing and implementing standard procedures and policies
    • Ensuring resources are allocated to the review of total joint patient information as cases are posted and to patient clearances via Pre-Op calls
    • Coordinating with Total Joint Replacement surgeons and support staff to ensure consistency in patient care, communications, and policies
    • Conducting analysis to identify and implement quality / process improvement initiatives to improve total joint outcomes, surgeon satisfaction, and patient satisfaction scores
  • Overseeing and assisting in coordinating current and future technology initiatives center wide
    • Assessing current sets of orders, discharge instructions, etc. within ScanChart; update / maintain as needed to reflect surgeon requirements
    • Managing the electronic medical records (EMR) system implementation including:
      • overseeing requirements and content development with input from leadership, staff, surgeons, and other stakeholders
      • coordinating with the vendor during development of interfaces and content
      • overseeing the development of training materials and implementation plans
      • coordinating center implementation and ongoing updates to reflect changing procedural and policy requirements
    • Assisting in Facility logs management in electronic form via SurgLogs programming
  • Additional support for caring for patients in both Pre Op and PACU as needed
    • Managing patient recovery from anesthesia - general.
    • Managing patient recovery from anesthesia - monitored anesthesia care.
    • Managing patient recovery from anesthesia - regional.
    • Managing patient recovery from anesthesia - local.
    • Protecting patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical mechanical and thermal sources.
    • Demonstrating safe operation of equipment and machinery and follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation.
    • Speaking up with safety concerns acting as the patient advocate.
    • Handling all specimens according to facility policy and procedures.
    • Adhering to standard precautions including the use of personal protective equipment.
    • Communicating the patient's current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.
    • Providing acute pain and comfort management as needed.
    • Administering medications safely and correctly by using the 8-rights of safe medication administration.
    • Performing interventions to maintain the integrity of the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
    • Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
    • Providing nursing and appropriate monitoring in accordance with policies and procedures.
    • Performing interventions to protect patient from infection.
    • Managing patient's other co-morbid conditions as applicable.
    • Managing patient's fluid as prescribed.
    • Assessing knowledge level of patient or designated support person
    • Providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain and comfort management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure;
    • Involving patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process.
    • Protecting patient's rights, dignity, and privacy.
    • Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice;
    • Complying with Universal Protocol and facility site validation and time-out policy.
  • Assess patient status throughout the episode of care
  • Interpret information accurately from various noninvasive and invasive monitors.
  • Describe the underlying pathophysiology of commonly encountered disease processes.
  • Describe the physiology associated with various anesthesia techniques and surgical or procedural interventions.
  • Apply the relevant scoring system/discharge criteria for patient transfer (eg, Aldrete Score, Modified Aldrete Score [ie, PARSAP], Post Anesthesia Discharge Scoring System [PADSS], White) score accurately as defined by organizational policy.
  • Develop an individualized perianesthesia plan of care by implementing:
  • Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.
  • Transfer care as needed.
  • Provide hand-off report to other teammates that are accurate, concise and pertinent to the patient's condition and response to care.
  • Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act (if applicable), state board of nursing or professional registration requirements, state laws, and job descriptions.
  • Document episode of care completely, accurately, and legibly.
  • Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders
  • Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care.

Qualifications

• Current Licensure in the State
• Successful completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support Course.
• CNOR preferred
• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing and/or BSN, Master's degree in Nursing/Management preferred.

USD $85,000.00/Yr. USD $152,000.00/Yr.