RN Lead Operating Room

*Overview*

CHI St. Francis Health is a ministry serving the head of the Red River basin located in Breckenridge, Minnesota, founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls in 1899. St. Francis is an organization that provides a full continuum of health care services. We promote health healing and community through works of care and compassion. We are committed to a holistic healing ministry and a quality management philosophy, using the St. Francis Core Values for its foundation. Our employees and medical staff take pride in providing innovative and high-quality service in a healing environment. St. Francis Health is a part of CommonSpirit Health, a national health care ministry.

CHI St. Francis Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our employees' well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance.

*We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:*

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs
• Wellness Program
  
  

Whether you are an experienced RN 'who's seen it all' or a nurse working toward that, we invite you to join CHI St. Francis Health today and experience nursing with us!

*Sign On Bonus: $20,000*

*Responsibilities*

The Lead Registered Nurse leads frontline nursing staff to deliver excellent, safe and quality patient care. Responsible to see the day-to-day operational and Operating Room department activities.

*Essential Key Job Responsibilities*

• Monitors patient care for quality through chart audits, reporting of required safety initiatives to state regulatory agencies, and dissemination of results to staff.
• Personnel Management including addressing behavioral issues, staff coaching, including disciplinary actions, annual staff performance evaluations. Complies and supports change with all CHI policies.
• Development and maintenance of Perioperative policies/procedures and assures review/revisions are done with timeliness.
• Maintains and retains core perioperative staff (Nursing, Surgical Techs, CSP, SDS, Outpatient, Endoscopy) by recruitment, selection, interviewing and training.
• Address patient complaints thru service recovery, IRIS, and/or Grievance Process. Maintain a safe and effective perioperative/endoscopy environment by investigating all IRIS reports within time frame and follow up.
• Maintain a safe and aseptic working environment by quality control measures, data collection and TJC regulations for SPD, PACU, Sterile Supply, SDS, Endoscopy Procedure Room, and the OR Suites.
• Maintain required documentation of patient care by auditing patient and department records.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by completion of LEARN assignments, attending mandatory in-services and participation in professional networks (AORN, MNAST, IAHCSMM, CBSPD, SGNA, etc.).
• Promotes the Perioperative and Endoscopy Service Lines with particular attention to growth and new opportunities to serve particular patient populations. Validates and approves surgeon and outside surgical invoices.
• Coordination of all product utilization and equipment selection in the SDS, Perioperative, and Endoscopy environments with strategic alignment with physician and other providers defining budgetary metrics. Education of upgrades and revisions to electronic software programs- particularly with those affecting the Perioperative (SPD, OR, Endo, etc.)
  
  

*Qualifications*

Graduate of accredited school of professional nursing

Five plus years clinical experience in hospital environment

RN License in MN

BLS

ACLS

*Pay Range*

$35.28 - $51.16 /hour