Laser Safety Officer - FT - Days - Surgical/OR Adm

DHR Health - US:TX:Edinburg - Days

Summary:

FLSA STATUS: Exempt Non-Exempt

MISSION STATEMENT:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

VISION:

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Laser Safety Officer is responsible for overseeing the laser safety program for the organization, maintain all required regulatory equipment registrations, ensure that only those credentialed to operate the laser are doing so, and that Laser Safety in the Operating Room and Procedure Areas is being followed. This will be a shared duty of the Laser Safety Officer, laser Operators, and the Biomedical Technician of the hospital.

POSITION EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS :

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing preferred.

• Current Licensure in the State of Texas as a Registered Nurse (RN) preferred.

• Current BLS/ACLS/PALS certifications are preferred.

• Excellent customer service skills.

• Computer skills required with knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.

• Good written and verbal communication skills required.

• Bilingual – English/Spanish preferred.

JOB KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE :

• Six ( 6 ) years of professional nursing experience with proven progressive management experience and abilities preferably in procedural areas preferred.

• Demonstrates knowledge of operations and healthcare management; assures compliance with established Joint Commission Standards and state and federal laws and regulations.

• Demonstrates the ability to review and/or revise the Hospital’s Nursing Department Policy and Procedures and facilitates review on Interdisciplinary Policy and Procedures.

Responsibilities:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITES:

• Promotes the facility’s mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices.

• Enforce safety procedures that include availability and placement of appropriate warning signs and availability and use of appropriate wavelength specific eye protection for all appropriate personnel and patients.

• Determination of nominal hazard zone by referencing ASNSI Z136.1 and ANSI Z136.3, as well as the safety information supplied by the laser manufacturer.

• Maintain adequate regulations for the control of laser hazards.

• Ensure that the hospital staff is aware of the infection prevention and control procedures disaster and fire plans.

• Provide for issuance of appropriate instruction on the laser hazards and their control to all personnel who may work with lasers.

• Review the planned installation or modification of laser equipment relative to laser hazards and their control, approving of the installation of modification only if he/she is satisfied that laser hazard controls are adequate.

• On notification of a real or suspected accident resulting from laser operation, the LSO will investigate said accident and initiate appropriate action.

• Survey all areas using laser equipment as frequently as the LSO considers necessary.

• The LSO will approve a laser system for operation only if he/she is satisfied that laser hazard control is adequate.

• Maintain the necessary records required by applicable governmental regulations.

• Ensure that service and preventative maintenance are performed in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines on a regular basis by qualified personnel who have knowledge of laser systems.

• The LSO has the authority to suspend, restrict, or terminate the operation of a laser system if he/she deems that laser hazard controls are inadequate.

• Represent nursing services at meetings as deemed necessary; collaborates and participates with department heads in designing and providing quality patient care and services.

• Demonstrates excellent customer service to all DHR customers.

• Performs other duties as assigned

LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES :

(Chain-of-command)

1. Director 2. Vice President

Other information:

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

AGE SPECIFIC :

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: (ADA) :

A. Essential Duties : Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

B. Working Conditions : The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes : HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3

Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2

Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3

Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions. 3

Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions. 3

Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli. 3

Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color. To identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match color adequately. 3