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Who We Are:
LifeBridge Health is a dynamic, purpose-driven health system redefining care delivery across the mid-Atlantic and beyond, anchored by our mission to "improve the health of people in the communities we serve." Join us to advance health access, elevate patient experiences, and contribute to a system that values bold ideas and community-centered care.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Manager-Patient Care Services has oversight of the Operating Room at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, including the main/general operating room (GOR), cardiac (COR), orthopedic OR (RIAO OR), Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC), and GI Diagnostic Center (GIDC). The OR Nurse Manager has 4 assistant nurse manager direct reports, and up to 155 FTEs across Perioperative Services.
The OR Nurse Manager is responsible for ensuring that safe, age-appropriate patient care is provided during hours of unit operation. Functions as role model, advisor, resource, and leader for other members of the patient care team.
Essential Functions:
Clinical Management: Provides overall direction for and coordination of unit operations needs. Maintains basic nursing skills as required by specialty area. Demonstrates proficiency in clinical/ethical/legal aspects surrounding the provision of patient care. Develops and sets strategic target plans for unit outcomes and specific customer service goals. Displays an awareness of, performs all duties in accordance with, and supports the hospital's divisional and departmental mission and vision statements. Displays a commitment to the value of teamwork in order to promote a unified and spirited workplace. Promotes cooperative behaviors and effectively collaborates interdepartmentally with members of the health care team. Plan, conducts and documents departmental meeting focused on departmental and employee issues and provided information regarding organizational direction. Purposefully rounds on assigned patients at designated intervals addressing the following: toileting, pain, positioning, and other personal/environmental needs.
Leadership/Resource Management: Ensures appropriate utilization of resources and skill mix to meet patients care needs on unit. Demonstrates competency in leadership. Ensures appropriate staff is scheduled to accommodate patients and departmental needs on a 24-hour basis. Serves as Chief Retention Officer to establish and maintain an effective health care team. Prioritizes unit activities based on available resources, management principles and Evidence Based Practices. Evaluates staff in a timely manner using reliable and objective performance management criteria to include chart documentation audits, PI monitoring, direct observation and peer evaluation.
Performance Improvement: Establishes and maintains processes to evaluate to delivery of care in an ongoing manner. Works with multidisciplinary groups to design and implement a plan for unit process improvements. Has the ability to incorporate current standards of practice into performance improvement plans. Sets benchmarks or indicators and monitors compliance by evaluating patient outcomes, satisfaction levels and staffing effectiveness. Using Just Culture principles investigates adverse events, provides follow-up, takes appropriate corrective action, identifies trends and reports to Risk Management. Contributes to the development/revision of policy, procedures and practice standards that guide and support the delivery of patient care services. Involved in hospital wide committees.
Fiscal Management: Manages and prepares operations/capital budget to provide needed resources (physical and fiscal) in accordance with patient needs, established care standards, and within guidelines. In collaboration with Patient Care Director or AVP of service line, develops realistic operational and capital budget based on financial projections and organizational priorities. Identifies and analyzes budget variances and other management information and formulates corrective action plans. Monitors productivity on a regular basis and provides appropriate levels of human resources to meet patient care needs. Educates staff about allocation and use of fiscal and physical resources and monitors performance against plan.
Compliance: Ensures staff awareness of and compliance with patient safety, policy procedures and regulatory requirements. Ensures self and unit staff function within legal limitations and in accordance with applicable regulatory agencies and standards of practice. Communicates to staff the expectations for learning and implementing new or revised standards. Monitors staff compliance with all applicable standards. Develops and implements action plans to address area out of compliance.
Professional Development: Maintains and supports an environment that promotes accountability for professional growth and development. Collaborates with relevant departments in the development of unit/division specific orientation content and staff developmental plans and assures completion of orientation processes. Participates in activities that meet own identified learning needs and professional goals. Promote structural empowerment by encouraging active participation in unit and hospital-based committees and councils. Assists staff in professional growth and development via advancement in the Clinical Ladder, specialty certification and/or pursuit of formal educational opportunities. Supports, promotes, coordinates and communicates staff development activities in collaboration with the Education Resource Center and/or the Advance Practice Nurse. Provides feedback to supervisor about peer performance by participating in the Peer Review Process.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
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What We Offer:
Impact: Join a team that values innovation and outcomes, delivering life-saving care to our youngest and most vulnerable patients.
Growth: Opportunities for professional development, including tuition reimbursement and developing foundational skills for neonatal critical care leadership and advanced certification.
Support: A culture of collaboration with resources like unit-based practice councils and advanced clinical education support - improving both workflow efficiency and patient outcomes and allowing you to work at the top of your license.
Benefits: Competitive compensation (additional compensation such as overtime, shift differentials, premium pay, and bonuses may apply depending on job), comprehensive health plans, free parking, and wellness programs.
Why LifeBridge Health?
With over 14,000 employees, 130 care locations, and two million annual patient encounters, we combine strategic growth, innovation, and deep community commitment to deliver exceptional care anchored by five leading centers in the Baltimore region: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Grace Medical Center, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, and Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital.
Our organization thrives on a culture of CARE BRAVELY-where compassion, courage, and urgency drive every decision, empowering teams to shape the future of healthcare.
LifeBridge Health complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex or sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. LifeBridge Health does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex or sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.
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