Operating Room Team Lead (RN) - Full-Time, Days

Join UChicago Medicine, as an Operating Room Team Leader  (Plastics) in the CCD-OR.

As an Operating Room Team Leader, you will be responsible for providing nursing care that is goal-directed and adapted to the needs of an individual, a family and/or community during health and illness. 

Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the operating room and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations. Responsible for providing guidance, clinical expertise, mentoring, and functional direction to members of the health care team while optimizing available resources to achieve optimal patient outcomes. This role may include, but is not limited to: surgical case management, perioperative patient care coordination, staff education and organization of quality /performance improvement activities. Supports the mission, vision and values of Perioperative Services and the organization.

Essential Job Functions

• Act as a clinical resource to advise the perioperative team in areas of specialty expertise using evidence-based knowledge and prevailing standards.
• Coordinates, facilitates, and manages change within the health care organization.
• Facilitates or serves as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care.
• Uses effective conflict resolution techniques.
• Collects and analyzes data that applies to the specialty to facilitate collaboration and negotiation with stakeholders.
• Serves as a role model of professional behavior.
• Ensures that the appropriate equipment and supplies are available.
• Works with the team and ancillary services to keep the area clean and inspection ready.
• Helps ensure that staff members are in place at designated times and prepared to work.
• Works to achieve current perioperative goals for on time starts and room turnovers.
• Able to scrub and circulate all cases within a specialty.
• Actively participates in new procedures and for when new protocols are implemented-participates in generating protocols for these new specialty procedures.
• Along with Manager, modifies surgeon preference cards when needed for supplies and instruments.
• Works in conjunction with CSP to make sure all instrument trays are complete and in working order.
• Evaluates equipment for defects or need for repair and coordinates repair. Coordinates with scheduling office and supply chain the need for Vendor presence for upcoming cases.
• Attend departmental meetings as required.
• Support Magnet Certification
• Works collaboratively with charge nurse in assigning staff when necessary.

• Provides cost-effective care by evaluating and assessing the use of soft goods, maintaining preference cards, and keeping all equipment in good working order.
• Assists staff members in evaluating practice and in creating strategies for further improvement.
• Demonstrates effective communication and collaboration skills with members of the perioperative team and other stakeholders.
• Mentors team members within the specialty as required.Participates in interviews for staff selection.

• Meets regularly with the Manager to discuss problems or suggestions for improvements in procedures or patient through-put.
• Shares in professional leadership responsibilities related to patient care at various levels by directing and teaching other employees.
• Participates in a changing environment by being supportive and cooperative and assisting with activities in the unit.
• Demonstrates reliability and accountability to the unit.
• Contributes to creating a work climate that encourages positive staff morale, motivation and commitment for all who participate in the care of patients.

• Provide educational resources and coordinate with the perioperative educator regarding perioperative team education specific to the specialty.
• Uses clinical pathways and/or plans of care incorporating standards of practice.
• Participates in research activities within unit.
• Participates in the Continuous Quality Improvement process: assists in determining issues to be examined, participates in data collection and analysis, assists in implementing changes.
• Attends conferences pertaining to specialty.
• Supports staff education, annual competency testing, and encourages specialty certification.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an NLN accredited school of nursing
• Current Registered Nurse licensure in Illinois
• Basic Life Support certification
• CNOR Certified or currently working on obtaining within 1 year
• Computer skills (eg, Microsoft Power Point, Word, Excel, Epic, Image Stream)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience presenting education programs
• Three years surgical specialty experience 
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Position Details

• Job Type/FTE: 1.0, Full-time
• Shift: 7a-530p (general call)
• Unit/Department: CCD-OR
• CBA Code: NNU 

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

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UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

Must comply with UChicago Medicine’s COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits.  The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at Benefits - UChicago Medicine.