Essential Responsibilities:

· CLINICAL PRACTICE: Acts as an expert resource and role model for the staff. Creates, modifies and evaluates policies and procedures based on clinical practice guidelines. Ensures care delivery in unit meets these guidelines through competency based assessment of all staff at time of hire and ongoing. Uses quality outcomes to ensure safe procedural care of patient in perioperative/interventional arena. Supports ongoing education and professional growth of self and staff. Stays current with practice changes and communicates to staff.

· PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT: Interviews, recruits and hires RN staff. Conducts performance appraisals. Counsels employees and acts on disciplinary problems. Ensures staff has knowledge and skills to provide appropriate, safe care to patients through education, coaching, or experience. Develops and maintains staffing patterns for unit. Coordinates and chairs staff meetings and UBT.

· LEADERSHIP: Facilitates interdepartmental relationships to support mission, vision and goals of the department and organization. Demonstrates critical thinking. Is collaborative, even when faced with conflict and difficult conversations. Facilitates a culture of creative thinking, problem solving and acts as a change agent to challenge the status quo. Meets deadlines. Self-reflective. Escalates issues to appropriate parties. Creates and maintains collaborative relationships with Permanente providers and leaders in the organization. Develops next generation of leaders.

· QUALITY ASSURANCE/ IMPROVEMENT: Participates in data gathering and analysis. Articulates organization and department performance improvement programs and goals. Maintains compliance with all regulatory bodies and professional standards. Monitors quality and safety of units. Supports quality plan and articulates to staff. Develops department plans with quality focus that respond to changing health care delivery. Investigates any quality concerns in department, documents results, and reports concerns or findings to appropriate entities within organization.

· FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Works with business manager or director to develop a budget that takes into account labor and cost of goods using historical and projected estimates. Manages both labor and inventory and supplies in a cost effective manner and within budget. Defines budget variances and course corrects to them. Defines capital equipment needs of department including surgeon and anesthesia requests. Prioritizes needs for department when capital is limited. Educates staff on department budgetary goals and promotes cost effectiveness in department.

· LABOR MANAGEMENT: Cooperative, efficient work environment as a result of consistent interpretation and application of contractual guidelines.

· ADDITIONAL DUTIES: Other duties as assigned.

Experience

· Minimum five (5) years of RN clinical experience, with at least two (2) years in Perioperative Services.

· Minimum two (2) years of leadership role in health care field.

Education

· BSN or health related bachelors degree or currently enrolled in a BSN or health related bachelors degree program with a completed date defined.

License, Certification, Registration

· Registered Nurse License (Oregon)

· Basic Life Support within 1 months of hire

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $115,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Emergency Medicine

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• Acute care
• Hospital
• Inpatient
• Nursing home

Application Question(s):

• Are you ready to relocate and work at Portland, OR / Commute?

Experience:

• RN clinical: 3 years (Required)
• Perioperative Services: 2 years (Required)
• leadership role in health care: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Registered Nurse License (Oregon) (Required)

Work Location: On the road