Luminis Health:   Anne Arundel Medical Center

Title: Team Leader RN – Cardiac OR

Reports to: Clinical Nursing Director of the Operating Room and Surgeon Leader

Cost Center/Job Code: 20000-10020-002023

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Objective:

This position contributes to high quality, cost-effective, safe surgical patient care in a designated surgical service line. It focuses on tasks that ensure the OR and the operative procedure occurs under conditions that maximize both patient and staff safety. The Cardiac Team Leader provides direct and indirect patient care during surgical procedures, serves as an expert in their service line, is an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team and is required to be regularly scheduled in an on-call status. This role supports succession planning for additional roles, such as clinical supervisor and nurse educator.

Essential Job Duties:

1. Work collaboratively with the Surgeon Leader to ensure all members of the OR team are committed to patient safety and high reliability.

2. Collaborate with the Surgeons, Charge Capture Coordinator, the Clinical Nursing Director, the Surgical Services Business Manager, Central Sterile Services leadership to coordinate the availability of supplies, instruments, and equipment; ensure appropriate utilization of these resources; and (to the extent possible) standardize use of instrument trays, supplies,  and equipment.

3. Coordinate safe and effective surgical patient care by developing and managing the 4-week staffing schedule and the cardiac on-call schedule, reviewing and determining approval of RN and ST PTO requests, assuring that the staffing schedules for the entire cardiac team are distributed to appropriate stakeholders, allocating the appropriate staffing through effective planning and communication with the OR Clinical Supervisor or Charge Nurse and the Surgical Staff Scheduler.  Collaborate with Surgical Scheduler and surgeons to ensure case bookings are accurate, efficient for surgeons and team members, and minimize patient wait times.

4. In collaboration with the Surgeon Leader and educators, coordinate regularly scheduled team meetings with the following goals:  mentor team members, foster a trusting and respectful culture, build communication skills, correct educational deficiencies, review errors, and brainstorm solutions for quality team metrics that need improvement.

5. Work with Clinical Nursing Director, Clinical Educators, vendors and Surgeon Leader regarding best clinical practice concepts/guidelines and hold in-services as needed.  

6. Participate in surgeon and team member on-boarding and new procedure planning with both Surgeon Leader, surgeons and vendors. Directly provide and coordinate new RN and ST orientation to the cardiac team.

7. Support Clinical Directors along with Materials Management and Central Sterile Services with capital and operational budget requests and utilization.

8. Manage and update preference cards within the system to improve accuracy with charges and improve inventory management for supplies and instruments.

9. Collaborate with Surgeon Leader to perform Team members’ annual performance evaluation, as well as address any behavioral or clinical issues in real time.

At least two years of open heart operating room experience required.

Preferred ability to scrub and circulate

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Required - Bachelors Nursing Degree.

Required - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Required - ACLS

Required - Registered Nurse

Preferred: CNOR certification