OR Surgical Specialist- Abdominal Liver Transplant

UPMC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC is seeking an OR Surgical Specialist who will function as a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room, providing leadership and collaborative care with physicians and the care team. The role includes supporting the Abdominal Liver Transplant Service Line, and working on complex surgical procedures with emphasis on patient outcomes and staff development.

The position requires strong nursing judgment, organizational skills, and the ability to precept students and new hires while participating in

Qualifications

• Applies nursing process within Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment and to translate patient condition to the care team.
• Demonstrates strong communication, critical thinking, and clinical decision-making in the OR setting.
• Supports education and training of new staff, students, and graduates to service line.
• Leads unit teams and participates in governance and quality initiatives to improve patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a unit leader in clinical expertise, teaching, and as a resource nurse.
• Promotes evidence-based practice to improve patient care and unit environment.
• Identifies opportunities for quality improvement and cost management.
• Leads and participates in service line teams and VAT processes.
• Ensures proper service line equipment, supplies, and vendor access within OR.
• Performs charge nurse role and runs service line in the absence of the clinician.
• Participates in education and training of new staff and evaluates core service line staff.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

Evidence-based practice

Teaching / education

Team leadership

Research awareness

Precepting students/new hires

Relationship Based Care

Shared governance participation

Education

Registered Nurse license

Job description

The OR Surgical Specialist is a Registered Nurse and a member of the care delivery team. OR Surgical Specialist is responsible for Operating Room responsibilities as detailed herein. The OR Surgical Specialist works on complex surgical procedures in the Operating Room. The OR Surgical Specialist establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. Will support Abdominal liver Transplant Service Line.

Schedule:

• Will work five 8 hour shifts or four 10 hour shifts

Responsibilities:
Serves as a role model of professional nursing practice by serving as a recognized unit leader in one or more of the following areas: clinical expertise, teacher, specialized resource nurse, and/or evidence-based practice. Consistently gives appropriate feedback to all members of the health care team and participates in the nursing peer review process including core surgical specialty team performance. Promotes change that enhances the quality of patient care and the unit environment. Serves on teams and leads successful teams as a part of daily practice. Demonstrates highly developed clinical assessment and analytical skills within the context of Relationship Based Care. Actively participates in shared governance at unit level and serves on hospital-wide councils.Identifies opportunities for clinical quality, supply cost management as well as workplace improvement. Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice. Serves on or leads teams that launch innovations in patient care or support a healthy workforce.Builds and mends relationships among colleagues within the framework of a healthy workplace. Role models keen cultural awareness including preventing and addressing horizontal violence and impairment. Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life through prioritization and delegation of responsibilities.Demonstrates a passion for developing others, enthusiastically and expertly precepts students, graduate nurses and new hires. Analyzes clinical and behavioral situations, identifying learning opportunities to improve patient care practices. Regularly seeks feedback on performance and applies continuous professional improvement. Supports continuous learning in the clinical area by sharing research, materials from professional organizations, presenting on the unit, supporting journal clubs, etc.

• Applies the nursing process within the framework of Relationship Based Care to create a healing environment. Practices solid communication skills and is able to articulate and translate the patient's condition to other care providers and to negotiate and make recommendations for changes in patient care and unit practices. Patient documentation is comprehensive and promotes communication between caregivers. Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological and spiritual issues for the patient care within an episode of care. Incorporates national professional organization as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality and satisfaction of the patient experience in daily work.Demonstrates superior knowledge of the OR environment and equipment.Leads service line specialty teams, this may include more than one specialty depending on volume, complexity of equipment. Additional responsibilities include:1. Ensures all cases have proper vendor trays and in-house instrumentation.2. Ensures all cases have proper implants or special products available for cases.3. Preventing products that are not approved for use in UPMC to be brought into the OR and used on cases. Reporting vendor or surgeon immediately to OR Nurse Manager if a non-approved product is brought in.4. Only allows approved vendors into OR suites.5. Participates in Value Analysis Team (VAT) process6. Informs and educates staff of any specific service line equipment or general updates7. Participates in education and training of new staff to service line and evaluation of core service line staff.8. Ensures service line specialty supplies are ordered, and proper par level maintained in coordination with Supply Chain Management (SCM)9. Maintains up to date preference cardsPerforms charge nurse role and runs OR service line in absence of the clinician.
• Performs scrub role (requirement for RNs hired on or after July 1, 2023).Belongs to at least one department or hospital committee.Demonstrates knowledge of department fiscal requirements.
• Participates in decision-making activities related to evaluating and acquiring surgical equipment, instruments, and supplies.Collaborates with other health care professionals in the development of surgical budgetary requirements.Demonstrates skills in organizing and coordinating the effective use of personnel and materials.Develops, organizes, and delivers continuing education topics and courses.