Supervisor OR Operations, Northside Hospital Duluth

• Supervises designated support staff, including orienting, training, accountability, counseling and evaluating
• Supports department leadership in hiring processes and administering disciplinary action
• Supervises Support Technicians to ensure adequate, efficient and consistent response to operating room requests related to equipment, supplies, instrumentation, specimen transport, blood/tissue, cleaning, patient moving/positioning and others
• Facilitates the timely and accurate fulfillment and delivery of surgical supplies and instrumentation to operating rooms
• Ensures a timely response from support technicians and other applicable staff to assist with room turnovers
• Develops and maintains equipment inventory lists for the purposes of managing regular maintenance and life-cycle planning for general-use surgical equipment
• Establishes efficient and effective equipment storage solutions
• Reviews daily schedule to ensure that appropriate equipment and required instruments and supplies are readily available for procedures to include coordination with third-party vendors and representatives; prioritizes conflicting operational needs to ensure the safe and efficient completion of the daily surgical schedule
• Coordinates with SPD to identify instruments and trays to be turned over for same-day needs and those to be prioritized for the upcoming surgery schedule
• Regularly review preference cards and facilitates preference card change request process
• Serves as the primary liaison for the department with surgeons for surgical needs
• Ensures operational documentation standards are met, including, but not limited to, temperature/humidity, refrigerators/freezers, warmers, eye wash stations, crash/emergency carts and human tissue management
• May be asked to perform the duties and responsibilities of a surgical technologist
• Identifies individual staff training needs and takes appropriate action to ensure departmental success
• Assists in the development and implementation of department goals, objectives, policies and procedures supporting the hospital’s needs. Works with departmental and Surgical Services leadership to identify and implement plans for process improvement
• Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, or employee/patient/visitor injury-accident to Manager.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies such as JCAHO.

• Attends and supports professional activities.
• Identifies and participates in solutions to departmental problems.
• Promotes colleagues’ bio/psycho/social well-being.
• Positively represents self, peers and the organization.

• Three (3) years of experience as a surgical technologist in the operating room
• Certification as a surgical technologist
• Basic computer skills.

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in surgical services.
• For OR: Established understanding of surgery operations including, but not limited to, instrumentation, supplies and cleaning.

Northside Hospital