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Atrium Health

Operates hospitals and care network

Team Lead RN - Multiple Teams

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChicago, IL, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Graduate from an accredited school of nursing and hold a BSN degree.
  • Have three years of nursing experience in operating rooms.
  • Hold current Illinois licensure as a Registered Nurse and current CPR certification.
  • Have clinically appropriate skills and the ability to assume the charge role for the specialty.
  • Communicate effectively and work cohesively with a diverse work group.
  • Have fine motor skills and auditory skills sufficient to hear individuals whose speech may be muffled by surgical masks, and be able to wear a surgical mask.
  • Demonstrate commitment to patient-focused care and work effectively in a fast-paced environment with time constraints.
  • Be able to perform patient lifting and transfer activities; lifting up to 50 pounds may be required, while patient lifts over 35 pounds or involving a patient unable to assist require patient-handling equipment and another associate when available.
  • Be able to work designated shifts, including weekends and holidays, transport objects, and be on call as assigned.
  • Recognize the needs and behaviors of the specific age groups of patients treated.
  • Meet physical requirements, including lifting up to 35 pounds without assistance; unique patient-lifting or movement situations are assessed individually.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, develop, implement, and evaluate standards of care in a specialty area to facilitate quality patient care, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
  • Maintain accurate preference cards for the assigned surgical specialty and its resource use.
  • Collaborate with the Surgery Leadership Team to resolve interdisciplinary conflicts.
  • Work with the Director of Perioperative Services, Clinical Managers, and Coordinators to ensure intra-operative compliance with regulatory agencies.
  • Act as a clinical resource to operating-room staff and other hospital departments.
  • Evaluate operating-room turnover times and assist the Scheduler Coordinator, OR Manager, and Director in meeting designated case turnover targets.
  • Lead and participate in unit-based process improvement projects.
  • Assume responsibility for direct patient care and collaborate with Anesthesia to provide necessary anesthesia care.
  • Promote an environment conducive to staff growth, development, and autonomy.
  • Define and implement specialty-specific orientation programs with the Clinical Manager and Educator to augment intra-operative orientation classes.
  • Provide ongoing feedback to Clinical Managers and Coordinators regarding orientee performance.
  • Provide competency-based education processes for staff.
  • Support staff professional development by assisting with performance and needs assessments and helping individuals identify professional goals.
  • Ensure intra-operative staff are educated on essential surgical-specialty components for off-shift and on-call assignments.
  • Provide or assist the manager with input on team members during their evaluation process.
  • Collaborate with OR Schedulers, Inventory Coordinators, the OR Manager, and Schedule Coordinator to ensure vendors, outside representatives, proctoring physicians, and observers follow OR and Advocate policies and procedures; verify vendors are in the requested OR and not soliciting other physicians, and communicate and enforce vendor policy.
  • Participate in or lead unit and hospital activities, including educational opportunities and Shared Governance Teams.
  • Collaborate with the Surgical Services Leadership Team to provide continuing individual and team education on Advocate/Illinois Masonic Key Result Areas, including clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, associate satisfaction, growth, funding the future, and physician relationships.
  • Mentor and coach team members and develop a team member to provide coverage during vacation.
  • Ensure appropriate resource utilization within the surgical specialty.
  • Coordinate and evaluate new supplies and equipment, and review and recommend products with the Leadership Team based on evaluation results.
  • Review inventory on specialized supply carts, remove outdated supplies, flag soon-to-expire items for possible use or vendor return, communicate supply reordering to supply chain, and develop and evaluate PAR levels.
  • Review assigned specialty surgeon supply requests with surgeons to identify opportunities for standardization and cost-effective utilization.
  • Review surgical procedure times with surgery schedulers and coordinators to ensure an accurate operating-room schedule.
  • Review specialty staffing requests and use an appropriate level of caregivers efficiently.
  • Foster a collaborative relationship with Sterile Processing and communicate instrumentation needs, including special instructions for care, handling, cleaning, and sterilization for assigned specialty services.
  • Serve as a liaison for vendors or sales representatives at physicians’ request.
  • Assist with developing capital requests.
  • Support department Key Result Areas and associate engagement as part of a team effort to achieve desired results.
  • Maintain current knowledge of standards of care and proactively seek educational opportunities.

About the Company

Atrium Health

Operates hospitals and care network

Atrium Health is a nonprofit health system serving the southeastern United States with a network of hospitals, clinics, and care sites. It offers primary care, specialty care, rehabilitation, and cancer treatment across more than 1,400 locations, including 40 hospitals. Patients use MyAtriumHealth, a digital portal for scheduling and paying bills, and some care is delivered at home through programs like Levine Children’s. Its goal is to provide accessible, coordinated healthcare across its region while supporting patients with digital tools and broad services, differentiating itself by scale, nonprofit mission, and home-based hospital-level care.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$31.6M
Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
Founded
1940

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