Clinical Coordinator (RN) (OR)-Surgical Services-Days

2510 Cobb Hospital, Inc. • Mableton, GA

78d • Onsite

About The Position

Wellstar is seeking a Clinical Coordinator (RN) for their Surgical Services department. This role functions under the Nurse Manager or Assistant Nurse Manager and is responsible for providing leadership and assistance in facilitating activities and services for the department. The Clinical Coordinator shares responsibility for supporting and adhering to standards of practice, system, and department policies and procedures, ensuring quality patient care. Key responsibilities include ensuring patient satisfaction, appropriate reporting, coordination of departmental functions, process improvement, vendor relations, equipment and supplies management, service recovery, employee engagement, and staff education. The role also involves working collaboratively with management to maintain trust, retention, and recruitment, acting as a subject matter expert for nursing staff and management regarding clinical and surgical practices, fostering positive communication, and overseeing performance improvement and quality assurance. Nurse Leaders are expected to be licensed, knowledgeable, and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and the American Nurses Association's Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards. As a member of the patient services team, the individual is expected to uphold the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures, and support service excellence goals.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree or diploma in Nursing from an accredited institution Required
• Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN - Multi-state Compact
• Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor
• Minimum 2 years as a Registered Nurse in specialty area Required

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Preferred
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support-Preferred or ACLS - Instructor-Preferred or ACLS - Provisional-Preferred

Responsibilities

• Assures that supplies and appropriate staff members are available for each case/procedure for scheduled procedures
• Works with surgeons and staff to manage preference cards so that supplies, instruments, and equipment are available for each case.
• Works with materials management and vendors to assure appropriate supplies, instruments, and equipment are available.
• Works with department leaders, vendors, and surgeons on all capital equipment requests
• Implement standards of practice, system, and department policies and procedures
• Review and implement department policies and procedures. As a subject matter expert, recommend or propose changes.
• Ensure understanding and compliance with standards and policies.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements by all department personnel
• Hold accountable the individuals in the practice areas to practice and policies and escalate concerns immediately as appropriate.
• Maintain level of knowledge of current compliance requirements and pending change through professional education and awareness.
• Serve as subject matter expert in functional area for all levels of staff and for education and information sharing.
• Fosters open communication and collaborative practices between staff, other departments, and physicians/care providers.
• Partner with Management and Educators to provide appropriate training and learning opportunities for staff
• Promotes safe environment for staff and patients.
• Promotes professional nursing practice through education based on evidence based practice and ethical responsibility.
• Manages and monitors the onboarding of new team members in collaboration with unit based educators and managers.
• Promotes and actively participates in performance improvement initiatives designed to enhance quality patient care and improve work processes and efficiencies
• Partner with managers and staff to ensure fiscal responsibility through individual accountability, identification, and implementation of cost containment activities, reduction or elimination of waste. Empowers shared decision by fostering teamwork, open communication, and inclusion of diverse thought.
• Research and present ideas on improvements in the areas of customer satisfaction, reporting and clinical services.
• Uses problem solving and communication skills to bring forth performance improvement ideas and opportunities.
• Uses established Performance Improvement criteria when addressing issues or recommending changes in practice, policies and procedures.
• Holds self and staff to the highest professional standards and ethics ensuring corporate compliance standards etc. are met by leaders and staff. Is an active member of ones professional community and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice and nursing leadership advances the field through transformational executive leadership, support of shared governance, and scholarly activity
• Successfully works with the nurse manager to employ change management strategies and instills in self and others the curiosity to explore new knowledge and ideas.
• Engages leaders in decision- making and partners with others to promote patient centered care and service excellence while effectively providing leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit, possesses strong and effective negotiation and mediation skills
• Serves to support the nurse managers to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures that the clinical processes of care are working as intended. Serves as a resource for all leaders and accepts additional leadership responsibilities.
• Analyzes and manages financial resources; uses lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care; integrates marketing and communication strategies to advance ones service line and organization as a whole
• Hires and develops an engaged team of leaders and staff that raises each others performance to achieve top percentile standing in all pillar goals
• Effectively communicates to diverse audiences on nursing, health care and organizational issues and this includes the ability to set standards and holds leaders and staff accountable for performance standards. Proactively establishes a health work place by reducing unnecessary conflict - resolves it when necessary promotes and achieves positive team dynamics
• Establishes partnerships by employing strong relationship building skills with all hospital leaders and medical staff by striving to understand others (and situations) and keeping the long view in mind is fair and just using reflective practice skills to monitor self and leader performance/interaction skills exercising coaching and guiding skills
• Creates opportunities for self and leaders to grow professionally and implements a desirable workplace to recruit and retain talented leaders and staff
• Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and information education offerings to enhance ones understanding of how healthcare is financed and how to manage a diverse nursing workforce.
• Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and willingness to serve on committees and taskforces as needed to share knowledge and skill; champion a service line or need; and seeks opportunities to advance skill and scope of responsibilities
• Effectively identifies areas of improvement of leaders and clinical systems and sponsors projects to improve the same. Includes assuring nursing division meets or exceeds licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Applies the effective use of data and evidence to support decision making for clinical and operational responsibilities and demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical issues related to patient and staff data, information and confidentiality
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Benefits

• Bonus eligible for qualified RN'S
• Wellstar Total Rewards is designed to provide for your total well-being, including: Your Wellness, Your Pay, Your Future, Your Joy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree