Clinical Service Lead - Operating Room

Hospital for Special Surgery • New York, NY

2d

About The Position

How you move is why we’re here. ® Now more than ever. Get back to what you need and love to do. The possibilities are endless... Now more than ever, our guiding principles are helping us in our search for exceptional talent - candidates who align with our unique workplace culture and who want to maximize the abundant opportunities for growth and success. If this describes you then let’s talk! HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment. Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise. Emp Status Regular Full time Work Shift Compensation Range What you will be doing OR Clinical Service Lead Full-Time 4x days a week, 1pm-11:15pm Overview: The OR Clinical Service Lead is a position which recognizes the nurse’s leadership potential in addition to clinical practice expertise. The OR Clinical Service Lead has evidence of leadership ability, effective interdisciplinary and interdepartmental communication, and participation in councils and committees. The OR Clinical Service Lead directs and coordinates the clinical activities of the unit to ensure the highest level of patient care, incorporating patient safety, interdisciplinary communication, patient satisfaction, and resource utilization. The OR Clinical Service Lead coordinates the daily activities of surgical service to include hand off communication, appropriate time utilization, and staff assignments during a specific time period, facilitates growth and development of staff, and is a unit or surgical service leader of patient care coordination, in addition to the accountabilities of the CNI, CNII, and CNIII clinical positions. The OR Clinical Service Lead will be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day operations of their assigned surgical service, including but not limited to: Overseeing and coordinating the clinical activities and daily operations of surgical services, driving efficiency and quality care. Overseeing patient throughput from holding to OR to PACU. Facilitating day-to-day workflows, act as first resource to staff, surgeons, and interdisciplinary team (real-time response to issues). Communication with surgeons/offices regarding specific case needs. Facilitating clear line of communication to clinical OR teams and provide real-time escalation of day-of issues to leadership as appropriate. Maintaining preference cards for service; collaborating with clinicians Supporting KPI's and goals are met with focus on First Cast On Time Starts and Turnaround Times and actively removing barriers to achieving this. Assuming charge role at the podium based on unit need, as determined by PCD/APCD. Requirements: Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience in the OR Bachelor’s required Specialty certified required Master’s preferred, enrolled Non-Discrimination Policy Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards. HSS is nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics (for the 16th year in a row) and No. 3 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report (2025-2026). Our guiding principles are helping us in our search for exceptional talent-candidates that align with our unique workplace culture and who want to maximize the abundant opportunity for growth and success. Not ready to apply? Click Introduce Yourself at the top of the screen to join our Talent Community. Our patients say it best: We receive consistently high ratings from our patients for the quality of our doctors and our hospital. More than 3,000 have shared their experience in their own words. Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience in the OR
• Bachelor’s required
• Specialty certified required

Nice To Haves

• Master’s preferred, enrolled

Responsibilities

• Overseeing and coordinating the clinical activities and daily operations of surgical services, driving efficiency and quality care.
• Overseeing patient throughput from holding to OR to PACU.
• Facilitating day-to-day workflows, act as first resource to staff, surgeons, and interdisciplinary team (real-time response to issues).
• Communication with surgeons/offices regarding specific case needs.
• Facilitating clear line of communication to clinical OR teams and provide real-time escalation of day-of issues to leadership as appropriate.
• Maintaining preference cards for service; collaborating with clinicians
• Supporting KPI's and goals are met with focus on First Cast On Time Starts and Turnaround Times and actively removing barriers to achieving this.
• Assuming charge role at the podium based on unit need, as determined by PCD/APCD.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees