RN Clinical Coordinator Operating Room

St Catherine Hospital Garden City•Garden City, KS

8d•$32 - $52•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Clinical Coordinator for the Operating Room at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas, provides operational leadership and clinical coordination for a surgical department with four OR suites and one GI suite, supporting approximately 250–300+ cases per month. The role has a specific focus on the Robotics service line and helps maintain daily operational efficiency, supplies and instruments, and accurate surgeon preference cards. The coordinator serves as a primary liaison between surgeons and staff and helps ensure service-line needs are met. As a clinical resource and professional role model, the coordinator supports the department director or manager by coordinating clinical and department activities. The position provides leadership and coordination of daily operations during assigned shifts, supports scheduling, training, competency evaluations, educational programs, and best practices, and may provide hands-on assistance across surgical service lines. The coordinator may manage as shift charge, assign duties, authorize work procedures, and take patient assignments based on unit needs and acuity while promoting safe, high-quality care and professional standards. The schedule is 36 hours per week with variable shifts based on surgical volume and unit needs. Call is required approximately 5–7 shifts per month, including weeknight and weekend call, in rotation with the team. A 30-minute callback radius is required; a sleeping room is available. The position is eligible for the Clinical Ladder. Eligible new hires may receive a $10,000 sign-on bonus and up to $10,000 in relocation assistance.

Requirements

Associate's Degree in Nursing or by endorsement.
One year of clinical RN experience.
RN license to practice in the state of employment, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
Nursing Specialty Certification.
Previous OR experience across multiple service lines is highly preferred.
Previous leadership experience, either as Charge RN or Service Line Leader, is preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
Evaluate patients’ responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
Develop and implement patient plans of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Provide leadership, support, and coordination of unit daily operations during the designated shift.
Assist in directing, organizing, and prioritizing shift activities to ensure patient-care and staff needs are met.
Ensure the appropriateness of admissions or cases to the unit or department and that an appropriate staff skill mix is available for safe patient care.
Serve as a liaison to the multidisciplinary patient-care team and as a primary liaison between surgeons and staff.
Maintain daily operating-room efficiency, oversee supplies and instruments, and manage surgeon preference cards, with a specific focus on the Robotics service line.
Assist with staff scheduling, departmental training and competency evaluations, and development of educational programs and best practices.
Authorize work procedures, assign duties, manage as shift charge, and take patient assignments based on unit needs and acuity.
Provide hands-on assistance across surgical service lines as needed to maintain department flow and quality patient care.