RN Clinical Coordinator Surgical Services

CommonSpirit Health•West Valley, UT

About The Position

The RN Clinical Coordinator supports the department director or manager by coordinating clinical and departmental activities, serving as a clinical resource and professional role model. The coordinator demonstrates clinical judgment, promotes high-quality care, acts as a link between physicians and the patient care team, authorizes work procedures, assigns duties, manages the shift as charge, and takes patient assignments according to unit needs and acuity. The role promotes patient well-being and adherence to professional standards. The position assesses patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs using observation, interviews, medical records, and clinical data. It evaluates patient responses and intervenes to support optimal outcomes, and develops and implements plans of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. The coordinator leads and supports daily unit operations during the designated shift, helps direct and prioritize shift activities, ensures patient-care and staff needs are met, confirms appropriate admissions or cases and staff skill mix, and serves as a liaison to the multidisciplinary patient-care team. The role is based in the Perioperative Department at Holy Cross Hospital – West Valley, a Level III Trauma center. The department has five operating rooms and provides services across specialties including trauma, orthopedics, general surgery, bariatrics, ENT, plastics, urology, GYN, and interventional pain. The team is cross-trained across specialties and emphasizes safe, quality care, teamwork, education, internal advancement, and work-life balance.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing or an equivalent qualification by endorsement.
One year of clinical RN experience.
RN license to practice in the state of employment, as applicable.
Exceptional clinical skills, communication and collaboration abilities, and commitment to ethical practice, quality patient care, and a supportive team environment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
Nursing Specialty Certification.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and review of medical records and clinical data.
Evaluate patient 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 daily unit operations during the designated shift.
Assist in directing, organizing, and prioritizing shift activities to ensure patient-care and staff needs are met.
Ensure admissions or cases are appropriate for the unit or department and that the staff skill mix supports safe patient care.
Serve as a liaison to the multidisciplinary patient-care team.
Support the department director or manager in coordinating clinical and departmental activities.
Serve as a clinical resource and professional role model.
Authorize work procedures, assign duties, manage the shift as charge, and take patient assignments based on unit needs and acuity.