RN Clinical Coordinator Operating Room

CommonSpirit Health•Garden City, KS

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Clinical Coordinator provides operational and clinical leadership for the Operating Room at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas. The department includes four OR suites and one GI suite and handles approximately 250–300 or more cases per month. The role has a specific focus on the Robotics service line, including maintaining daily operational efficiencies, overseeing supplies and instruments, and managing 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 departmental activities. The position provides shift leadership, helps organize staffing and daily operations, supports training and competency evaluations, and contributes to educational programs and best practices. The coordinator also provides hands-on assistance across surgical service lines as needed to support department flow and high-quality patient care, and may take patient assignments based on unit needs and acuity. 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, on a rotating schedule that includes weeknights and weekends. A 30-minute callback radius is required; a sleeping room is available. The position is eligible for a Clinical Ladder. A $10,000 sign-on bonus and up to $10,000 in relocation assistance are offered to eligible new hires.

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.
Strong clinical skills and judgment, leadership potential, communication and collaboration abilities, and commitment to ethical practice, quality patient care, and a supportive team environment.
Availability for a 36-hour workweek with variable shifts based on surgical volume and unit needs.
Participation in approximately 5–7 rotating call shifts per month, including weeknight and weekend call.
Must remain within a 30-minute callback radius.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
Nursing specialty certification.
Previous OR experience across multiple service lines (highly preferred).
Previous leadership experience, such as Charge RN or service-line leader (preferred).

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
Develop and implement patient plans of care, observe outcomes, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in accordance with nursing standards.
Coordinate clinical and departmental activities and provide leadership, support, and coordination of daily unit operations during the designated shift.
Assist in directing, organizing, and prioritizing shift activities to meet patient-care and staff needs.
Ensure cases are appropriate for the department and that the staff skill mix supports 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 efficiencies, oversee supplies and instruments, and manage surgeon preference cards, with a focus on the Robotics service line.
Assist with staff scheduling, departmental training, competency evaluations, educational programs, and development of best practices.
Authorize work procedures, assign duties, and manage as shift charge.
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.