Service Coordinator, Surgery, Northside Gwinnett and Duluth

Northside Hospital•Lawrenceville, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing and licensed in the state of Georgia.
Four (4) years of experience in nursing, with minimum of two (2) years in area of specialty.
Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life support certification

Responsibilities

Coordinates the nursing activities between multiple service areas of a department.
Provides care and/or service to neonates, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Establishes daily work schedules and assignments for assigned shift to ensure appropriate staffing for scheduled surgical procedures.
Evaluates and adjusts staffing assignments as needed during shift.
Delivers morning and afternoon shift reports.
Works closely with scheduling on a daily basis to evaluate, identify and make scheduling changes to enhance services.
Closely monitors the surgery schedule for the assigned shift and identifies and implements changes that will facilitate the timely accommodation of surgical cases.
Serves as the communication liaison for physicians, patients, families, staff, and other departments to facilitate these changes.
Directly supervises the nursing and ancillary staff for the assigned shift.
In collaboration with the Administrative Coordinator assumes responsibility for the counseling and disciplinary actions for the assigned staff.
Serves as a resource to staff for troubleshooting and resolving issues that occur intraoperatively.
Collaborates with the Clinicians, Surgical Processing, and Purchasing to ensure appropriate supplies and instrumentation are available to meet departmental needs.
Participates in taking Supervisor Call on a rotating basis.