Surgery Specialty Coordinator - Full Time

SUPERVISION: Reports directly to the Director of Surgical Services

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION/ RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Works with physician’s office and scheduling to match surgeon procedures with proper preference cards and associated billing per specialty.
• Responsible for specialty program development in the OR, planning, organizing, implementation, assessment, patient flow and performance improvement of the service line.
• The coordinator is responsible for utilization of hospital services, staff education and training regarding specialty.
• Functions as role model in the use of nursing process and develops, introduces and evaluates new approaches to evidence based standards for specialty.
• Demonstrates knowledge of surgical procedures and has the ability to oversee the instrumentation and equipment, maintain surgical preference cards for specialty.
• Assist the operating room educator with the development and implementation of policies, procedures and facility practices.
• Helps prepare the facility by ensuring that necessary equipment is present and continually maintaining surgical inventory.
• Assist with maintaining proper inventory levels and cost containment for specialty.
• Participate in unit/departmental problem solving and improvement of operating room systems.
• Reports operating room clinical variances and environmental safety hazards to the Operating Room Director and follows up with necessary action.
• Analyzes and evaluates nursing services to improve quality of care provided.
• Healthy Workforce Champion.
• Taking call is required for this position.

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

• Graduate of approved School of Nursing.
• Current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or Multi-State compact license
• Experience as a Circulator in the Operating Room is required.
• CPR Certification.
• Ability to read, write and speak intelligible English; Ability to learn quickly, analyze problems and communicate effectively with superiors, peers, and others on one-to-one basis.
• Requires emotional stability and resilience; Must be adaptable to change, be decisive, and demonstrate foresight.
• Must be adaptable to change and receptive to delegated responsibilities; Possesses basic problem solving skills.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Work requires a variety of physical activities including standing and walking for sustained periods, bending and stooping, and some lifting of 50-100 pounds at a time. 
• The work environment may be physically confining. 
• Many nursing skills require acute hearing ability, i.e. listening with stethoscope to breath sounds and heart sounds. 
• Must be able to exchange accurate information with patient, family, peers and medical personnel.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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