Surgical Coordinator

Job Description Description
Position Summary Provide safe efficient nursing care to patients/families using nursing interventions in order to assist them to attain, maintain, regain, and sustain optimal health status

Essential Functions

• Maintain daily flow of OR control desk and scheduling office in conjunction with management team and anesthesia coordinator
• Communicates essential information in perioperative area regarding placement of add-ons, delays, cancellations, nursing assignments and changes in operational activities.
• Actively participates in process for operational and quality improvement
• Provide skilled clinical care through collaboration, leadership, education, management, and communication
• Maintaining efficient use of OR time by utilizing surgeon priorities, credentials, equipment and instruments conflicts and projected lengths of time required for each surgical procedures.
• Assures that staff knowledge and skill levels are adequate for each surgical procedure.
• Involved in promoting learning through proper nursing assignments with specific surgical cases
• Works collaboratively with anesthesia, CSP, ORAs, surgeons, PACU, and nursing staff to promote most efficient and optimal utilization of the OR surgical daily schedule.
• Provide leadership through conducting proper, professional behavior.
• Works clinically in various services as needed

Required For All Jobs

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

Qualifications
QualificationsEducation

• (BSN) Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and evidence of the ability to assume responsibility of the surgical coordinator Required

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of nursing process and practice. Required
• Meet qualifications of surgical coordinator. Required
• Demonstrates skills in human relations and excellence in nursing. Required
• Demonstrates ability to facilitate change Required
• Uses a variety of technical equipment to meet patient needs and prescribed medical therapies. Required
• Demonstrates interdisciplinary communication and leadership Required

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Ohio Required and
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Required

Physical Demands

• Standing Occasionally
• Walking Occasionally
• Sitting Constantly
• Lifting Rarely 20 lbs
• Carrying Rarely 20 lbs
• Pushing Rarely 20 lbs
• Pulling Rarely 20 lbs
• Climbing Rarely 20 lbs
• Balancing Rarely
• Stooping Rarely
• Kneeling Rarely
• Crouching Rarely
• Crawling Rarely
• Reaching Rarely
• Handling Occasionally
• Grasping Occasionally
• Feeling Rarely
• Talking Constantly
• Hearing Constantly
• Repetitive Motions Frequently
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Frequently