Overview
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.
Responsibilities
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordinates the daily operations between service areas in the department.
Evaluates, identifies, and makes changes in daily nursing activities, which include adjusting staffing between services, use of resources and materials, priority setting, and patient services to enhance the services within the department.
Identifies and implements appropriate staffing and training needs to meet department needs. Coordinates with Nurse Clinicians and Education Coordinator to develop and implement orientation of new employees, certification, and student affiliation.
Implements, interprets, and ensures hospital and division philosophy, policies, procedures, and established standards of care and practice. Assists in the development of department goals, objectives, policies, and procedures.
Researches, develops, and implements projects as assigned.
Participates in the unit Quality Improvement activities.
Serves as a communication liaison between patients, families, staff, and physicians, and reports critical consequences of actions taken to Director.
Assists in supervising nursing staff, including hiring recommendations, assignments, training, counseling, evaluating, and discharging.
Assists in preparing monthly staffing schedules according to patient acuity, unit needs, and staff abilities.
Assists in the development and control of annual operational and capital budgets.
Complies with hospital and professional license, certification, in‑service, and training requirements, and committee and conference participation as appropriate for position.
Maintains familiarity with patient care issues relating to medical problems, surgical procedures, and diagnostic studies, and technical training in the use of equipment pertinent to area.
May perform the duties and responsibilities of the Staff Registered Nurse.
Assists with staff and shift meetings, and provides feedback to Director/Manager.
Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, or employee/visitor/patient injury‑accident to Director.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Attends classes, workshops, in services, etc. to improve clinical performance and enhance nursing knowledge base.
Serves on committees within the organization.
May assume additional responsibility for the Department when designated.
Formulates personal objectives and conducts self-evaluation.
Supports nursing research.
Motivates staff and enhances morale.
OPERATING ROOM CLINICAL COORDINATOR
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.
The 7-3 Clinical Coordinator will deliver 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.
OPERATING ROOM ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
Assumes 24-hour accountability for the assigned unit.
Prepares the monthly staffing schedules. Assumes final approval of the schedule prior to its being posted.
Determines the on call coverage that is required and assumes responsibility for the posting of the call sheets