Coor Clinical CVOR Specialty

Clinical Coordinator

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The Clinical Coordinator is a registered professional nurse who functions under the direction of the Manager of the Cardiovascular Operating Room. This full-time, hourly clinical position is responsible for providing leadership and assistance in directing all activities/services for the CVOR within WellStar Kennestone Hospital. The Clinical Coordinator has a shared responsibility for supporting and adhering to standards of practices, system and departmental policies and procedures, and ensuring and supplementing quality patient care. Other responsibilities include assisting with ensuring compliance with regulatory and legal requirements by all departmental personnel. The Clinical Coordinator will work under the Manager to ensure employee and physician satisfaction, appropriate reporting, and coordination of departmental functions within the operations of the CVOR. The Clinical Coordinator will work in collaboration with the Manager to maintain retention and recruitment of staff. The Clinical Coordinator is a surgical resource to all levels of nursing staff and nursing management for facility, clinical, and surgical practices. The Clinical Coordinator creates and maintains an environment that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission and goals, and fosters communication and collaborative practice with physicians and staff members. The Clinical Coordinator is responsible for performance improvement and quality assurance aspects of cardiovascular surgery. The Clinical Coordinator is responsible for supplies and equipment and negotiates with staff and surgeons to assure that procedures and staff are well prepared.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Assures that supplies and appropriate staff members are available for each surgical case.
• Works with surgeons and staff to manage resource maps so that supplies are available for each case.
• Works with materials management to assure appropriate supplies are available.
• Works with management and surgeons on all capital equipment requests and purchases.
• Works with staff members to see that staff has appropriate education.
• Promotes and actively participates in performance improvement initiatives designed to enhance quality patient care and improve work processes and efficiencies.
• Partner with managers and staff to ensure fiscal responsibility through individual accountability, identification and implement of cost containment activities, reduction or elimination of waste.
• Research and present ideas on improvements in the areas of customer satisfaction, reporting and clinical services.
• Uses problem solving and communication skills bring forth performance improvement ideas and opportunities.
• Uses established Performance Improvement criteria when addresses issues or recommending changes in practice, policies and procedures.
• Implement standards of practice, system and department policies and procedures.
• Review and implement new and changes to existing standards of practice in the CVOR.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in the CVOR in regards to nursing practice and nursing care.
• Provide expert opinion and feedback in the creation/review of department policies and procedures.
• Review and implement new department policies and procedures.
• Ensure understanding and compliance with standards and policies.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements by all department personnel.
• Maintain level of knowledge of current compliance requirements and pending changes through professional education and awareness.
• Serve as subject matter expert in the CVOR for nursing and operation systems, and remain a resource to all levels of staff for education and information sharing.
• Fosters open communication and collaborative practices between staff, other departments and physicians/care providers.
• Partner with management and physicians to provide appropriate training and learning opportunities for staff.
• Promotes safe environment for staff and patients.
• Promote professional nursing practice through feedback, information sharing, evidence-based practice and ethical accountability.
• Maintain professional license and education requirements consistent with the area of specialty/expertise and complete these requirements on an annual basis or as required by licensing body.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

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