Perioperative Service Coordinator RN Neurosurgery

Job Overview

The Perioperative Service Coordinator is responsible for providing direct patient care in a perioperative environment. Additionally, this role is responsible for initiating and supporting work efforts that maximize quality, safety and services in defined perioperative specialties in collaboration with leadership and providers. Assists with procedures and anesthesia and coordinates the ordering and securing of supplies, equipment and instruments on behalf of providers. Provides clinical education to team members.

The Operating Room at Anschutz campus is a 14 OR unit that treats children and adolescents for any level of injury or illness. The unit supports 24 different surgical specialties and performs more than 23,000 cases a year. We are a unique, yet impressive team comprised of bachelor’s prepared nurses, certified surgical technicians, anesthesia technicians, anesthesia providers, and surgeons. The staff in the OR are proud to provide safe quality of care to our patients. We perform a wide variety of surgical procedures including abdominal and thoracic surgery, bariatric surgery, cleft, craniofacial, and plastic reconstructive surgery, colorectal surgery, cardiac surgery, ENT surgery, fetal surgery, burn treatment, trauma surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology surgery, gynecologic procedures, transplant surgery, and urology surgery. Our OR nurses and surgical technologists receive extensive training and education in all surgical specialties promoting communication, teamwork, and critical thinking. We promote continued education and encourage staff to pursue specialty certifications. You will find our team to be a passionate and intelligent interdisciplinary team focused on providing excellent care to our patients, in a fast-paced environment.

Department Name: Anschutz Operating Room

Job Status: full time, 40 hours per week, eligible for benefits

Shift: mostly dayshift Monday through Friday, some off shift coverage required per unit needs.

• This position will support our Neurosurgery Service
  
  

This position is eligible for relocation assistance, if relocating from 100 miles or greater.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Plans, delivers, and assesses patient and family centered care while incorporating developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence based care practices and methodologies per the standards set forth by the Nurse Practice Act and Professional Practice Model. Assesses changes in patient outcomes and unit needs. Acts as a role model and coach to team members on the provision of care.
• Collaborates with providers to identify procedural preferences to effectively secure supplies, equipment and instruments for various perioperative specialties. Provides recommendations on purchasing capital equipment.
• Orients to the charge nurse role and acts as charge nurse as needed. Charge nurse responsibilities include but not limited to: Working with the ACM/Manager to mediate problems involving providers, patient/family, and hospital personnel. Provide clinical follow up through just-in-time coaching when desired outcomes are not achieved. Take ownership in the financial success of the unit with appropriate resource utilization and management of staffing.
• Participates in education by precepting and the education of orientees, peers and students and acting as a clinical resource.
• Communicates and advocates patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of the implementation of a care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient learning needs.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with multidisciplinary healthcare providers to provide individualized patient care and education while minimizing risks to the patient during transitions of care.
• Researches, compiles and analyzes data and prepares correspondence to facilitate communication, clinical decision making, error prevention and care coordination.
• Collects, monitors and reports on quality of care outcomes and measures. Participates in continuous evaluation and improvement of internal quality and safety processes, procedures and performance measures, including a focus on supplies, equipment and instruments.
• Ensures compliance with clinical policies, procedures, safety rules and best practices to minimize the risk of harm to patients and the care team.
• Participates in or leads projects on the impact of team functioning on safety and quality of care. Solicits input from team members to improve individual and team performance.
• Designs quality improvement and evidence based practice activities at the unit/department level. Acts as a role model in integrating evidence into practice.
• Identifies need for and/or participates in the development or revision of organizational or departmental policies, procedures or practice guidelines.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) is required.

Experience: Two (2) years of perioperative clinical experience and three (3) years nursing experience for a total of five (5) years of required experience

Certification(s): Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required at the time of hire; Achievement and maintenance of a Magnet approved certification is required within six (6) months of hire.

Licensure(s): Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of Colorado is required.

Professional Membership(s): Active membership in a professional nursing or healthcare organization is required.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Range: $46.61 to $69.91

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.