Operating Room Clinical Coordinator

Functional Accountabilities

• In collaboration with the perioperative team and physicians, plans, organizes, and directs the specialty service under their charge to ensure case readiness
• Serve as the primary surgeon interface for the designated surgical specialty(s)
• Actively communicates with physicians to plan for resource needs and utilization
• Maintain awareness of upcoming surgical cases and arranges adequate resources/resolves conflicts in advance of the surgery
• Create and maintain surgical procedure / surgeon preference cards within the specialty
• Be available daily to provide clinical expertise and assistance to staff working within the specialty practice
• Demonstrate the ability to respond to multiple demands at once and prioritize and delegate appropriate tasks to all OR team members
• Coordinate the ordering and securing of supplies, equipment, and instrumentation
• Facilitate the ordering of specialty instrumentation to ensure broken or missing instruments are repaired or replaced
• Monitor proper care and handling of instruments including placement of instruments on case carts
• Communicate closely with the SPD manager on the quality, quantity, and functionality of instruments
• Coordinate new product evaluation for the defined specialty service(s)
• Establish effective relationships with manufacturer reps
• Involve physician and nursing staff with product evaluations
• Provide input and recommendations for preparation and implementation of capital budget
• Ensure staff are well prepared to optimally perform clinical accountabilities
• Identify team and department education and training needs for the specialty service(s)
• Precept / supervise new employees to the specialty service(s)
• Educate staff on new or established techniques, technology, and equipment
• Continually reviews and evaluates the individual’s practical application of knowledge and skills
• Demonstrate knowledge and implements patient safety and quality improvements for the defined surgical specialty
• Maintains an environment to assure surgical specialty readiness for all accreditation and regulatory surveys
• Actively participates in the development and revision of department policies
• Provides direct patient care as needed
• Actively participates in Universal Protocol and timeout, including fire risk assessment
• Validates implants with Surgeon
• Follow established policy and procedures for instrument counts; initiate corrective actions when instrument counts are incorrect
• Verifies medications, concentrations, expiration dates of all medication received on the sterile field
• Assist the surgical team with emergency situations
• Role model excellent clinical skills with complex patients
• Mentor and precept new nurses in clinical specialties
• Contribute to Magnet re-designation as evidenced by independent involvement or leadership in committees, task forces and/or community outreach
• Role model critical thinking skills by problem-solving patient care and unit/system issues
• Take the lead in implementing change and support management decision
• Independently maintain regulator requirements e.g. license, BLS
• Initiate professional activities to enhance nursing practice
• Role model adherence to national safety standards and service excellence standards