Job Description

Luminis Health

Title: Team Coordinator ST-Cardiac OR

Reports to: Clinical Nursing Director of the Operating Room and Surgeon Leader

Job Code: 003188

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Objective:

This position contributes to high quality, cost-effective, collaborative, safe surgical patient care in the cardiac service line. It focuses on tasks that ensure the OR and the operative procedure occurs under conditions that maximize both patient and staff safety. The Cardiac Team Coordinator provides direct and indirect patient care during surgical procedures, serves as an expert in the service line, serves as a resource to revenue capture coordinator and business manager, and oversees the organization and utilization of appropriate supplies and instrumentation as it relates to the cardiac specialty. This role is required to be regularly scheduled in an on-call status.

Essential Job Duties:

1. Work collaboratively with the Surgeon Leader to ensure all members of the OR team are committed to patient safety and high reliability. This includes developing and motivating circulating and scrub personnel to ensure well-rounded skilled teams.

2. Coordinate patients, equipment, and staffing through effective planning and communication with the Charge Nurse and CSP for efficient case flow meeting targeted unit metrics.

3. Coordinate safe and effective surgical patient care by developing and managing the 4-week staffing schedule and the cardiac on-call schedule, reviewing and determining approval of RN and ST PTO requests, assuring that the staffing schedules for the entire cardiac team are distributed to appropriate stakeholders, allocating the appropriate staffing through effective planning and communication with the OR Clinical Supervisor or Charge Nurse and the Surgical Staff Scheduler. Collaborate with Surgical Scheduler and surgeons to ensure case bookings are accurate, efficient for surgeons and team members, and minimize patient wait times.

4. In collaboration with the Surgeon Leader and educators, coordinate regularly scheduled team meetings with the following goals: mentor team members, foster a trusting and respectful culture, build communication skills, correct educational deficiencies, review errors, and brainstorm solutions for quality team metrics that need improvement.

5. Work with Clinical Nursing Director Clinical Educators, vendors, and Surgeon Leader regarding best clinical practice concepts/guidelines and hold in-services as needed.

6. Support Clinical Director along with Materials Management and Central Sterile Services with capital and operational budget requests and utilization.

7. Using the SBAR format, collaborate with Team Leader to ensure an accurate Preference Card system, reflective of standardization, while incorporating actual case needs and accurate charges as an inventory management tool for supplies and instrumentation.

8. Participate in surgeon and team member on-boarding and new procedure planning with both Surgeon Leader, surgeons, and vendors. Directly provide and coordinate new RN and ST orientation to the cardiac team.

9. Contribute to successful scheduling of surgical cases with the scheduling office utilizing the EPIC computer system.

10. Collaborate with Surgeon Leader to perform Team members’ annual performance evaluation, as well as address any behavioral or clinical issues in real time.

Educational/Experience Requirements:

· At least two years of open-heart operating room experience required.

· At least five years of Surgical Technologist operating room experience required.

· Graduate from an accredited surgical technologist program or its equivalent.

· Strong clinical, technical, interpersonal and organizational skills are necessary.

Required License/Certifications:

· American heart Association Health Care Provider BLS

· Required member of AST or equivalent professional organization.

· Surgical Technologist certification

Working Condition, Equipment, Physical Demands:

There is reasonable expectation that employees in this position will be exposed to blood-borne pathogens.

The physical demands and work environment that have been described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The above job description is an overview of the functions and requirements for this position. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list encompassing every duty and requirement of this position; your supervisor may assign other duties as deemed necessary.

Pay Range

$40—$55 USD

Luminis Health Benefits Overview:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs and more
*Benefit offerings based on employment status

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Job Tags

Full time, Work at office,

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