Clinical Perioperative Coordinator

NSW Health; St Leonards; On-site; AUD 128,000 - 132,000; Part time

Job summary

NSW Health is seeking a Clinical Perioperative Coordinator (CPC) to support the Perioperative Medicine Service at Royal North Shore Hospital. The CPC identifies waitlisted patients, coordinates optimisation and provides telehealth guidance to link patients with prehabilitation and social support services prior to surgery.

The role involves multidisciplinary clinic participation, collaborative case management, and leadership in prehabilitation across NSLHD.

Qualifications

• Identification, coordination and evaluation of waitlisted elective surgery patients undergoing perioperative optimisation.
• Specialised coordination and clinical leadership for vulnerable surgical patients.

Responsibilities

• Identify and coordinate patients for perioperative optimisation.
• Provide telehealth clinical advisory and referrals to prehabilitation services.
• Participate in YaYS multi-disciplinary clinic with clinicians and surgical team.
• Liaise with directors, consultants and allied health to coordinate complex cases.
• Lead and promote prehabilitation within NSLHD across district.
• Act as conduit between acute and primary care settings.

Job description

As the Clinical Perioperative Coordinator (CPC), you will work closely with the Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) Perioperative Medicine Service in the identification, ongoing coordination and evaluation of patients waitlisted for elective surgery who would benefit from perioperative optimisation.

Employment Type:TemporaryPart Time until 1 October 2027 (with possibility of ongoing employment)

Position Classification:Dependent on qualifications

Hours Per Week:24

Requisition ID:REQ694700

Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2: $64.71 - $66.84

Where you'll be working

Perioperative Medicine Service RNSH

What you'll be doing

The Clinical Perioperative Coordinator (CPC) plays a critical role within the Perioperative Medicine Service (POMS) in the identification, coordination, and evaluation of patients waitlisted for elective surgery who would benefit from perioperative optimisation. They provide specialised coordination and clinical leadership to ensure vulnerable surgical patients are linked in with appropriate support services before surgery. This can include providing telehealth clinical advice, information on social services such as My Aged Care, and referral to prehabilitation programs.

The CPC will actively partake in the multi-disciplinary You and You Surgery (YaYS) shared-decision making clinic with Clinical Nurse Consultant, anaesthetist, intensivist, +/- member of the surgical team. The CPC’s role is to support patients in proactively optimising their health and social wellbeing before proceeding with surgery.

The CPC will be liaising regularly with the Director of Perioperative Medicine, Clinical Nurse Consultant, and Pre-Admission Clinical Anaesthetists for the holistic case management and coordination of complex patients. They will also collaborate with and complement internal and external care providers such as allied health services, NSLHD affiliates such as Royal Rehab and Hammondcare, and General Practitioners. The CPC will therefore act as a conduit, and a key communicator, between the acute and primary care settings.

The CPC will establish and maintain robust relationships with service providers, stakeholders, and organisations to sustain current pre-operative pathways. Beyond direct patient care, the CPC also provides strategic leadership as the Allied Health representative and Clinical Lead for Prehabilitation in NSLHD’s Rehabilitation and Aged Health Clinical Network. This position enables ongoing promotion, development, and integration of prehabilitation into routine clinical practice across the district.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria: