Clinical Coordinator - Operating Room

Nicklaus Children's Health System; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicklaus Children's Health System in Ft. Lauderdale, FL is seeking an experienced nursing leader to coordinate patient care, oversee department operations, and provide clinical guidance in a fast-paced environment.

The role reports to Nursing Manager/Director and emphasizes evidence-based practice, mentorship, and interdepartmental collaboration. The position focuses on improving care delivery, optimizing staffing and workflow, and ensuring adherence to regulatory standards while maintaining

Qualifications

• RN Licensure in Florida or eNLC in good standing
• AHA BLS in good standing
• AHA PALS within 1 year of hire
• 2 years adult/pediatric RN experience in acute care
• Prior experience managing day-to-day Nursing Unit operations

Responsibilities

• Review schedules and create on-call schedules; align with census fluctuations.
• Collaborate with Anesthesia to optimize add-ons and transfers and ensure ideal assignments.
• Monitor attendance discrepancies; ensure compliance with attendance policy.
• Drive service scores; conduct huddles and improve patient care processes.
• Coordinate hospital updates, metrics and HCAHPS data reporting.
• Mentor, coach, and provide feedback to clinical staff and volunteers; foster empowerment.
• Lead hand-off reports and communicate assignments to care teams with regular huddles.
• Collaborate across departments to promote team-based care and hospital-wide integration.
• Audit charts, consents, orders, and H&Ps; plan care per policy.

Skills

Leadership

Staff mentoring

Problem solving

Communication

Time management

Conflict resolution

Education

BSN degree

Tools

EMR

Job description

Assesses, plans, facilitates, and evaluates the coordination of patient care according to unit/department policies and procedures. Provides clinical leadership, utilizes effective problem solving strategies, and applies evidence based practice to improve patient care. Oversee and optimize the flow of department and provide exceptional patient care in a fast-paced environment. Works under the supervision of the Nursing Manager/Director.

*This position is located in Ft Lauderdale.

Job Specific Duties

• Reviews schedules, creates on-call schedules, makes assignments using flex options & proactively aligns the schedule with census fluctuation, collaborates w/nursing & monitors on an ongoing basis.
• Accountable for patient and providing schedule coverage with internal resource. Collaborates with Anesthesia to optimize and manage add-ons & transfers. Ensures ideal assignments for patient flow.
• Monitors and communicates attendance discrepancies to Leader and ensuring compliance with attendance policy and guidelines.
• Ensures department exceeds service scores and conducting huddles.
• Coordinates and communicates hospital updates, metrics & Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Patient Perception Survey data.
• Provides timely mentoring, coaching & feedback to clinical staff and volunteers. Ensures quality of nursing care, fosters staff empowerment, communication and leads staff to build an engage team.
• Initiates the hand off report from receiving agent. Communicates assignments with care team and holds ongoing huddles.
• Works collaboratively with all levels of the hospital interdisciplinary team and promotes the team concept within the department & hospital wide.
• Audits all charts, consents, orders, H&Ps, and sets a plan of care for each patient.
• Oversees and optimizes workflow while providing patient care during high census and directs workflow to assist with planning intervention and evaluation.
• Assists and supports the RNs and team with Anesthesia stat issues.
• Ensures completion of surgical documentation requirements (consent, labs, H&P, patient history, etc.). Completes process accurately as per department/hospital policies and procedures.
• Identifies opportunities to improve processes and assists with projects to enhance workflow utilizing learn methodologies and tools.
• Collaborates and rounds with a multi-disciplinary team in daily care planning rounds and fosters a Family Centered Care environment.
• Actively participates in the performance review process through chart reviews and validating timeliness of charting/incident reports and ensures requirements are met.
• Achieves a 95% CEI by conducting chart audits utilizing the EMR to ensure staff adherence to regulatory requirements of DNV, CMS, DOH & other accrediting agencies.
• Achieves and maintains acceptable standards with infection control goals and acceptable designated target/rates by performing infection prevention standards for assigned shift.

Qualifications

• RN Licensure within the State of Florida or Multi-State Enhanced Nursing License Compact (eNLC) – maintain active and in good standing throughout employment
• American Heart Association (AHA) BLS - maintain active and in good standing throughout employment
• American Heart Association (AHA) PALS required within 1 year of hire - maintain active and in good standing throughout employment
• 2 years of adult/pediatric RN experience in an acute care healthcare environment
• Prior experience managing the day to day operations of a Nursing Unit

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• BSN degree or currently enrolled in BSN program.
• Surgical Nursing in an acute care facility preferred.
• Career Development: National certification of Pediatric Nurse (CPN) or (CNOR) and/or certification equivalent preferred within 5 years of hire.
• NRP/ACLS within one year of hire preferred.
• Knowledge of AORN surgical standards preferred.
• Possesses proficiency in computers and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) preferred.
• Strong customer service, problem solving, critical thinking, time management, and conflict resolution skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to positively influence, hold self, and others accountable.
• Ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary team and lead a team to achieve business results.
• Ability to provide direction, coaching, mentor staff, and redirect unacceptable behaviors.