Clinical Coordinator, Operating Room - FT (Days) - Easton Campus

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Easton (Northampton County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Clinical Coordinator to oversee daily unit operations, staffing and patient care delivery. This nursing leadership role covers assignments, rooms and charge responsibilities, with call coverage as needed.

Two to five years of nursing experience in a unit specialty and active BLS are preferred; NJ/PA license depending on work location. Cross training to GI intra-op will be necessary. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Two to five years nursing experience in unit specialty preferred.
• Evidence of successful completion of BLS.
• Registered Nurse with current license to practice in NJ or PA, depending on work location.

Responsibilities

• Develops, evaluates and adjusts current and future staffing based upon patient care needs.
• Assigns responsibility for patient care with the unit-based team.
• Maintains departmental records for administrative and regulatory purposes.
• Facilitates staff education activities (orientation, competency, in-servicing).
• Provides input to annual performance reviews of assigned staff.
• Participates in hiring and counseling staff.
• Conducts customer service activities and handling of complaints – patients, families, staff or physician.
• Manages daily operations within budget parameters.
• Performs in depth, systematic assessment of all assigned patients.
• Organizes, coordinates and prioritizes patient care consistently utilizing available resources.

Skills

Staffing management

Team leadership

Budgeting

Hiring & coaching

Customer service

Education

RN License (NJ or PA)

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care. This position is a clinical working position. This nurse will work in covering assignments, rooms and charge roles as necessary on the unit. Call will be required to assist in coverage of the unit Cross training to GI intra-op will be necessary of this position The Clinical Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating, directing and evaluating daily operations and guiding the unit based team.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops, evaluates and adjusts current and future staffing based upon patient care needs.
• Assigns responsibility for patient care with the unit-based team.
• Maintains departmental records for administrative and regulatory purposes.
• Facilitates staff education activities (i.e. orientation, competency, skill reviews, mandatory in-servicing).
• Provides input to annual performance reviews of assigned staff.
• Participates in hiring and counseling staff.
• Conducts customer service activities and handling of complaints – patients, families, staff or physician.
• Assists with management functions on unit.
• Manages daily operations within budget parameters.
• Performs in depth, systematic assessment of all assigned patients.
• Formulates collaborative plans of care and identifies expected patient outcomes.
• Implements, evaluates and documents patient care interventions and effectiveness in accordance with care plan.
• Organizes, coordinates and prioritizes patient care consistently utilizing available resources.
• Demonstrates competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.
• Takes active role in unit-based performance improvement and committees, as appropriate.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

• Sit up to 2 hours per day; 1 hour at a time.
• Stand for up to 8 hours per day; 4 hours at a time.
• Walk up to 6 hours per day; 10 minutes at a time.
• Consistently lift, carry and push objects up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently lift, carry and push objects up to 75 pounds.
• Transport patients weighing up to 400 lbs. via mechanical lifting equipment and/or other approved patient handling aids .
• Consistently pull up to 10 lbs.
• Frequently pull up to 250 lbs. with assistance when appropriate.
• Frequently stoop and bend, crouch, kneel and climb.
• Frequently reach above shoulder level.
• Occasional crawling.
• Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch.
• Frequently finger and handle objects.
• Occasionally firmly grasp, twist, turn objects with hands and fingers.
• Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, and high and low frequencies.
• Must be able to see as it relates to general, near, far color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and visual monotony (e.g. computer screen).

EDUCATION:

Registered Nurse with current license to practice in the State of New Jersey or Pennsylvania, depending on work location.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Two to five years nursing experience in unit specialty preferred. Evidence of successful completion of BLS.

Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke’s is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke’s has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke’s was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke’s was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row.