OR Service Coordinator (ENT/Plastics/Urology

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 78,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Ins.

Life Insurance

Short Term and Long Term Disability

Identity Theft Protection

Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000

Company paid Maternity and Paternity

Paid Time Off upon hire

Bereavement Leave (pets)

PTO Sell Back

Compassionate Leave Sharing

Employee Support Fund

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health Lexington is hiring an OR Service Coordinator for ENT/Plastics/Urology in the Surgical Services department in Lexington, KY. This full-time, first-shift role focuses on coordinating service lines, supervising workflow, and ensuring high-quality patient care within a large health system.

Responsibilities include budget adherence, staff coverage, room turnover, and ongoing education. Requires RN or CST or 15 years as a Surgical Technologist; HS diploma; 5 years of experience.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• 5 years of experience in surgical services or related field.
• RN or CST certification required or 15 years experience as Surgical Technologist.

Responsibilities

• Supervise workflow and staff for ENT/Plastics/Urology service lines within Surgical Services.
• Address performance, patient, family and physician concerns to ensure quality care.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with JCAHO/CMS accreditation and state licensure requirements.
• Mentor staff and share knowledge to improve planning and education.
• Coordinate equipment needs for each service with vendors and directors.
• Operate service line within budgetary goals defined by department leadership.
• Monitor daily surgery schedule and assign equipment and staff as needed.
• Update preference cards based on physician needs or changes in techniques.

Education

RN or CST certification (or 15 years as Surgical Technologist)

Job description

Summary Job Description

OR Service Coordinator (ENT/Plastics/Urology) Full Time I First Shift Surgical Services I Lexington, KY Baptist Health Lexington Surgical Services Department encompasses several key areas: the Pre-Op Department, 20 operating rooms with a business office staff responsible for scheduling, a Postoperative Care Unit, an Endoscopy Department with dedicated pre- and post-op areas, and a Sterile Processing Department.

Responsibilities

• ENT/Plastics/Urology Service Line Coordinator. Provides supervision of workflow and staff for service lines within the Department of Surgical Services.
• Assures the provision of patient care by addressing performance, patient, family, and physician issues/concerns as appropriate.
• Ensures on-going compliance with JCAHO/CMS accreditation and State Licensure requirements.
• Shares knowledge of functions and standards to assist others in planning improvements; communicates information; designs materials and education programs; teaches; encourages recognition of achievement.
• Acts as a clinical resource and mentor/preceptor to staff working within the service line.
• Coordinates equipment needed for each service through interface with vendors and directors.
• Operates service line within budgetary goals as defined by department executive.
• Ensures that equipment and supply needs for clinical staff is met on a daily basis.
• Monitors daily surgery schedule and coordinates with manager to assign equipment and staff to provide for the provision of patient care.
• Updates preference cards within two weeks based on physician needs or changes in surgical technique or supplies.
• Facilitates turnover of room between cases.
• Coordinates with Operations Clinical Coordinator or Charge Nurse to ensure coverage for staff during breaks and lunches.
• Ensure room cleaning per guidelines.
• Completes annual competency assessments of staff assigned to service line.
• Recommends educational, coaching, or disciplinary actions based on identified technical or behavioral issues or concerns.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• 5 years of experience.
• RN or Certified Surgical Technician (If not CST certified must obtain within 2 years from hire date) or 15 years of experience as a Surgical Technologist.

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

Company Overview

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Notice of Nondiscrimination and Accessibility to Services

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