Team Coordinator General (Trauma), Thoracic and Vascular

Advocate Health Care; Downers Grove (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health Care seeks an experienced Nurse Educator to advance critical thinking and clinical excellence among OR nursing staff. You will serve as a clinical resource, mentor team members, and participate in new-hire orientation while maintaining direct patient care responsibilities in a fast-paced perioperative environment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with OR, Materials, and SPD managers, performance improvement projects, and adherence to safety and regulatory standards to ensure

Qualifications

• Graduate from approved school of nursing.
• 2 years clinical experience in area specialty.
• 1 year management experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates development of critical thinking in nursing staff.
• Acts as clinical resource to OR staff and other departments.
• Develops staff by coaching, mentoring, and role modeling.
• Participates in orientation of new staff and provides feedback to the Nurse Educator.
• Assumes responsibility for direct patient care.
• Coordinates the flow of surgical cases within the operating room.
• Maintains performance improvement and safety standards to enhance patient outcomes.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (RN)

Job description

Major Responsibilities

Facilitates the development of critical thinking skills in the nursing personnel.

• Acts as a clinical resource to OR staff and other hospital departments.
• Develops staff by coaching, mentoring, and role modeling.
• Participates in orientation of new staff members and provides feedback t the Professional Nurse Educator.
• Assumes responsibility for direct patient care.
• Evaluates OR turnover times and assists with meeting designated turnover time targets.
• Provides feedback for team member performance reviews to managers.
• Coordinates the flow of surgical cases within the operating room.

Major Responsibilities

Facilitates the development of critical thinking skills in the nursing personnel.

• Acts as a clinical resource to OR staff and other hospital departments.
• Develops staff by coaching, mentoring, and role modeling.
• Participates in orientation of new staff members and provides feedback t the Professional Nurse Educator.
• Assumes responsibility for direct patient care.
• Evaluates OR turnover times and assists with meeting designated turnover time targets.
• Provides feedback for team member performance reviews to managers.
• Coordinates the flow of surgical cases within the operating room.

Service Leader - facilitates collaboration among the multidisciplinary team to achieve excellent patient outcomes.

• Collaborates with the OR Manager, Materials Manager, and SPD Manager in regards to physician needs, equipment usage, and supply requests in accordance with Advocate's preferred vendor list and contracts.
• Coordinates schedule with appropriate vendors, representatives, proctoring physicians, and observers to ensure they adhere to OR/Advocate policies and procedures.
• Coordinate and evaluate new supplies/equipment.

Submit new product requests and purchasing requests when needed.

• Review inventory on specialized supply carts, remove outdated supplies, being soon-to-be outdated supplies to Supply Liaison and Managers' attention.

Coordinate and communicate appropriately and timely with supply liaison and manager to ensure product is available when needed.

• Assumes responsibility for administrative call.
• Communicates with physicians on approved products.

Serves as a resource to patients, families, and other health care providers.

Quality Improvement - perform duties that strive for excellence in patient outcomes.

• Maintain preference cards so that they are updated on a regular basis.
• Participate in performance improvement projects.
• Provide feedback and suggestions in improvement ideas.
• Monitors compliance with all legal, safety, and health regulations and guidelines to ensure quality patient care.
• Reports safety events and near misses.

Fiscal Responsibility - assists in the planning and monitoring of departmental budget.

• Maintains a working knowledge of the department expense budget.
• Follows Advocate's contracts and preferred vendor lists.
• Provides justification and quotations for purchase requests to the manager.

Supports the Nursing Divisions philosophy of Shared Governance and the goals of the patient care unit, Good Samaritan Hospital and Advocate System.

• Accountable to the depart KRA's and assists with associate engagement as part of a team effort to achieve the desired results.
• Participates I councils and department meetings. Licensure: Nurse, Registered (RN) Education/Experience Required:
• Graduate from approved school of nursing.
• 2 years clinical experience in area specialty.

(OR)

• 1 year management experience.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: Clinically appropriate skills with ability to assume charge role of specialty.

Ability to communicate effectively and work cohesively with a diverse work group.

Fine motor skills.

• Current licensure in State of Illinois
• CPR
• Active member of professional organization.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Incumbent to work full time status during peak operating time.
• Ability to coordinate staffing and patient load capacity.
• Demonstrates excellent-communication/interpersonal skills.
• Ability to function efficiently in a stressful and changing environment.
• Resiliency and flexibility to deal with an ever-changing health care environment.
• Ability to communicate with mask on and not facing others.
• Exposure to body fluids, hazardous material, waste, chemicals, anesthetic gases, life threatening diseases and radiation.

If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact the following lifting requirement supersedes any previous lifting requirement effective 06/01/2015. Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.