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Duke University

Private research university in Durham, NC

Operating Room Service Line Coordinator - General Surgery

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeDurham, NC, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing is required.
  • At least two years of operating room experience is required.
  • A current or compact registered nurse license in North Carolina is required.
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support certification is required.

Responsibilities

  • Support patient care and facilitate activities and processes associated with the operating room daily schedule, special equipment, instrumentation, inventory, and preference cards for selected surgical service lines.
  • Demonstrate management and clinical skills essential to the smooth and efficient operation of specific service lines.
  • Maintain knowledge of regulatory standards and ensure compliance with environment-of-care requirements, health system and hospital policies, and standard operating procedures.
  • Supervise registered nurses, surgical technologists, and ancillary staff in their daily operating room duties, including input into performance evaluations and improvement.
  • Maintain equipment and instrumentation in collaboration with the sterile processing department.
  • Maintain effective communication with operating room teams to ensure performance against key performance indicators.
  • Function as charge nurse when needed.
  • Perform circulating nurse and scrub nurse duties as needed to maintain skills and procedural knowledge.
  • Assess the daily operating room schedule to ensure staffing, equipment, instrumentation, vendor needs, and supplies are available for all shifts.
  • Confirm that the correct preference card is associated with each scheduled procedure.
  • Manage surgeon-specific preference cards, including creating preference cards for new surgeons and incorporating changes identified by surgeons and the operating room team.
  • Plan actions needed to maintain smooth flow of the daily operating room schedule, including accommodations for emergency cases and barriers that impede case movement, in collaboration with the operating room charge nurse.
  • Communicate delays or situations that may affect case flow to anesthesiologists and surgeons proactively and promptly.
  • Plan and implement education activities for new operating room staff and continuing education and advanced skills training, including training on new equipment and supplies.
  • Learn, implement, and teach new technology and procedures.
  • Collaborate with operating room teams to identify and implement innovative models and best practices for quality improvement and cost reduction.
  • Collaborate regularly with surgeons in specific service lines to discuss barriers and changes to procedural needs.
  • Collaborate with peers across Duke University Health System operating room platforms to standardize practice across the health system.
  • Plan and assist with coordinating unit staff schedules.
  • Assist the nurse manager of operations in preparing and monitoring service-line budget utilization.
  • Collaborate with the manager on issue resolution and projects to improve departmental workflow processes.
  • Collaborate with pharmacy, sterile processing, supply chain, radiology, and other departments to resolve issues and improve departmental workflow processes.
  • Participate with the nurse manager in interviewing and selecting new staff.
  • Mentor and monitor preceptors for all new employees.
  • Provide oversight and support to charge nurses to ensure staffing needs and assignments reflect workload, staff competency, and scope of practice.
  • Delegate responsibilities within the scope of practice and validated competencies to meet shift workload demands.
  • Facilitate assignments that support learning for orientees and nurse learners.
  • Promote open communication that supports staff input into decision-making, conflict resolution, and collegiality among health team members.
  • Review and provide appropriate follow-up and communication on safety reporting system reports related to the team or patients in conjunction with the nurse manager of operations.
  • Facilitate and encourage staff participation in departmental and hospital committee and council meetings.
  • Attend departmental and hospital committee meetings as assigned.
  • Complete other projects and duties as directed by the department manager.

Desired Qualifications

  • Demonstrated clinical expertise, including the ability to circulate and scrub cases while serving as a knowledgeable clinical resource for the team.
  • CNOR certification is preferred.

About the Company

Duke University

Private research university in Durham, NC

Duke University is a research university offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional education alongside interdisciplinary research and health care.

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