RN Clinical Coordinator Operating Room

For more than 135 years, St. Mary-Corwin has cared for the people of Pueblo and the surrounding southern Colorado communities. Driven by a commitment to Pueblo and our healing ministry, St. Mary- Corwin is focused on its core areas of clinical strength: cancer care and orthopedic services. This concentration enables St. Mary-Corwin to serve the southern Colorado region with high quality, high value care for generations to come. Residents of Pueblo enjoy a moderate cost of living within this modern, mid-sized community while experiencing everything great about life in Colorado, including world- class nearby outdoor recreation, thriving local arts and culture, numerous parks, festivals and much more.

RN Clinical Coordinators may be eligible for a relocation bonus up to $8,000. Ask a recruitment team member for more information to learn more!

Embrace your purpose and unique talents now, and put them to work. We value individuals with exceptional skills, but your dedication to a greater cause is what we cherish the most. Our organization thrives on this ethos, providing a supportive team environment with resources to help you succeed, guided by leaders who genuinely care about your growth and achievements.

As an RN Clinical Coordinator you will actively support the department director/manager by coordinating clinical and department activities for the unit. You will not serve as a supervisor or manager; instead serve as a clinical nurse and resource to the staff, authorize work procedures and assign duties, shift charge, as well as:

• Demonstrating strong clinical judgment and ensuring high-quality care delivery to each patient.
• Acting as a vital link between physicians and the patient care team to facilitate seamless communication and collaboration.
• Maintaining communication and promote cooperation with unit staff and other departments.
• Provides input and recommendations to the director/manager on coaching, mentoring and performance management of associates.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with both the healthcare team, and the patient/family to identify and meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient.
• Act as a professional role model for all staff by demonstrating ethical/legal/professional nursing.
• Promotes the optimal health, well-being, and safety of the patient through use of the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act.
• Actively serves on unit as a registered nurse and may take patient assignments based on unit and patient needs and acuity.
• Being personally, accountable for relationship-based care, organizational mission, and core values.

**Previous OR Experience Required- 2 yrs min**

**Previous Leadership/ Charge experience highly preferred**

Day to Day Duties:

• Developing strong working relations with surgeons, staff, and companies’ representatives. Checking the operative schedule weeks in advance making sure all supplies and equipment are available.
• Occasional running the front desk.
• Ensuring ORs are staffed and getting relieved on time.
• Scheduling, Rounding on staff and rooms. Ensuring ORs are cleaned and ready for a procedure.
• Putting instruments and equipment away. 
• Oversight of Operating Room in collaboration with OR leadership and physicians.
• Ensuring ORs are prepared for procedure

Secondary roles:

• Working in OR as a staff RN.
• Helping staff get breaks and lunch.
• This position will also be eligible for the Clinical Ladder.

8 OR Suites

Approx. 180-200+ cases per month

Schedule- 40hrs/ week- Variable shifts per surgical volume and current unit needs. TBD during interview with OR Manager. 

Call Not required 

In addition to bringing humankindness to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

Education

• Associates Degree in Nursing (Nursing Diploma or by endorsement) required
• BSN, preferred

Licensure

• RN License to practice in state of employment as applicable, required
• Nursing Specialty Certification, preferred

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of direct clinical experience as a Registered Nurse.

Physical Requirements

• Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)