Service Line Coordinator - Operating Room, University Hospital

Overview

USA Health is Transforming Medicine along the Gulf Coast to care for the unique needs of our community. USA Health is changing how medical care, education, and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists, and researchers provides the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics, and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall well-being of our community.
Responsibilities

Provides leadership across the domains of personnel management, financial management (supply chain), performance management, nursing practice management and process improvement for their service line(s)

Support daily operations of the OR through team assignments, ensuring all rooms are setup and ready for first case on time starts, facilitating turnover and throughput and effective hand off techniques between care teams.

Support future operations through collaboration with clinic staff, OR Scheduling Center, providers, vendor reps, sterilization, and materials management to ensure all needed people and equipment are available for future cases.

Materials Management, primary interface to ensure appropriate supplies and implants are available for all cases

Ensure availability of implants and grafts

Ensure needed instruments are available for the cases

Ensure appropriate vendors are contacted and available as needed

Ensure that needed equipment is available in the OR rooms

Assist with special needs, equipment and supplies

Tracks tissue ordering, arrival and use

Monitors expiration and consignment needs within their service line(s)

Supports perioperative services staff in orientation, standardization, training, and case performance within the service line(s)

Facilitating or providing in-services, introductions of new equipment and products, supplies and annual competencies

Actively participates in departmental meetings, in-services, and committees with attendance of 80% or better

Actively develops a sense of team, initiates and participates in team development

Actively participates in all new hire and service line evaluations

Accepts and completes all duties positively and without conflict

Cooperates, helps others, and improves the performance of the unit

Completes all mandatory unit, educational, and hospital requirements

Utilizes cost effective practices in performing all aspects of the job

Assumes accountability for current standards established by professions, regulatory and governmental agencies

Determines translates and implements relevant standards and promotes department compliance

Maintains standards of practice consistent with current research findings.

Completes all mandatory department, educational and hospital requirements

Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards

Regular and prompt attendance

Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required

Related duties as assigned

Additional Information

Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.
Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing meeting the minimum standards set by the State of Alabama Required OR

Completion of a clinical program and 2 years of experience in a perioperative setting. Required

RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) for Alabama Required or

Certification in area of clinical focus Required

BCLS - Basic Life Support Required

ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Preferred

CNOR - Certified Operating Room Nurse Preferred

Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the above requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis. EO Employer – minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.