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Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.
Here, the nation’s brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist’s outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we’re making new strides every day.
We’ve been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.
As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.
Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.
That’s why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.
A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it’s different.
Job Overview
The Perioperative Service Coordinator is responsible for providing direct patient care in a perioperative environment. Additionally, this role is responsible for initiating and supporting work efforts that maximize quality, safety and services in defined perioperative specialties in collaboration with leadership and providers. Assists with procedures and anesthesia and coordinates the ordering and securing of supplies, equipment and instruments on behalf of providers. Provides clinical education to team members.
The Operating Room at Anschutz campus is a 14 OR unit that treats children and adolescents for any level of injury or illness. The unit supports 24 different surgical specialties and performs more than 23,000 cases a year. We are a unique, yet impressive team comprised of bachelor’s prepared nurses, certified surgical technicians, anesthesia technicians, anesthesia providers, and surgeons. The staff in the OR are proud to provide safe quality of care to our patients. We perform a wide variety of surgical procedures including abdominal and thoracic surgery, bariatric surgery, cleft, craniofacial, and plastic reconstructive surgery, colorectal surgery, cardiac surgery, ENT surgery, fetal surgery, burn treatment, trauma surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology surgery, gynecologic procedures, transplant surgery, and urology surgery. Our OR nurses and surgical technologists receive extensive training and education in all surgical specialties promoting communication, teamwork, and critical thinking. We promote continued education and encourage staff to pursue specialty certifications. You will find our team to be a passionate and intelligent interdisciplinary team focused on providing excellent care to our patients, in a fast-paced environment. Here…. it’s different.
Additional Information
This position is eligible for relocation assistance, if relocating from 100 miles or greater.
Department Name: Anschutz Operating Room
Job Status: full time, 40 hours per week, eligible for benefits
Shift: M-F days, speak with leadership team about schedule details
This position will support the Robotics team
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Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) is required.
- Experience: Two (2) years of perioperative (OR Nurse) clinical experience and three (3) years nursing experience for a total of five (5) years of required experience
- Certification(s): Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required at the time of hire; Achievement and maintenance of a Magnet approved certification is required within six (6) months of hire.
- Licensure(s): Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of Colorado is required.
- Professional Membership(s): Active membership in a professional nursing or healthcare organization is required.
Responsibilities
POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
Neonate - < 30 days Infancy - > 30 days to 1 yr Toddlers - > 1 yr to 3 yrs Pre-Schoolers - > 3 yrs to 5 yrs School age - > 5 yrs to 13 yrs Adolescent - >13 yrs to 18 yrs Adult - > 18 yrs to 65 yrs
Essential Functions
A team member in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the team member may be expected to perform.
- Plans, delivers, and assesses patient and family centered care while incorporating developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence based care practices and methodologies per the standards set forth by the Nurse Practice Act and Professional Practice Model. Assesses changes in patient outcomes and unit needs. Acts as a role model and coach to team members on the provision of care.
- Communicates and advocates patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of the implementation of a care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient learning needs.
- Builds and maintains strong working relationships with multidisciplinary healthcare providers to provide individualized patient care and education while minimizing risks to the patient during transitions of care.
- Researches, compiles and analyzes data and prepares correspondence to facilitate communication, clinical decision making, error prevention and care coordination.
- Collects, monitors and reports on quality of care outcomes and measures. Participates in continuous evaluation and improvement of internal quality and safety processes, procedures and performance measures, including a focus on supplies, equipment and instruments.
- Ensures compliance with clinical policies, procedures, safety rules and best practices to minimize the risk of harm to patients and the care team.
- Participates in or leads projects on the impact of team functioning on safety and quality of care. Solicits input from team members to improve individual and team performance.
- Designs quality improvement and evidence based practice activities at the unit/department level. Acts as a role model in integrating evidence into practice.
- Identifies need for and/or participates in the development or revision of organizational or departmental policies, procedures or practice guidelines.
- Collaborates with providers to identify procedural preferences to effectively secure supplies, equipment and instruments for various perioperative specialties. Provides recommendations on purchasing capital equipment.
- Orients to the charge nurse role and acts as charge nurse as needed. Charge nurse responsibilities include but not limited to: Working with the ACM/Manager to mediate problems involving providers, patient/family, and hospital personnel. Provide clinical follow up through just-in-time coaching when desired outcomes are not achieved. Take ownership in the financial success of the unit with appropriate resource utilization and management of staffing.
- Participates in education by precepting and the education of orientees, peers and students and acting as a clinical resource.
Other Information
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Expert knowledge of medical and/or clinical operations.
- Expert knowledge of the principles of communication: verbal and written, to deal with all levels of personnel.
- Knowledge of computer use and software to include MS office and other software used for hospital operations.
- Skilled in developing and maintain effective working relationships with personnel.
- Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service skills with hospital/ clinic staff, children, parents, and visitors.
- Ability to prioritize and organize tasks in a fast-paced setting.
- Ability to work independently and as a team member.
- Ability to utilize motivational techniques to develop leadership and decision-making within the department.
SCOPE AND LEVEL
- Guidelines: Fully qualified, full performance or journey level. Guidelines are generally but not always clearly applicable, requiring the team member to exercise judgment in selecting the most pertinent guideline, interpret precedents, adapt standard practices to differing situations, and recommend alternative actions in situations without precedent.
- Complexity: Duties assigned are generally complex and may be of substantial intricacy. Work assignment is performed within an established framework under general instructions but requires simultaneous coordination of assigned functions or projects in various stages of completion.
- Decision Making: Exercises judgement and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of work performed.
- Communications: Contacts with team members and/or patients where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, defended and gathered, and discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.
- Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Under general supervision, the team member receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence. Work is reviewed for adherence to instructions, accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standard practice or precedent. Recurring work clearly covered by guidelines may or may not be reviewed.
Physical Requirements
Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job
Physical Requirements
- Body Movement: Will frequently stand/walk up to 12 hours per day. Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing. Will frequently sit up to 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.
- Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying): Will occasionally lift/force exerted up to 35 pounds/16 kilos.
- Vision: Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.
- Hearing: Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.
- Others: Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. While transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and/or bear the full weight of a patient.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.
- Exposure: Exposure to heights: Occasional.
- Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.
- Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.
The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.
Salary Information
Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $87,929.81 to $131,894.71
Hourly Salary Range: $42.27 to $63.41
Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.
As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.
Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.
