Surgery RN Specialty Coordinator - General/GYN/DaVinci Specialties

Summary

Job Description:

Full Time : 630-3 M-F
Call required 1 night a week and every 4th weekend

• Prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care of patients. Provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. Evaluates and improves the quality, consistency, and efficiency of the assigned specialty and contributes to the educational and collaborative goals of Baptist Health Paducah.

• Essential Duties:

  • Delegation of nursing care activities and provision of supervision

  • Assures that nursing care interventions and activities are directed to resolve problems and performs technical aspects of care competently.

  • Works with surgical technologists, orderlies, and other staff to perform post-case cleaning duties.

  • Restocking of the operating rooms involved in the assigned specialty to ensure that supplies are readily available.

  • Precept new RN staff in the assigned specialty

  • Establish clinical competencies for new hires and staff involved with assigned specialty.

  • Initiate, maintain, and/or manage communication regarding subjects including specialty case start times, issue resolution, and staff and training update

  • Assessment and identification of patient needs.

  • Implementation of appropriate interventions for patient care.

  • Establishes and maintains a plan for the delivery of nursing care

  Requirements:

  • One-year nursing experience is preferred, and two years’ relevant patient care experience (in Surgery) is required.

  • Must demonstrate good leadership qualities.

  • Current RN licensure recognized by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing is required.

  Benefits:

  • Tuition Assistance reimbursement program 

  • Paid Time Off available for use upon hire 

  • Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

  • Bereavement Leave (includes pets) 

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Retirement plans with company match

Work Experience

Education

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.