Department Coordinator, Operating Room

Job description

Overview Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today. Responsibilities: PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Assists the Manager/Director in coordinating daily operations between service areas in the department. - Evaluates, identifies, and makes changes in daily nursing activities to enhance operations between service areas in the department. This includes adjusting staff work assignments, resources and materials, priority setting and patient services. - Prepares monthly staffing schedules according to patient acuity, and clinical competence of staff. - Supervises nursing staff, including orienting, training, counseling, and evaluating. - Identifies and implements appropriate training to meet department needs. Coordinates with Nurse Clinicians and Preceptors to develop and implement orientation of new employees, certification, and student affiliation. - Interprets and communicates hospital and division philo...