RN-Specialty Team Coordinator-Pre-op/ PACU
Company: Yale New Haven Health
Location: Bridgeport
Posted on: July 4, 2025
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Job Description:
Overview To be part of our organization, every employee should
understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and
live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered,
respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as
individuals and professionals, every day. At Bridgeport Hospital,
we are committed to providing quality medical care and treatment
that is coordinated and centered on the patient's specific needs.
We strive to achieve benchmarks as a Patient Centered Medical Home
and provide health care in a setting where patients are at the
center of their care team. All employees of Bridgeport Hospital are
part of the patients care team and contribute to the team approach
of promoting access, continuous, comprehensive care and work to
provide quality improvement in the care provided to their patients.
Responsible and accountable for planning, organizing, directing and
controlling of surgical sub-specialty services. Collaborates with
the NM in the preparation of revenue and expense budgets including
human, financial and material resources. Provides clinical
leadership through development and maintenance of standards of
specialty surgery, clinical practice, participation in nursing
division and surgery sections committee. Works collaboratively with
Surgery Section Chiefs to promote proactive, effective, interactive
shared governance relationship in the management of specialty
services. Essential duties and responsibilities include the
following. Other duties may be assigned. EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran
Responsibilities - 1. Implements intra-operative nursing care in
accordance with PCS division standards of practice, hospital,
community, national standards and regulatory agency requirements. -
1.1 Monitors, revises, and adapts current specialty nursing
practice in light of changing concepts, methods, techniques and
written standards of care. - 2. Organizes and implements specialty
program modification and development based on departmental
goals/objectives and physician needs. - 2.1 Develops realistic
annual objectives for specialty service as directed by Nurse
Manager. - 3. Communicates operating room concerns, operations,
practice changes and medical-legal issues to Nurse Manager. - 3.1
Resolves problems at lowest level and uses appropriate chain of
command to address program areas. - 4. Directs and coordinates
nursing care activities of surgical specialty services supervised.
- 4.1 Provides direct patient care (40%, 2 days per week) to
maintain clinical and technical expertise and to serve as a role
model to staff. - 5. Facilitates specialty service materials needs
through systematic maintenance of materials resources. - 5.1
Effectively coordinates processing, storage, restocking and
inventory of specialty instruments, supplies and equipment in
collaboration with materials staff. - 6. Supports and executes
materials management program developed by the hospital and
department. - 6.1 Works with CSS to assess and streamline
instrument tray contents to ensure effective efficiency and
utilization of instruments. Informs staff and surgeons of any
updates - 7. Maintains efficient resource information of
case-procedures performed by assigned surgical specialties. - 7.1
Enforces the preference card maintenance guidelines in conjunction
with Preference Card Associate. - 8. Ensures timely completion of
scheduled cases assigned to specialty services. - 8.1 Collaborates
with the Control Desk Coordinator to efficiently plan the
coordination of surgical cases scheduled to services by delegating
leadership role to staff with proven organizational skills. - 9.
Maintains credentialling requirements - 9.1 Completes 10 CEU's
annually. Qualifications EDUCATION Graduate of an accredited School
of Nursing. Bachelors degree in Nursing preferred. EXPERIENCE
Minimum 3-5 years experience in assigned specialty services
required. Progressive leadership experience desirable with proven
track record of success in program development or participation,
program implementation in areas of clinical patient care
management, staff development and specialty services materials
management. LICENSURE Licensed and a currently registered nurse in
the State of Connecticut. All newly hired Registered Nurses must
have current BCLS certification or obtain within one month of hire.
PHYSICAL DEMAND Requires prolonged standing; walking; use of sight,
hearing and touch; moving/lifting patients of verying weights.
YNHHS Requisition ID 123965 Position Overview Responsible and
accountable for planning, organizing, directing and controlling of
surgical sub-specialty services. Collaborates with the NM in the
preparation of revenue and expense budgets including human,
financial and material resources. Provides clinical leadership
through development and maintenance of standards of specialty
surgery, clinical practice, participation in nursing division and
surgery sections committee. Works collaboratively with Surgery
Section Chiefs to promote proactive, effective, interactive shared
governance relationship in the management of specialty services.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other
duties may be assigned.
Keywords: Yale New Haven Health, Albany , RN-Specialty Team Coordinator-Pre-op/ PACU, Healthcare , Bridgeport, New York
