Nurse Coordinator-Perioperative Services- FT - Monday-Friday - 9 am 5 pm - Long Island Community Hospital : Job Details

Long Island Community Hospital has served this richly diverse region as a patient-first community hospital for more than 60 years. As Long Island's onlyindependent community hospital, we are 100% committed to becoming the community's healthcare provider of choice with our greatly enhanced services including the Knapp Cardiac Care Center, our highly-advanced heart disease diagnosis and treatment facility, our new modern surgical pavilion, our uniqueER approach, and our high-touch services including women's imaging, sleep laboratory and orthopedics and more. These services are delivered with the highest level of compassion by our LI Community Hospital staff - Long Islanders with an unmistakable mix of courage and heart who care about the people right here in our community and whose sole purpose is to provide personalized comfort.For more information, go tolicommunityhospital.org, and interact with us onLinkedIn,Glassdoor,Indeed,Facebook,Twitter,YouTubeandInstagram.

Position Summary:We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nurse Coordinator. In this role, the successful candidate The Nurse Coordinator-Total Joint Replacement will use their clinical expertise to enhance the orthopedic Total Joint Replacement Program. Will serve as a resource and liaison to appropriate Hospital departments, patients and the community as it relates to the total joint patient population. The coordinator will work collaboratively with all Hospital services that care for these patients in order to promote quality care and optimize patient outcomes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned
• Work closely with the Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, nursing and other departments that contribute to the care and services to the total joint patient population. Coordinate care and identify variances to the patient plan of care as it relates to Core Measures and Press Ganey. Contribute to the resolution of variances as it relates to length of stay.
• Coordinate with surgeons office to obtain patient information. Run weekly patient education classes. Be available as a liaison to patients and families for further counseling and support pre and postoperatively. Coordinate with hospital departments to identify specific education needs for the staff and serve as a resource as it pertains to related issues and the care of total joint patients.
• Set agenda with the Chairman of Orthopedics. Facilitate the participation of key disciplines as set by the agenda. Discuss relevant issues to promote and/or improve Total Joint Replacement Program.
• Contribute to the resolution of variances as it relates to length of stay. Conduct a pre admission screen for discharge options. Coordinate this information with discharge planning.
• Identify practice issues that impact hospital Core Measures and Press Ganey. Identify issues that impact these scores and outcomes and coordinate with Chair of Orthopedics, hospital departments and physicians on corrective action and quality improvement plans.

Minimum Qualifications:To qualify you must have a Graduate of approved nursing school. Current and valid NYS Registered Nurse License. 6 - 8 years Progressive nursing in the orthopedic clinical area. Basic computer skills. Public speaking.. Required Licenses: Registered Nurse License-NYS

Preferred Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree Nursing. Orthopedic Nursing. Membership in National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (NAON).

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.Long Island Community Hospital provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.Long Island Community Hospital is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online. If you wish to view Long Island Community Hospital's EEO policies, please click here. Please click here to view the Federal EEO is the law poster or visit for more information.

Long Island Community Hospital provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $77,000.00 - $130,250.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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