Clinical Coordinator - North Liberty Operating Rooms
Position Specific Summary: Provide leadership in clinical care coordination/specialized nursing care through care planning with preference cards, charge reconciliation, documentation audits, assistance with clinical coordination in central scheduling, verifying clinical resource needs, using clinical nursing to in improve nursing and health care through the management of quality or design of informatics.
Key Areas of Responsibilities:
- Provide Leadership and Oversight for Specialized Services or Populations.
- Specialized Services for Nursing Care.
- Provide Education.
- Compliance with Internal Policies and External Regulations for Safe and Effective Care Delivery and Health Profession Education.
- Human Resource Management.
Technical Competencies:
- Care Coordination.
- Clinical Competency Training and Development.
- Clinical Performance Improvement.
- Clinical Policies and Standards.
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking.
Percent of Time: 100%
Schedule: Primarily Days Monday - Friday. Weekends, holidays, and call per unit needs.
Location: North Liberty Campus
Pay Grade: 4B https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/plans
Benefits Highlights: Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. Relocation Assistant available to qualified applicants. https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefits
Required Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required.
- Current License to practice in Iowa.
- 2+ years of recent Operating Room nursing experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstration of commitment to principles of Service Excellence.
- Excellent organization skills; detail oriented.
- Collaborates and develops effective interpersonal relationships with nursing staff, medical staff, interdisciplinary teams, and other hospital departments.
Desired Qualifications
- Expertise in Orthopedic surgical procedures.
- Expertise in Epic Optime.
- Knowledge of Operating Room scheduling processes.
Please attach a resume as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact polly-terukina@uiowa.edu
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
Equal opportunity employer
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, or associational preferences.
Persons with disabilities who need assistance or accommodations with the application or interview process may contact University Human Resources/Faculty and Staff Disability Services, (319) 335-2660 or fsds@uiowa.edu. For jobs in UI Health care, please contact UI Health care Leave & Disability Administration at 319-356-7543.

