Total Joint Care Coordinator

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.

Behaviors:

• As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.
• As a member of perioperative services you should seek to anticipate the needs of our surgeons, patients, anesthesia providers and peers. Thoughtful anticipation is the key attitude you should strive to achieve in all your interactions. You should use this value to create a positive, helpful and supportive environment for our patients to receive care.

Required Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse License in New Mexico
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience, orthopedic experience preferred
• BLS Certification
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills
• Self-motivation and accountability

Preferred Qualifications:

• BSN
• Leadership experience
• Clinical certification in area of specialty

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads the Total Joint/Spine Patient through the entire continuum of care
• Cultivates a culture of openness and information sharing to ensure the integrity of the SJRMC Total Joint/Spine Programs
• Ensures the Total Joint/Spine Programs provide the highest quality of patient care
• Responsibility to oversee the planning and execution of all Total Joint/Spine Care Program events
• Collaborates with the leadership team to build and lead an effective Total Joint/Spine Care Team
• Coaches team members to promote and develop skills and behaviors necessary to execute department strategy, provide care in accordance with SJRMC’s service standards, and maintain a healthy and balanced work ethic
• Consistently displays a commitment to improving quality performance
• Actively participates in department quality initiatives
• Understands shared governance (structure & process)
• Promotes & implements shared decision-making structures and processes
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work:

                                                     Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship

• Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:

• Must be able to see with corrective eyewear and hear clearly with assistance
• Must be able to walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist frequently
• Must be able to lift greater than 50 pounds and push 0-300 pounds frequently
• Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids and meets OSHA training requirements

Special Demands:

• Sets limits when dealing with angry, hostile, or sometimes verbally or physically abusive patients and families in an attempt to ensure a safe, respectful environment that will support the delivery of care
• Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families