The Center of Excellence Coordinator RN collaborates with the Center of Excellence team,supporting the development, implementation, and organization of the Total Joint Program, and requires collaboration between interdisciplinary team members.
· The Total Joint Coordinator plays a vital role in patient experience and throughput, performing follow-up communication and documentation for all total joint patients.
· Serves as the clinical resource for joint replacement care, best practices by educating nurses, patients and physicians, monitoring patient care in real time, and advocating for necessary elements of care.
· Ensure compliance with hospital policies, Joint Commission standards, and other regulatory requirements.
· Support data collection and reporting for orthopedic registries or accreditation programs (e.g., The Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement).
· This role assists the Center of Excellence Manager with report generation and review, process improvement, staff education, and patient satisfaction
Experience/Training
· At minimum three (3) years’ of recent experience in a hospital setting. Orthopedic experience preferred but not required.
· Ability to work independently with strong decision-making skills.
· Good organizational habits with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects.
· Leadership and excellent communication skills with patients, staff and physicians required.
· Expertise in Excel, PowerPoint and Word Applications required.
· Excellent teaching skills and basic knowledge of quality improvement ideology.
License/Certifications
· Current and unrestricted Texas RN license.
· Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
· Orthopedic Nursing Certification (ONC) preferred but not required.
Strength in Numbers
United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and Tenet have combined forces to create the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery provider. Our combined network of exceptional surgical and imaging facilities includes approximately 20 imaging centers, and over 265 short-stay surgical facilities. Together, our partnerships include 50 health systems and more than 4,000 physicians.
Nationwide Experience
Our partners deliver high quality ambulatory solutions in safe, efficient and caring USPI facilities in communities of every size across 29 states. Our physician partners are focused on providing quality patient care, in part because they are invested in their USPI facility. We provide the infrastructure and support they need to perform their best. This is one of the advantages of partnering with USPI.
Quality Patient Services
We share a vision with our physician and health system partners. Our goal is to provide the quality of healthcare services we would insist upon for our own families. Since our founding in 1998, this goal has helped us grow exponentially. Today, our strategic joint venture with Tenet establishes USPI as one of the nation's leading providers of ambulatory solutions.
Operating Excellence
Our size and experience in developing and operating ambulatory facilities and strategic vision allow our facilities to achieve both high patient satisfaction and solid financial results. Moreover, because we engage physicians in the governance and growth of the facility, we also achieve excellent clinical outcomes.