Department Coordinator, Surgery, Cherokee

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

This position coordinates the nursing activities between multiple service areas of a department. In the absence of the Manager/Director may assume twentyfour (24) hour nursing responsibility for the department. May work with neonates, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.

Required:

1. Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
2. Four years of experience in nursing, with minimum of two years in area of specialty.
3. Demonstrated ability to set priorities, coordinate diversified and multiple activities, and make appropriate clinical and managerial decisions. Must possess advanced problem solving skills.
4. Successful completion of a management course prior to appointment, or within six months of employment.
5. Certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR.

PREFERRED:

1. National certification in specialty.
2. Previous management/charge nurse experience.
3. B.S. degree in Nursing.

Call Center:

1. In addition to 1-3, 2 years of Call Center/Telecommunications experience.