Bariatric Coordinator (RN)

Job PostingThis position is sign-on bonus eligible.Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital's 3 Ridley-Tree accepts all medical-surgical patients and specializes in the care of surgical and trauma patients. This is a fast-paced unit with a focus on patient and staff satisfaction through teamwork, shared governance, and a commitment to quality. The unit has 32 beds and the capability for remote telemetry monitoring. We work closely with the Surgeons, Surgical Residents, and the Trauma Team. The ASMBS (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery) has designated Cottage Health as a Bariatric Center of Excellence.Major responsibilities include utilizing the nursing process in collecting data and performing nursing care interventions on an ongoing basis, documenting all required information in a timely, thorough, and accurate manner, delivering quality care in an organized manner within the scope of practice, coordinating, ordering, and meeting multiple patient needs and requests within an acceptable time frame by managing workflow utilizing team resources, monitoring and ensuring the quality of healthcare practices, leading and actively participating in multidisciplinary, bariatric, and MBSAQIP committee meetings, assisting in program development, managing the accreditation process, ensuring continuous compliance with MBASQIP standards, maintaining relevant pathways and protocols, patient education, monitoring outcomes data and collection, leading quality improvement initiatives, and the education of relevant staff with a focus on metabolic and bariatric patient safety, and providing education to clinical staff on metabolic and bariatric patient safety and supporting development of written clinical and nursing protocols emphasizing rapid communication and response to critical patient findings to reduce delays in diagnosis and treatment of serious adverse events.Qualifications include a preferred Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, a current California RN license, American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support BLS, previous experience with medical technology/equipment as needed based on assigned patient care unit, and acute care experience within the last two years. Training and experience in area of expertise are preferred.Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love. Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work. Any Cottage Health applicants who require assistance or reasonable accommodations during the application process may request the need for accommodation with the Recruiter. If you're already a Cottage Health employee, please apply on this link only.