Clinical Specialist, Full Time, Operating Room, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center
Company: Atlantic Health System
Location: Morristown
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Description Job Function: 01. Quality of Care: Supports surgical
teams with expert clinical guidance, troubleshooting, and workflow
optimization to maintain patient safety, improve Operating Room
efficiency, and ensure high?quality surgical care. Collaborates
with the nursing team to provide direct or indirect patient care
based on identified patient needs. Advocates for patients,
families, and nursing team members to ensure patient rights and an
optimal healthcare environment. Assists in the formation of quality
improvement programs utilizing the framework of structure, process
and outcome based on national benchmarks. Evaluates quality data
and translates evidenced based knowledge into recommendations to
improve the quality of care and clinical practice. Collaborates
with nursing team members to identify interventions that reflect
current scientific knowledge, are evidence based and consistent
with patient and family needs. Supports and implements the
principles of a High Reliability Organization (HRO) in daily
practice Advocates for patient safety by identifying risks,
escalating concerns, and ensuring adherence to perioperative safety
protocols, sterile technique, and regulatory standards. Evaluates
the effectiveness of interventions and makes recommendations to
enhance quality of care and nursing practice. Participates in
performance improvement activities related to perioperative
services. Maintains strong knowledge of safety and regulatory
standards, including AORN, Joint Commission, CMS, and OSHA
requirements. Demonstrates thorough understanding of Operating Room
procedures, sterile technique, and perioperative best practices.
Job Function: 02. Education: Identifies the educational needs of
team members, patients and families concerning alterations in
health, the disease process, current evidence-based treatment for
disease processes, the hospital plan of care, and discharge
planning. Identifies the clinical and professional development
needs of the nursing team and develops and provides educational
programs and conferences for the staff. Supports the training of
novice clinicians by serving as an instructor, role model, and
mentor. Assists in designing orientation and training curriculums.
Pursues and participates in formal and independent learning
activities to enhance knowledge, clinical competency and
professional development. Job Function: 03. Administration :
Participates in performance improvement activities related to area
of specialization and/or clinical unit. Assists in policy,
protocol, order set and competency development and review as
needed. Participates in hospital and system-wide Shared Governance
and assists in the development of clinical goals related to
nursing. Promotes recruitment and retention by providing guidance,
support and professional development opportunities to team members
and students. Promotes positive hospital image through
collaboration and networking. Assists and participates in the
preparation for regulatory agency visits and disease specific
accreditation visits Assists with the implementation of policies,
procedures and protocols from regulatory agencies and helps to
promote and improve the highest standards or care. Assists and
supports achieving centers of excellence recognition from
professional organizations. Job Function: 04. Individual practice:
Evaluates own clinical and professional performance according to
the standards of the appropriate professional and regulatory
bodies. Seeks feedback regarding own practice from peers and
colleagues and takes action to improve practice. Actively pursues
continuing educational, academic and certification opportunities to
maintain ongoing competency Maintains membership in national
organizations for professional development Job Function: 05.
Ethics: Fosters the establishment of an ethical environment that
supports the rights of all participants. Contributes to the
resolution of ethical dilemmas. Serves as a mentor and role model
to peers and team members. Job Function: 06. Research: Evaluates
existing practice based on current research findings and translates
this knowledge into practice. Promotes evidenced based practice in
the clinical and professional environment. Supports dissemination
of internal EBP and research projects at the local, system, and
national level. Job Function: 07. Collegiality : Identifies and
participates in opportunities to share skills, knowledge, and
strategies for patient care and system improvement. Promotes a
learning environment that enables nursing and other healthcare
personnel to make optimal contributions that affect the healthcare
system. Participates in professional organizations, enterprise-wide
committees, and Shared Governance to address issues of concern in
meeting patient needs and improving nursing practice Job Function:
08. Collaboration : Collaborates with other disciplines in
consultation, teaching, management, and research activities to
improve outcomes in nursing practice and enhance the healthcare
environment. Utilizes the Shared Governance forum to provide
support for enhancing education, practice, and quality improvement.
Collaborates with nurse managers and directors to identify clinical
activities to facilitate professional growth of team members and
areas of unit scope and role expansion. Qualifications Education:
Masters Degree of Nursing required License & Certifications:
Current NJ (New Jersey) Registered Nurse License required Basic
Life Support required CNOR certification required Experience:
Minimum 3-5 Years of Operating Room/ Perioperative experience
required 3 years of previous Clinical Specialist experience
preferred
Keywords: Atlantic Health System, New Brunswick , Clinical Specialist, Full Time, Operating Room, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Healthcare , Morristown, New Jersey
