Travel Registered Nurse -Preference Card Coordinator (OR)

Per Diem Staffing Systems•Palo Alto, CA

About The Position

Per Diem Staffing Systems, Inc. is recruiting an experienced Travel Registered Nurse (RN) – Preference Card Coordinator to support an accurate, efficient, and data-driven preference card system across multiple Stanford Healthcare sites. The coordinator partners closely with service heads and preference-card stakeholders to standardize workflows and prepare operating rooms for surgery. As a subject matter expert in EPIC preference cards, the coordinator works with staff, clinicians, managers, vendors, Supply Chain, SPD, Bio Engineering, and other departments to ensure that required instruments, specialty supplies, implants, tissues, and equipment are accurately represented for scheduled procedures. This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week, with a scheduled shift of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The listed gross weekly pay is $3,097 to $3,565 for a 40-hour week, based on experience. Local and travel rates vary. Travelers must live at least 60 miles outside Palo Alto, California.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of service.
At least 5 years of recent intra-operative experience in an acute-care OR environment.
Strong knowledge of surgical services and OR operations.
Strong service-level knowledge.
EPIC preference-card experience is described as strongly preferred/required.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with clinicians, staff, managers, vendors, and support departments.
Associates degree and BSN are listed under education requirements.
ACLS certification.
California RN license.
Travelers must live at least 60 miles outside Palo Alto, California.

Nice To Haves

Experience with EPIC preference cards is strongly preferred, though the posting also describes it as required.

Responsibilities

Serve as the subject matter expert for EPIC preference card management.
Create, set up, maintain, and train staff on organizational preference-card standards.
Regularly maintain and update preference cards to ensure accuracy.
Analyze and prepare the following day's surgical cases.
Review cases to ensure the correct mnemonics are assigned and cases are scheduled appropriately.
Verify that the correct preference cards are assigned to each case.
Review cases for corrections, special needs, and potential conflicts.
Create, delete, and modify preference cards and groups as needed.
Document and follow up on missing case information.
Review multiple-mnemonic cases for duplicate or excessive supplies, instruments, and equipment.
Create new cards and modify pick lists as needed, particularly for multi-card and multi-panel cases.
Review schedules for add-on cases and notify OR schedulers of necessary corrections.
Maintain naming conventions for cards, equipment, supplies, and instruments.
Authorize mnemonics for service lines and/or locations as needed.
Process preference-card and mnemonic requests from service heads and managers.
Support service heads with preference-card coordinator workflow standards and card-change requests.
Collaborate with Supply Chain, Item Master, and SPD regarding additions, deletions, and substitutions.
Build and maintain core pick lists.
Submit IT requests as needed.
Maintain equipment-pool quantities and preference cards.
Run basic supply, instrument, and equipment reports.
Collect and audit preference cards and pick lists from previous-day cases daily.
Work with vendors and internal departments to support onboarding of new surgeons and ongoing maintenance of the preference-card system.