RN OR Resource Coordinator
About The Position
The RN OR Resource Coordinator prioritizes and maintains procedure cards for new procedures and surgeons, ensuring accuracy, standardization, and timely updates through the Procedure Card Maintenance tool. The role develops case and surgeon pick lists, coordinates biannual procedure card reviews, and collaborates with operating room staff and Materials Management to ensure surgical supplies and instrumentation are available. The coordinator participates in patient scheduling and daily coordination meetings with Anesthesia and the Scheduling Coordinator as needed. The position also supports operating room quality improvement, performance monitoring, regulatory compliance, and patient safety. It works with OR leadership and multidisciplinary teams to identify and address performance gaps, monitor improvement outcomes, and promote evidence-based practice and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of five years of clinical experience in an OR setting.
- Knowledge of surgical operations.
- Ability to work comfortably across all phases of the Perioperative Department: PSAT, SAU, Intra-op, Post-op, PACU, Phase II, and Endoscopy.
- Registered Nurse licensed in the State of Virginia or a compact state, required as a condition of hire.
- Current BCLS Certification, required as a condition of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Supply Chain experience.
- Proficiency with Epic.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and monitor quality improvement initiatives for the operating room.
- Track, audit, analyze, report, and improve key operating room performance indicators (KPIs).
- Develop and maintain performance dashboards for the operating room.
- Review clinical data to identify trends, variations, and opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with OR leadership and multidisciplinary teams to address performance gaps.
- Conduct regular audits of OR practices, documentation, and compliance with policies and standards.
- Monitor the effectiveness of improvement initiatives and report outcomes to OR leadership.
- Monitor compliance with surgical hand antisepsis, attire, aseptic technique, and sterile field practices.
- Review documentation of surgical safety checklists and other required safety processes.
- Support compliance with applicable regulatory, accreditation, and professional standards.
- Assist with accreditation surveys, regulatory inspections, and internal compliance reviews.
- Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia, nursing leadership, infection prevention, sterile processing, and risk management.
- Act as a clinical liaison between the Clinical Nurse Education department and the operating room.
- Collaborate with Surgical Services team leads on improvement practices related to preference card building, updating, and maintenance.
- Maintain procedure cards for new procedures and surgeons using the Procedure Card Maintenance tool.
- Develop case and surgeon pick lists and coordinate biannual procedure card reviews.
- Coordinate with OR staff and Materials Management to ensure surgical supplies and instrumentation are available.
- Participate in patient scheduling and daily coordination meetings with Anesthesia and the Scheduling Coordinator as needed.
- Promote a culture of patient safety, accountability, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement.
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Job Type
Full-time
