RN Nurse Coordinator - Operating Room @ Penn Presbyterian Medical Center - Day Shift

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is currently seeking a full time day shift Coordinator of General Services in the Operating Room. The service lines this coordinator will be covering include: Cardiac, Vascular, Thoracic, OMFS, and Podiatry. Job Summary: The responsibilities of this RN Coordinator includes, but is not limited to, coordination of all operational activities for a clinical service line. This includes collaboration with the OR Nurse Manager, Attending Surgeon staff, Central Processing Manager, Operating Room Materials Manager and vendors to develop and manage all aspects of patient care, utilization of departmental personnel, fiscal responsibility and material resources. Accountabilities: • Clinical Judgment: • Develops or assists in the development of and implementation of the policies and procedures required to support the requirements of all licensing or regulatory agencies. • Coordinates or assists with the development and implementation of educational programs to support quality of care within the department or service line. • Supports excellence in patient care by planning for positive patient outcomes. • Participates in clinical care as necessary. • Acts as clinical expert within their service line. • Assumes overall accountability for their service line. Delegate’s responsibility to others, in their absence. • All other duties as assigned by Nurse Manager. • Communication: • Maintains positive and effective interpersonal relations with all members of the perioperative team; including but not limited to all levels of physician surgical staff, ancillary departments, hospital administration and all ancillary departments • Is proactive in response to all queries, staff issues and clinical issue. • Collaborates with peers to resolve issues efficiently and effectively. • Mentors new, inexperienced or other staff to assure positive and quality patient outcomes. • Exhibits leadership qualities in problem solving, setting priorities and clinical excellence. • All other duties as assigned by Nurse Manager. • Quality/Performance Improvement: • Actively participates in departmental quality initiatives. • Provides leadership in assessment of departmental personnel as related to fulfillment of job expectations. •Collaborates with the Nurse Manager and provides tangible feedback concerning staff performance. • Supports the shared governance model. • Insures efficient and effective operations through compliance with institutional and regulatory policies and procedures. • All other duties as assigned by Nurse Manager. • Fiscal Management: • Is aware of the financial needs of their clinical service line. • Designs and implements actions to maintain fiscal responsibility of their clinical service line and the overall Operating Room operation. • Is proactive to assure all required items (implants, supplies, and personnel) are in place prior to the scheduled operative case. • Identifies scheduling conflicts and resolves proactively. • In conjunction with OR materials management, reviews inventory levels required for quality patient care. • In conjunction with the OR Nurse Manager, identifies and implements cost containment measures. • Is proactive to maintain physician case preference cards. • Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures • Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization

Credentials:

- A Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing is required in conjunction with relevant Operating Room experience.

- Current RN license with the state of Pennsylvania required.

- CPR/BLS required

-Savy in EPIC required

-Emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills

- CNOR preferred.