Operating Room Coordinator- Registered Nurse- PPMC - 3737 Market Street

Operating Room Coordinator

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines. Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Bring your years of OR expertise to a role where your voice matters. As an Operating Room Coordinator, you'll combine hands-on clinical knowledge with leadership to support high-quality patient care, optimize workflow, and foster a collaborative surgical team.

The Perioperative Nursing Clinical Coordinator actively participates in a collaborative/consultative/supportive role with the Anesthesia Coordinator and members of the Perioperative Leadership team to assure efficient patient flow and quality patient care. Perioperative Nursing Clinical Coordinator also works collaboratively with auxiliary patient units and perioperative services personnel including 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 on the off-shift.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitates patient flow and efficient/appropriate patient placements.
• Participates in Periop Safety check-ins on the unit.
• Supports use of the EPIC tool in communicating surgical procedure case classification, notification of impending transfers, EVS requests, bed requests, case assignments, hallmarks and other functions.
• Identifies, problem-solves, communicates and delegates to facilitate patient flow and EPIC system maintenance.
• Directs, supervises, evaluates, and supports patient care activities; serves as a resource to staff nurses and other department(s) personnel on clinical practice and is a resource for implementation/interpretation of hospital and nursing policies and procedures.
• Responsible for daily rounding and overseeing completion checklists for the department.
• Promotes excellence in departmental programs/projects on the off-shifts and supports ongoing educational activities.

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• BSN (Required)
• Registered Nurse - PA (Required)
• BLS (Required)
• CNOR (Preferred)
• Operating Room experience

Location: 3737 Market Street

Hours: 11a - 7:30p

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives. Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.