Senior RN-OR Service Line Coordinator

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An OR Service Line Coordinator (RN) is an experienced perioperative registered nurse responsible for clinical operations readiness and coordination for one or more defined surgical service lines (e.g., Orthopedics, Cardiovascular, Neuro, Spine, Robotics). This role serves as the clinical and operational subject matter expert for assigned specialties, ensuring readiness across people, processes, equipment, supplies, and physician engagement. 

This position does not have direct reports and is not a people leader. Instead, the role focuses on service line optimization, standardization, and collaboration across perioperative teams and key partners to support safe, efficient, and high-quality surgical care. 

Essential Functions: 

- Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and MercyOne Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions. 

- Performs independent perioperative nursing functions—including scrubbing, circulating, case preparation, aseptic practice, equipment readiness, room turnover, and accurate surgical documentation—to ensure safe, efficient patient care. 

- Collaborates and communicates effectively with patients, surgeons, anesthesia, and the OR team while supporting training, maintaining preference cards, participating in performance improvement, and engaging in ongoing departmental education. 

- Service Line Clinical & Operational Readiness:

• Serve as the primary clinical operations lead for assigned surgical service lines. 

• Ensure end-to-end readiness for scheduled procedures, including equipment, instrumentation, implants, and supplies. 

• Proactively identify gaps or risks to readiness and partner with appropriate stakeholders to resolve issues. 

- Preference Card & Specialty Standardization: 

• Maintain ownership and clinical oversight of surgeon preference cards for assigned service lines. 

• Partner with surgeons, SPD, and Supply Chain to ensure preference cards are accurate, current, standardized, and optimized. 

• Support standardization efforts that improve efficiency, reduce variation, and enhance patient safety. 

- Equipment, Implants & Product Management: 

• Ensure specialty equipment and implant readiness, including new technology and robotics as applicable. 

• Collaborate with Supply Chain, SPD, and vendors to support inventory optimization and availability. 

• Participate in product evaluations, trials, and value analysis activities, providing clinical insight and recommendations. 

- Surgeon & Interdisciplinary Liaison: 

• Act as a trusted liaison between surgeons and perioperative operations. 

• Facilitate communication related to service line needs, new procedures, equipment changes, and operational improvements. 

• Partner closely with Anesthesia, SPD, and Clinical Education to support new surgeons, procedures, and technologies. 

- Waste Reduction & Cost Stewardship: 

• Identify opportunities to reduce case-level waste, supply overutilization, and non–value-added variation. 

• Support initiatives that improve cost effectiveness while maintaining clinical quality and safety. 

• Contribute to service line performance metrics related to efficiency, utilization, and throughput. 

- Education & Change Support: 

• Collaborate with Clinical Education to support competency validation related to new procedures, equipment, and implants. 

• Serve as a clinical resource during implementation of new products, workflows, or service line initiatives. 

- Other duties as needed and assigned by the manager. 

- Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other Trinity Health and MercyOne policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.  

Schedule:  

• 1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week  

• Day shift (10 hour shifts)

• General Surgery service line

• On call rotation for weekend, holiday and night hours with a 30-minute response time 

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Minimum Qualifications:  

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required. 

• Master’s in nursing (MSN) preferred. 

• Minimum of 5 years of perioperative nursing experience including specialty service line experience 

• Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) Certification preferred. 

• Demonstrated expertise in surgical workflows, instrumentation, and perioperative processes 

• Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills 

• Experience with robotics, advanced specialty procedures, or emerging surgical technologies preferred.  

• Current Iowa RN license, (MercyOne Genesis, excluding Aledo and DeWitt, - current Registered Nurse (RN) license in either Iowa or Illinois is required at the time of hire. A secondary RN license for the other state must be obtained within 12 months of the hire date.) 

• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) required. 

• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter – Child and/or Dependent Adult Abuse training within three (3) months of hire. 

• Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment. 

• Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health and MercyOne.  

Colleagues of MercyOne Health System enjoy competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system! 

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Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.