Kelly Goodfellow

Work History

Assistant Director, Cardiovascular Operating Room

Freeman Health Systems

03.2022 - Current

Provide oversight for surgical services and interdisciplinary support departments, integrating inpatient workflows across the hospital and multiple service lines.
Lead strategic initiatives to improve perioperative scheduling, block utilization, OR throughput, and post-anesthesia care transitions.
Collaborate with pharmacy, lab, imaging, and therapy leaders to create standardized workflows and shared policies that uphold compliance and patient safety.
Partner with executive leadership on capital planning, workforce modeling, and service line development to align with mission and growth priorities.
Drive accountability and data-informed decision-making through department-level KPIs, dashboards, and routine senior leadership reporting.
Facilitate regular collaboration forums between surgeons, anesthesiologists, and administrators to align operational goals, resource allocation, and scheduling.
Serve as clinical lead on hospital-wide process improvement iniatives, including surgical case readiness, interdisciplinary rounding, and order pathways.
Provide clinical and operational leadership for a high-volume cardiovascular surgical program within a tertiary hospital system
Optimize staffing models, surgical scheduling, and turnover efficiency to support growing case volumes and emergent cardiac interventions
Drive initiatives to improve OR throughput, reduce delays, and support safe, efficient transitions across perioperative phases.
Collaborate with hospital leadership on workforce development, budgeting, and technology planning to support strategic growth.
Mentor surgical team members, fostering a professional practice environment rooted in accountability, quality, and staff engagement.
Controlled resources and assets for department activities to comply with industry standards and government regulations.
Developed detailed plans based on broad guidance and direction.
Improved staffing during busy periods by creating employee schedules and monitoring call-outs. Including an "dedicated on-call" crew to reduce employee burnout.
Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
Leveraged data and analytics to make informed decisions and drive business improvements.
Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.

Float Nurse/Nursing House Supervisor/Clinical Education Specialist

Integris Health Inc

01.2014 - 12.2023

Led interdisciplinary teams across med-surg, telemetry, observation, and post-op units, managing complex patient care, throughput, and staffing.
As House Supervisor, directed shift-based operations, coordinated system-wide staffing, and responded to hospital-wide escalations.
Led training initiatives as a Clinical Educator, designing onboarding and ongoing education for clinical staff across disciplines.
Acted as liaison between care coordination, imaging, lab, therapies, and pharmacy to enhance discharge planning, reduce delays, and improve patient satisfaction
Supported multiple system initiatives including Epic implementation, compliance audits, and emergency preparedness.
Served as Epic EHR super-user and clinical workflow champion during large-scale implementations, supporting over 400 staff during process transitions.
Conducted rounds with medical staff to promote improved understanding between patients, nursing staff and medical staff to support continued quality of communication and care.
Relieved external units such as outpatient IV therapy, pre- and post-operatives, PACU and recovery, dialysis, labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum with skilled nursing services.
Led teams in driving successful patient outcomes by prioritizing standard of care and best practices.
Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
Established and maintained effective communication with staff, physicians and community organizations to promote high quality patient care.

Summary

Overview

Work History

Assistant Director, Cardiovascular Operating Room

Float Nurse/Nursing House Supervisor/Clinical Education Specialist

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Skills

Certification

Timeline

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