Mary Leigh Rodgers

Leadership and Management

• Supervises operating room nurses, surgical technologists, and support staff.
• Recruits, hires, orients, and retains staff
• Conducts performance yearly reviews
• Creates staffing schedules and manages call coverage for 24/7 OR
• Addresses employee disciplinary issues and/or coaching

Patient Safety and Quality

• Ensures compliance with patient safety standards and best practices
• Monitors quality indicators such as:
• Patient Tracers, Surgical Site Infections, Wrong-site Surgery prevention and the proper counting across all operating rooms

Operational Oversight

• Coordinates daily surgical schedules and patient flow
• Collaborates with surgeons, anesthesia providers and procedural departments
• Troubleshoots delays, equipment issues, and staffing challenges

Financial Management

• Monitored labor costs, overtime, and productivity to ensure budget adherence
• Works to improve efficiency while maintaining quality care

Collaboration and Strategic Planning

• Collaborated with various medical professionals
• surgeons
• Anesthesiologists
• Sterile Processing
• PACU Leadership
• Executive leadership

Surgical Operations Oversight

• Coordinated operating room schedules and optimized case flow to enhance procedural efficiency
• Ensured readiness of rooms, equipment, and supplies for seamless procedures
• Addressed delays and scheduling conflicts to maintain operational continuity
• Worked closely with leadership

• Led a team of 7 Operating Rooms, providing operational oversight, staff support, workflow management, and real-time problem resolution to maintain quality patient care and surgical efficiency.
• Managed peripheral vascular hybrid suite and cardiovascular room operations.
• Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
• Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.

• Collaborated with transplant surgeons, nursing staff, surgical technologists, pharmacists, anesthesia providers to optimize patient outcomes
• Managed daily clinical workflow, staffing assignments, and resource allocation for transplant services to optimize operational efficiency.
• Ensured compliance with regulatory, UNOS, CMS, and organizational transplant program requirements to maintain program integrity and quality standards.
• Served as clinical resource and mentor for nursing staff, transplant coordinators, and interdisciplinary team members to enhance team knowledge and skills.

Facilitated surgical procedures as primary OR circulator, ensuring efficient workflow and patient safety.

• Advocated for patients under anesthesia, prioritizing their comfort and monitoring vital signs.
• Maintain a sterile and safe environment
• Complete surgical Timeouts
• Patient positioning and safety measures
• Coordinate activities between the surgical team, anesthesia and support departments
• Monitor patient safety, positioning, and skin integrity
• Manage specimen labeling
• Counted instrumentation, sharps, and soft goods during surgical procedures.
• Provide thorough handoff to PACU and/or ICU
• Help prepare for next OR case