Patti Corder

• Management of 12 operations rooms (OR), Anesthesia support, GI Procedures, & Sterile Processing Department (SPD)
• Direction & coordination of the development & implementation of policies & procedures affecting all aspects of the OR & SPD
• Preparing & passing The Joint Commission (TJC) survey
• Achieve compliance with recommended standards of TJC standards & Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) as well as other requirements set by state and federal regulatory agencies
• Oversite for all expansion projects within the OR & SPD
• Recommending & implementing best practices for the OR & SPD equipment, supplies, & technology
• Directing the day to day operations, budgeting, financial management, & human resource management
• Utilizing analytics to examine overall OR processes

• Directs & manages administrative and patient care activities of over 100 employees at a teaching & level I trauma center on US/ Mexico border
• Achieved ongoing compliance with recommended standards of TJC & AORN as well as other requirements set by state and federal regulatory agencies
• Improved First Case ON Time Starts, block time utilization; reduced turn over times
• Responsible for the assessment, measurement, & continuous improvement in the OR to ensure patient safety, quality, and efficiency
• Provided leadership & collaboration in determining nursing standards and scope of practice
• Ensures satisfactory physician relations including clear & concise communication regarding the OR and hospital issues
• Meets or exceeds financial goals and objectives of the OR
• Oversees both short- & long-term planning in all aspects of management, including OR staff development, facilities, budget, contracts, supplies, services, & equipment
• Reviews monthly & YTD budget and evaluates cost of procedures
• Collaborate with nursing and ancillary departments to ensure all issues & perspectives are surfaced & proactively addressed
• Prepares reports & analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends & implements the appropriate changes

• OR Charge Registered Nurse (RN): Duties- schedule supervise OR staff & surgeries; serve as a clinical resource for surgeons, anesthesiologists, members of the perioperative staff, clinical & ancillary staff across multiple departments, sales representatives, patients & families
• Coordinate surgery schedule with sales reps, Sterile Processing Department (SPD), Materials Management, Biomed, Radiology, & Pathology to ensure First Case on-time starts, & efficient turnover times
• Surgeries: trauma; orthopaedics; neuro; spine; cardiothoracic; vascular; robotic, general; gynecology (GYN); urology, plastics; ear, nose, and throat (ENT); maxillofacial; ocular; c-sections; gastroenterology (GI)
• Circulator: provide direct patient care in the perioperative department; teaching & level 2 trauma center
  

• Medical Device Distributor & RN
• Owner, founder, & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cutting-Edge Medical Inc., a
  medical device distributor
• Won national awards for accelerated growth, cost-effective management, & quality
  performance
• Services: surgical implant, biologics, supplies, equipment, & wound care for
  orthopaedics, spine, & plastics
• Oversee day-to-day operations; marketing; budgeting; accounting; monitor billing/
  charging; develop manage operating capital budgets; achieve manufacturers sales goals; negotiate price & contract for surgical supplies, implants, equipment;
  maintain good relationships with medical manufacturers, surgeons, OR staff & department leaders
• Schedule/ supervise RN, sales reps, & inventory for surgeries; direct support coach sales reps; certify sales reps’ competency; ensure sales reps compliance with
  hospital policy & procedures
• Manage distribution of instruments, implants, & equipment
• PRN: RN- OR circulator & scrub, PACU, Pre-Op for hospitals & ASCs

• Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC); surgeries: spine, orthopaedics, bariatrics, plastics,
  general, endoscopy, & pain management
• Supervise & schedule OR staff & suite which, include the OR, endoscopy, & SPD
• Provide direct patient care in OR (circulate, scrub, IV procedural sedation); post-
  anesthesia care unit (PACU), post-op, pre-op, & pre-admission testing (PAT)
• Achieves ongoing compliance with all regulatory agencies such as Accreditation
  Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC); policy & procedure adherence;
  renewal of contracts; infection control; peer review
• Recruiting & training nurses; staff development
• Credentialing physicians & nurses
• Recruiting & marketing of bariatric surgeons
• Implementation of a bariatric surgery program which assured cost-effective, high
  quality, safe, patient-focused care
• Policy & procedure development & implementation
• Purchase supplies & instruments; budgeting; accounting; maintenance of equipment & inventory; create & update preference cards

• OR circulator; PACU; Pre-Op; Post-Op for hospitals & ASCs in the DFW

• OR consultant: advise & troubleshoot medical device issues during surgery
• OR educator: teach surgical team new surgical techniques in cadaver labs
• In-service & issue Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) to OR nurses, minimally
  invasive spine surgery

• Main Campus: OR RN charge; preceptor; circulate & scrub; surgeries- orthopaedics,
  spine, & plastics
• East Campus- Pain Clinic: IV procedural sedation; circulate; scrub; PACU; pre-op
• Teaching Hospital, affiliated with the University of Mississippi Medical Center

Agency RN- PRN: OR; PACU; pre-op; post-op; ED; intensive care unit (ICU) for hospitals & ASCs

• Staff RN- PT: teaching & level 1 trauma center- ED, Cardiovascular ICU/Surgical ICU

• Plastic Surgery Service Line Coordinator & Preceptor
• Woman's Hospital: Surgeries-plastics; general; GYN; c-section; neonate neuro;
  pediatric-dental & ENT
• Woman's Hospital: Recruited plastic surgeons, ENT surgeon, OR & PACU RNs