Primary Clinical RN Lead
Busy Multi-Surgeon Plastic Surgery Practice
Estética Institute is a premier Plastic Surgery office located in Palm Beach Gardens seeking a professional, polished, experienced, and highly organized Registered Nurse to serve as our Primary Clinical RN Lead.
This hands-on leadership role combines perioperative nursing, operating room coordination, patient care, staff oversight, inventory management, and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate is proactive, dependable, flexible, and skilled at coordinating multiple surgeons, operating rooms, anesthesia providers, and clinical team members.
The Primary Clinical RN Lead will help ensure each surgical day runs safely, efficiently, and according to the highest standards of patient care and service.
Key Responsibilities
Surgical and Clinical Leadership
Promote a positive, professional, and team-oriented work environment while overseeing the daily clinical and surgical operations of multiple operating rooms. Coordinate surgical schedules involving multiple plastic surgeons, anesthesia providers, nurses, scrub technicians, and support staff, and serve as the primary clinical and nursing resource for the surgical team. Manage staffing assignments, patient readiness, room turnover, workflow, and operating room efficiency while ensuring clear and accurate handoff communication regarding each patient’s condition and response to care.
Perioperative Nursing
Assess and monitor patients throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of care. Complete preoperative assessments, medication reconciliation, chart reviews, patient education, and verification of all required clearances, laboratory results, consents, and documentation. Circulate and assist with surgical procedures as needed while maintaining proper sterile technique. Monitor patients during recovery, promptly recognize changes in condition, and assist with pain management, discharge planning, postoperative instructions, and safety evaluations.
Operating Room Coordination
Ensure each operating room is properly staffed, prepared, and equipped before every procedure. Confirm that all required instruments, implants, medications, supplies, equipment, and safety resources are available and ready for use. Coordinate surgical needs with surgeons, anesthesia providers, vendors, and administrative staff while overseeing sterile processing, infection prevention, emergency equipment readiness, and required surgical documentation.
Inventory and Purchasing
Manage clinical and operating room inventory, including ordering medical supplies, medications, implants, instruments, and equipment. Monitor stock levels, expiration dates, controlled medications, and supply usage while maintaining organized storage areas and preventing shortages, overstocking, and waste. Coordinate with vendors, assist with purchasing decisions, and maintain accurate inventory and ordering records.
Compliance, Quality Assurance, and Patient Experience
Maintain compliance with AAAA accreditation standards and all applicable federal, state, OSHA, infection prevention, medication safety, and office-based surgery requirements. Ensure continued readiness for accreditation surveys, inspections, and audits, and serve as a clinical resource regarding perioperative guidelines, practice policies, and accreditation standards.
Provide compassionate, attentive, and professional care throughout the surgical experience. Maintain a calm, pleasant, and accommodating manner with patients, families, physicians, and staff. Educate patients regarding surgical preparation, postoperative recovery, medications, and expected outcomes, respond appropriately to concerns, maintain confidentiality, and represent the practice with a polished professional demeanor.
Qualifications and Schedule
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited school of nursing with a current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license and current BLS and ACLS certifications. Operating room, perioperative, ambulatory surgery center, or medical-surgical nursing experience is required. Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and critical-thinking skills are essential, along with the ability to coordinate multiple surgeons, operating rooms, staff members, and competing priorities.
The successful candidate must be dependable, polished, pleasant, accommodating, and able to remain calm and solution-oriented in a fast-paced surgical environment. Hours will vary based on surgical schedules and patient needs; however, there are no weekend hours.
Physical Requirements
The position requires the ability to stand for extended periods, assist with patient positioning and lifting, and perform clinical and surgical duties requiring manual dexterity. Candidates must be able to work efficiently as priorities change and collaborate effectively with multiple physicians and clinical team members.
What We Offer
We offer competitive compensation based on experience, qualifications, and relevant surgical leadership background. Employee benefits and discounts are also available, along with a professional and supportive work environment.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an experienced team committed to patient safety, exceptional surgical care, and outstanding cosmetic outcomes.
To Apply
Please submit a résumé.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Are you available to work flexible weekday hours based on the surgical schedule?
Experience:
- Operating Room or Perioperative Nursing: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person
