Responsibilities and Duties:
The Director works collaboratively with physicians, anesthesia providers, nursing leadership, and hospital administration to optimize patient outcomes, regulatory compliance, staff engagement, and operational performance.
Leadership and Strategic Planning
- Provides vision, leadership, and direction for all perioperative services.
- Develops and implements departmental goals aligned with the hospital's mission, strategic plan, and quality initiatives.
- Serves as a key member of the hospital leadership team and participates in organizational planning and decision-making.
- Fosters a culture of accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and patient safety.
- Build collaborative relationships with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and interdisciplinary leaders.
Operational Management
- Oversee daily operations of the Operating Room, Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Sterile Processing Department, Preadmission Testing, and Surgical Scheduling functions.
- Ensures efficient patient flow, scheduling processes, and operating room utilization.
- Establishes productivity standards and monitors departmental performance metrics.
- Identifies opportunities to improve operational efficiency while maintaining exceptional patient care.
- Leads implementation of evidence-based practices and process improvement initiatives.
Clinical Quality and Patient Safety
- Ensures compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and professional standards.
- Promotes a culture of patient safety and high reliability.
- Monitors quality indicators, infection prevention measures, surgical outcomes, and patient satisfaction scores.
- Leads investigation and resolution of patient safety events, complaints, and quality concerns.
- Supports continuous readiness for regulatory surveys and inspections.
Financial Management
- Develops, manages, and monitors departmental operating and capital budgets.
- Oversees supply chain utilization, implant management, equipment acquisition, and expense control.
- Analyzes financial reports and productivity metrics to identify opportunities for cost containment and operational improvement.
- Partners with finance and supply chain partners to ensure fiscal stewardship while maintaining quality patient care.
Human Resources and Staff Development
- Provides direct supervision and mentorship to perioperative leadership staff including the Assistant Director, OR Educator, Manager-ASU, and Lead Sterile Processing.
- Recruits, hires, develops, and retains high-performing staff.
- Conducts performance evaluations and supports employee growth and succession planning.
- Collaborates with the OR Educator to ensure competency validation, orientation, training, and continuing education programs.
- Promotes employee engagement and a positive work environment.
Physician and Provider Relations
- Develop strong working relationships with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and procedural physicians.
- Facilitates physician engagement in quality, operational, and strategic initiatives.
- Addresses operational concerns and supports physician satisfaction.
Regulatory Compliance
- Maintains knowledge of federal, state, and accrediting body requirements.
- Ensures compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission/DNV standards (as applicable), OSHA regulations, infection prevention standards, and professional best practices.
- Oversees policy and procedure development and maintenance.
Performance Improvement
- Utilizes data analytics and benchmarking to drive performance improvements.
- Establishes departmental dashboards and monitors key performance indicators, including:
- Surgical volume
- First-case on-time starts
- Turnover times
- Patient satisfaction
- Infection rates
- Budget performance
- Employee engagement and retention
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business administration, public health, healthcare management, or related field required.
- Associate’s degree with extensive positive experience
- Current Registered Nurse license preferred but not required if experience requirements met
- Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
- Minimum five years of progressive leadership experience in perioperative services or surgical services administration.
- Strong knowledge of perioperative practice, budgeting, strategic planning, and healthcare operations.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
- Ability to analyze operational and financial data.
- Knowledge of sterile processing standards and infection prevention practices.
- Excellent organizational, project management, and changing management skills.
- Proficiency with EMR systems, scheduling software, and healthcare analytics tools.
