Job Description

Director of Surgical Services
Full Time, Competitive compensation

As a Surgical Services Nursing leader, now is the time to consider what your ideal next career move looks like both professionally and personally.

Connected Health Care has partnered with an established Healthcare system near Lafayette, Louisiana to fill a Director of Surgical Services opportunity. Our client is committed to excellence and understands the important of every member of their team.

If you are a seasoned healthcare professional with Perioperative leadership experience, this could be a great opportunity for you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for quality of care, volume targets, employee retention, productivity and all departmental metrics for Perioperative Services departments.
• Provide oversight for, coaching of, and development of the Perioperative Services leadership team
• Meet the strategic growth goals set forth as the referral, quaternary center for Piedmont Healthcare
• Develop business cases, capital requests and financial projections for strategic priorities, to include service line growth and development
• Collaborate with and build strong, effective partnerships with physician stakeholders
• Identify, analyze, and implement effective strategies to address volume opportunities and ensure ongoing stability of existing business and strategic partnerships
• In partnership with hospital executive leadership, monitor the local market for trends, opportunities, threats, etc. related to business development and formulate recommendations to mitigate risk
• Develop and implement effective processes and procedures to ensure high-quality clinical outcomes and high-quality patient/employee/physician experience
• Drive continuous focus on stewardship through efficiency, profitability, and strategic growth
• Directs the provision of personalized, coordinated quality services responsive to changing health care trends.
• Coordinates and establishes nursing care practices; uses selected nursing practice theory as a framework for coordinating patient care and by providing theory based nursing practice information in unusual or complex patient care situations.
• Projects staffing needs, interviews and hires employees to fill vacant positions; resolves staffing issues.
• Develops and interprets departmental short and long term goals and objectives. Meets with other staff members to discuss progress and to develop future courses of action. Analyzes departmental strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and constraints.
• Directs all aspects of management and ensures the provision of optimum patient care for a nursing unit; provides leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, procedures, strategies, and services for the unit. Prepares, develops, and submits department budget to nursing administration for final approval. Monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with fiscal constraints and explains any variances.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor\'s degree in Nursing, Master\'s degree strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant healthcare experience is required
• 2+ of years of Perioperative Services leadership
• Valid, active unencumbered Nursing license or temporary permit approved by the State Licensing Board

Interested in learning more? Contact a Recruiter on our team today.

Riley Barnes \xe2\x80\x93 Senior Executive Recruiter
(512) \xe2\x80\x93 838 \xe2\x80\x93 3255
rbarnes@connectedhc.com

Connected Health