Clinical Director

Salary Range: $133,000.00 to $183,821.00 (Strictly based on experience)

Title: OR Director

Specialty: Operating Room

Location: Grants, NM 87020

Job Type: Perm

Shift: Days

Job Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides leadership for planning, organizing, coordinating, and evaluating perioperative nursing practice and the quality of patient care in the OR and PACU.
• Ensures adequate, competent staffing levels to safely support surgical cases and daily operations.
• Recruits, supervises, orients, mentors, and evaluates OR and PACU nursing staff.
• Oversees sterile processing management, ensuring proper decontamination, sterilization, storage, and availability of instruments and equipment in compliance with regulatory standards and best practices.
• Builds and maintains strong surgeon relationships, collaborating with surgeons to optimize scheduling, address concerns, improve operational efficiency, and support physician satisfaction.
• Manages operating supply room coordination, including inventory control, par levels, supply ordering, cost management, and collaboration with materials management to prevent outages and control expenses.
• Assigns responsibilities and delegates authority to promote safe, effective, and efficient care for surgical patients.
• Develops, implements, and monitors the operational and capital budgets for the perioperative department with strong cost-conscious decision-making.
• Collaborates with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and other departments to optimize block time, case scheduling, and resource utilization.
• Leads quality improvement initiatives, infection prevention, regulatory compliance, and patient safety protocols.
• Maintains readiness for emergency and trauma surgical cases common to a Critical Access Hospital.
• Promotes positive, harmonious, and efficient working relationships within the perioperative team and across all hospital departments.
• Communicates regularly with the Chief Nursing Officer regarding departmental performance, staffing needs, equipment requirements, surgeon feedback, and operational challenges.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the State of New Mexico or current Nursing Compact License.
• Current CPR (BLS) and ACLS certification required; PALS and CNOR strongly preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years of recent OR experience, including scrubbing and circulating.
• Previous leadership or managerial experience in perioperative services preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sterile processing standards, surgical supply management, and physician relations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with surgeons and staff.
• Knowledge of care requirements across all age groups.