Director, Surgical Services/IR - Operating Room - Children's and Women's Hospital

Overview

USA Health is Transforming Medicine along the Gulf Coast to care for the unique needs of our community. USA Health is changing how medical care, education, and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists, and researchers provides the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics, and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall well-being of our community.

Responsibilities

• In coordination with the surgical committees, leads efficient administrative and day-to-day operational aspects of all perioperative and sterile processing department programs and activities.
• Assists in the development of a governance model, leadership structure, staffing levels for the perioperative programs at Children's & Women's Hospital.
• Coordinates and communicates operational policies and procedures with all perioperative team members and across clinical practice sites at Children's & Women's Hospital.
• Leads perioperative integration projects across Children's & Women's Hospital including setting and meeting goals, capital planning for facilities and technology, and applicable reporting.
• Coordinates within areas of accountability quality management programs and other regulatory requirements to ensure the provision of the highest quality patient care.
• Responsible for leading and developing a culturally diverse staff, developing performance improvement indicators with variance explanatio11s and implementation plans for needed improvements.
• Ensures evidence based approach in surgical care and sterile processing department processes.
• This role monitors statistical data and develops tracking mechanisms for productivity standards for optimal support while creating an organizational climate built on mutual trust and transparency that encourages diversity of thought and teamwork.
• Collaborates with and builds strong, effective partnerships with physician stakeholders and the academic training areas for USA Health.
• Monitors and develops ways to improve throughput and efficient use of resources in the perioperative department at Children's & Women's Hospital.
• Collaborates with physicians to create optimal use of OR availability to support growth and patient access.
• Completes all mandatory department, educational and hospital requirements
• Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards
• Regular and prompt attendance
• Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required
• Related duties as assigned
  
  
  

Additional Information

Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing and 5 years of supervisory or management experience in perioperative nursing in an acute care hospital setting Required
• Master's Degree Preferred
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) for Alabama Upon Hire Required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support within 180 Days Required
• Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the above requirements.
  
  
  

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis. EO Employer – minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.