ADMINISTRATOR - AMBULATORY SURGERY

Southwest General Health Center; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, OH seeks an Administrator, Ambulatory Surgery to provide operational, clinical, and administrative leadership across two outpatient centers—the Surgery Center (TSC) and Big Creek Surgery Center.

Reporting to the Perioperative System Director, this role drives day-to-day operations, aligns clinical standards and workforce practices, ensures patient-centered, high-quality care, and maintains compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• Master’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Minimum five years of progressive perioperative nursing experience.
• Minimum three years of perioperative leadership, management, or administrative experience preferred.
• Experience in ambulatory surgery strongly preferred.
• Experience with ASC operations, regulatory compliance, or administration strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience managing clinical operations, staffing, quality, physician relationships, and financial performance

Responsibilities

• Provide operational, clinical, and administrative leadership for the ambulatory surgery program across two locations: The Surgery Center (TSC) and Big Creek Surgery Center (BCSC).
• Translate perioperative strategy into effective day-to-day operations while ensuring safe, high-quality, patient-centered care at both locations.
• Promote an integrated ambulatory surgery program with consistent clinical standards, workforce practices, quality expectations, patient experience, and operational processes.
• Maintain the distinct regulatory, accreditation, governance, and reimbursement requirements applicable to each location.

Skills

Leadership

Perioperative nursing

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

Southwest General Health Center is a 352-bed community hospital located in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. One of the last standing community hospitals in Northeast Ohio, we partner with University Hospitals and other local community organizations to provide a full range of services to all who need us. We are certified as a Level III Trauma Center and a Primary Stroke Center, and have been serving our community for over 100 years!

At Southwest General, we believe in the power of teamwork, creating a family-like environment, ensuring a work-life balance, and providing meaningful work to make a real difference in people's lives.

We value our employees as much as our patients, offering a supportive work culture that encourages growth, development and collaboration. We're committed to building a team that works together, supports each other, and ultimately, saves lives every day.

At Southwest, you are family.

POSITION INFORMATION

Southwest General Health Center operates two outpatient surgical facilities in Middleburg Heights, Ohio: The Surgery Center of Southwest General and Big Creek Surgery Center. Both centers provide high-quality, patient-centered surgical care in a convenient outpatient setting, combining advanced technology with experienced surgical teams. Together, our surgery centers offer a collaborative environment focused on patient safety, clinical excellence, and an exceptional experience for patients and their families.

Position summary:

The Administrator, Ambulatory Surgery provides operational, clinical, and administrative leadership for the ambulatory surgery program across two locations: The Surgery Center (TSC) and Big Creek Surgery Center (BCSC).

Reporting to the Perioperative System Director, the Administrator is responsible for translating system perioperative strategy into effective day-to-day operations while ensuring safe, high-quality, efficient, patient-centered care at both locations. The leaders at each location report directly to this individual.

The position promotes an integrated ambulatory surgery program with consistent clinical standards, workforce practices, quality expectations, patient experience, and operational processes while maintaining the distinct regulatory, accreditation, governance, and reimbursement requirements applicable to each location.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
• Master's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or related field preferred.

Required length and type of experience:

• Minimum five years of progressive perioperative nursing experience.
• Minimum three years of perioperative leadership, management, or administrative experience preferred.
• Experience in ambulatory surgery strongly preferred.
• Experience with ASC operations, regulatory compliance, or administration strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience managing clinical operations, staffing, quality, physician relationships, and financial performance

Required licensure, certification or registry:

• Current unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the State of Ohio required.
• CNOR preferred.
• CASC or other ambulatory surgery leadership certification preferred or expected within a defined period following appointment.
• BLS required.
• ACLS and other clinical certifications as appropriate to patient population and organizational policy.