Director, Perioperative Performance Improvement

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 116,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) Match

Tuition assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

The OR PI Director at HCA Healthcare, Inc. is responsible for the successful implementation of assigned projects across Surgical Services, leading operational assessments and best-practice research to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

This role collaborates with division and facility representatives to develop action plans and measurable results. Responsibilities include facilitating teams, designing processes, maintaining dashboards, and delivering two annual facility Performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred. Relative work experience and/or certifications may substitute.
• 7+ years professional experience; 4-6 years relevant work experience
• Must be proficient in written and verbal skills
• Experience within healthcare operations required
• Division based travel required, 80% travel to the facilities in the Continental Division (Denver Metro Area and Wichita KS)

Responsibilities

• Assist facility leaders to implement best practices within the Perioperative departments and identify clinical improvement and cost-savings initiatives.
• Assess clinical and financial opportunities including: Appropriate administration and management of Perioperative departments.
• Assess skill mix opportunities, scheduling, agency nurse usage, staffing and on-call staffing for all Perioperative nursing units.
• Utilization initiatives
• Appropriate schedule and block usage
• Supply chain optimization
• Product and vendor selection opportunities
• Analyzes all aspects of Surgical Services performance for potential improvement opportunities.
• Maintains OR Dashboard data.
• Designs and recommends processes, systems, procedures, and operational changes to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assists in the establishment of operational work measurements and staffing standards.
• Performs monitoring of throughput metrics and analysis of variances.
• Perform data mining and review of financial and clinical data to assess Surgical Services for operational and financial opportunities.
• Serves as resource/member of the PI division team in the completion of a minimum of 2 traditional facility Performance Improvement engagements on an annual basis.
• Use extracted data to quantify the financial impact of Surgery cost saving ideas.
• Assist in designing meaningful and realistic action plans for the implementation of process improvement ideas.
• Actively communicate with facility, division, and corporate stakeholders to manage the project expectations and activities.
• Develop, execute, and maintain project work plans for each current project and work directly with the department local leadership.
• Serves as a facilitator, technical advisor, and analyst to hospital management and teams on the use of process improvement tools and techniques, analytical techniques, and statistical applications.
• Actively participates in projects and conversations with Surgical Services-focused peers in other divisions via corporate support structure and contributes to enterprise knowledge bank.
• Support bed management or other improvement efforts adjacent to operations of Surgical Services

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

The OR PI Director at HCA Healthcare, Inc. is responsible for the successful implementation of assigned projects across Surgical Services, leading operational assessments and best-practice research to improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

This role collaborates with division and facility representatives to develop action plans and measurable results. Responsibilities include facilitating teams, designing processes, maintaining dashboards, and delivering two annual facility Performance