DIRECTOR PERIOPERATIVE SERVICE LINE

Southwest General; Middleburg Heights (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, OH, seeks a Director of the Perioperative Service Line to lead strategic, operational, clinical, and financial aspects across the system.

The role guides Main Campus surgical services, ambulatory centers, and related areas, working with physicians and anesthesia to ensure safe, high-quality patient care and regulatory compliance while building a cohesive leadership structure across sites.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of progressive leadership experience in perioperative services.
• Experience overseeing multiple departments, locations, or procedural environments.
• Knowledge of perioperative clinical practice, quality and patient safety, regulatory compliance, operations, workforce management, and financial management.
• Experience with hospital and ambulatory surgery center operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, operational, clinical, financial, and administrative leadership for perioperative services.
• Develop and sustain an integrated perioperative service line across campuses and centers.
• Collaborate with physicians, anesthesia, and departments to ensure safe, high-quality care.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, workforce effectiveness, and financial stewardship.
• Build leadership structure to support local decision-making and system integration.

Skills

Leadership

Perioperative practice

Quality & safety

Regulatory compliance

Operations

Workforce management

Financial management

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!

Why work at SWGHC? In addition to the outstanding culture, we offer great benefits, no rotating shifts, free parking and are close to the turnpike and I71. Come join our team!

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The Director of the Perioperative Service Line provides strategic, operational, clinical, financial, and administrative leadership for perioperative services across the health system. The Director is responsible for developing and sustaining an integrated perioperative service line that includes Main Campus surgical services, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Endoscopy, Pain Management, Central Sterile Processing, and perioperative business operations.

The Director establishes the infrastructure, standards, and accountability necessary to operate these services as a coordinated system while recognizing the distinct operational and regulatory requirements of the hospital and ambulatory surgery center environments.

Working collaboratively with physician leaders, anesthesia, and other departments, the Director is accountable for safe, high-quality patient care, operational performance, workforce effectiveness, regulatory compliance, financial stewardship, physician engagement, and strategic growth of the perioperative service line.

The Director provides leadership through departmental and site-based managers and is responsible for developing a leadership structure that supports appropriate local decision-making while advancing standardization and system integration.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Required length and type of experience:

• Minimum of five years of progressive leadership experience in perioperative services, including experience overseeing multiple departments, locations, and/or procedural environments.
• Demonstrated knowledge of perioperative clinical practice, quality and patient safety, regulatory compliance, operations, workforce management, and financial management.
• Experience with both hospital-based surgical services and ambulatory surgery center operations preferred.

Required licensure, certification or registry:

• Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Ohio required.
• CNOR, NEA-BC, CNML, CASC, or other relevant professional certification preferred.