DIRECTOR PERIOPERATIVE SERVICE LINE

Southwest General; Middleburg Heights (OH); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great benefits

No rotating shifts

Free parking

Job summary

Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, seeks a Director of the Perioperative Service Line to lead surgical services across the health system, including Main Campus, ambulatory centers, Endoscopy, and related operations.

The role emphasizes safe, high-quality patient care, regulatory compliance, workforce effectiveness, and strategic growth, with collaboration across physicians, anesthesia, and departments to standardize and optimize perioperative services.

Qualifications

• Progressive leadership experience in perioperative services across multiple departments, locations, or procedural environments.
• Knowledge of perioperative clinical practice, quality and patient safety, regulatory compliance, operations, and workforce and financial management.
• Experience in hospital-based surgical services and ambulatory surgery center operations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for perioperative services across the health system.
• Ensure safe, high-quality patient care, regulatory compliance, and financial stewardship.
• Develop a leadership structure with local decision-making while advancing standardization and system integration.

Skills

Leadership

Perioperative knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Financial management

Workforce management

Education

RN license (OH)

CNOR or related certification preferred

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!

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.

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