Executive - Facility Administration

Cynet Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Cynet Health seeks an Executive Director of Facility Administration to lead perioperative services with strategic and operational excellence across the system. The role drives operational alignment with organizational strategy, OR optimization, and safe, patient-centered surgical care.

The Director will oversee budgets, staffing, scheduling, regulatory readiness, and interprofessional collaboration with surgeons and leadership to improve outcomes and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive nursing leadership experience.
• Experience leading multiple service lines or sites.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in Client, or eligibility for licensure.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for perioperative service lines across the organization.
• Oversee budget development, staffing, scheduling, regulatory readiness, and patient safety.
• Lead block schedule design, utilization analysis, and turnover-time reduction.
• Foster interprofessional relationships with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and leadership.
• Monitor KPIs and drive performance-improvement initiatives.
• Promote standardized nursing practice and staff development across sites.

Skills

Communication and relationship buildin

Knowledge of the health care env

Professionalism and leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Master’s degree in nursing, Health Care Administration, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

Executive - Facility Administration

Profession: Nursing

Specialty: Nursing Administration

Duration: 14

Shift: Days M-F

Hours per Shift: 5x8 Hr

Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive nursing leadership experience, including experience leading multiple service lines or sites.

License: Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in Client, or eligibility for licensure.

Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Must-Have:

• Communication and relationship building
• Knowledge of the health care environment
• Professionalism and leadership competencies

Description:The System Nursing Director, Perioperative Services provides strategic and operational leadership for all perioperative service lines, including the Operating Room, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Endoscopy, and Pre-Surgical Testing across the organization.This role is accountable for aligning clinical operations with organizational strategy, driving operating room optimization, and ensuring safe, efficient, and patient-centered surgical services.The Director oversees budget development and management, staffing and scheduling, regulatory and accreditation readiness, and the cultivation of interprofessional relationships with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and leadership.The role reflects the functional competencies described in the Nurse Executive Competencies, spanning business skills and principles, communication and relationship building, knowledge of the health care environment, professionalism, and leadership.

The Director develops and executes a multi-year strategic plan for perioperative services that aligns capacity with growth targets, service-line priorities, and recruitment plans.The Director leads system-wide optimization initiatives, including block schedule design, utilization analysis, and turnover-time reduction using data-driven and evidence-based scheduling methods.The Director evaluates and implements technology and workflow solutions shown to improve efficiency and reduce non-operative time.This position partners with surgical leadership to establish and periodically reallocate block time based on utilization data and specialty growth.The Director identifies opportunities to expand outpatient and ambulatory surgical capacity, endoscopy throughput, and pre-surgical testing efficiency.The Director provides operational oversight of the units, ensuring consistent, safe, and standardized clinical practice across all sites.The Director establishes and monitors key performance indicators and leads performance-improvement action plans.This role ensures nursing practice reflects current scope and standards of practice and applicable guidelines.The Director serves as an escalation point for complex operational, clinical, and interdepartmental issues across all sites.The Director develops, monitors, and manages the annual operating and capital budgets for all perioperative service lines.The Director analyzes volume, productivity, and cost-per-case data to identify variances and implement corrective action plans.The Director partners with finance and supply chain leadership on capital equipment planning and vendor contract review.The Director prepares and presents financial and operational performance reports to leadership.The Director develops and maintains evidence-based staffing plans and productivity targets for the units.This role oversees recruitment, onboarding, competency validation, and retention strategies for perioperative nursing and support staff.The Director ensures on-call, weekend, and holiday coverage models meet surgical, endoscopy, and emergency case demand.

The Director reviews staffing and scheduling data regularly to address trends.The Director builds and sustains collaborative relationships with stakeholders to support coordinated perioperative care.The Director chairs or co-chairs the governance committee, facilitating shared decision-making on scheduling policy and service-line priorities.The Director represents perioperative services in system-level committees and community or professional forums.The Director fosters a culture of psychological safety, teamwork, and shared governance among staff.This role maintains survey readiness for applicable accrediting and regulatory bodies.The Director leads quality and patient-safety programs, including infection prevention and never-event reduction initiatives.The Director uses data in system-level decision-making and incorporates evidence into nursing practice to improve outcomes.This role ensures timely completion of incident investigations and corrective action plans related to services.

Required Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Master’s degree in nursing, Health Care Administration, Business Administration, or a directly related field.

Preferred Education:

• N/A

Preferred Certifications:

• Certified Nurse Operating Room, Certified Surgical Services Manager/Leader, Nurse Executive-Board Certified, or other relevant certifications.