RN Director of Perioperative Services

Software Placement Group; Town of Ithaca (NY); Vor Ort; USD 155.000 - 165.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Excellent benefits package

Zusammenfassung

Software Placement Group seeks a System Director of Perioperative Services to provide system-level operational, clinical, and financial leadership across multiple perioperative locations in Ithaca, NY. The role focuses on improving patient safety, satisfaction, throughput, quality, and financial results while guiding workforce performance and service integration.

Key responsibilities include directing OR, preoperative and postoperative care, scheduling, and sterile processing; establishing

Qualifikationen

• BSN required and RN license.
• 3+ years in surgical services leadership.
• Strong fiscal-management and analytical capabilities.
• Experience with budgeting, cost control, productivity analysis, and performance metrics.
• Experience with operating-room and perioperative clinical standards.

Aufgaben

• Provide system-level leadership for perioperative services across locations.
• Direct daily operations of perioperative departments including OR, preop, postop and related services.
• Ensure compliance with Joint Commission and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and implement operational goals, policies and procedures.
• Monitor performance metrics and implement improvements.
• Lead staffing models and organizational structure to meet objectives.
• Collaborate with nursing, finance and IT to optimize centralized services.
• Oversee recruitment, retention and professional development of managers.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Budgeting

Performance metrics

Staff development

Healthcare operations

Clinical leadership

Ausbildung

BSN

Master's degree preferred

Jobbeschreibung

Location: Ithaca, NY (Finger Lakes region of NYS) | Schedule: Full-time, on-site | Compensation: $155,000-165,000

Overview

A leading healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Director of Perioperative Services to provide system-level operational, financial, clinical, and administrative leadership across its perioperative services. This highly visible System Director role oversees a broad surgical and procedural portfolio and is central to improving patient safety, satisfaction, efficiency, throughput, quality, workforce performance, and financial results across multiple perioperative locations.

What you'll do

• Provide system-level leadership for perioperative services
• Direct daily operations of perioperative departments
• Oversee operating room, preoperative and postoperative care, preadmission testing, OR scheduling, endoscopy, and sterile processing functions
• Ensure compliance with Joint Commission, local, state, and federal regulations and accreditation requirements
• Establish and implement short- and long-term operational goals, policies, and procedures
• Monitor operational effectiveness and implement improvements as needed
• Develop an organizational structure and staffing model to meet operational and clinical objectives
• Provide administrative leadership and solutions to surgical-services and executive leadership teams
• Foster strong collaboration between clinical departments and medical staff leadership
• Coordinate resources across the organization to achieve operational and financial objectives
• Improve access, throughput, efficiency, patient experience, and financial performance
• Establish performance targets and metrics for efficiency, patient satisfaction, service levels, and quality
• Develop management reports analyzing capacity, staffing ratios, utilization, quality, coding, scheduling, and other operational data
• Develop and implement policies and standardized workflows
• Partner with nursing, finance, information services, and other departments to optimize centralized services and information flow
• Maintain 24/7 accountability for clinical and building services
• Lead recruitment, retention, performance management, and professional development
• Coach and mentor managers and emerging leaders
• Monitor quality outcomes and develop performance-improvement plans
• Participate in development and management of annual operating and capital budgets
• Conduct cost and productivity analyses and make fiscally responsible recommendations
• Serve as a leadership representative during regulatory reviews
• Identify and implement best practices to improve efficiency, throughput, quality, and patient outcomes
• Re-engineer processes and develop strategies to improve surgical operations
• Build consensus across a complex, matrixed healthcare organization
• Support strategic growth and operational initiatives for perioperative services

Required qualifications

• BSN required
• 5+ years of healthcare experience with a focus on surgical services
• 3+ years of surgical-services leadership experience
• Current RN license
• Demonstrated knowledge of operating-room and perioperative clinical standards
• Strong understanding of surgical operations and healthcare business processes
• Strong fiscal-management and analytical capabilities
• Experience with budgeting, cost control, productivity analysis, and performance metrics
• Strong employee-development, recruitment, retention, and performance-management skills
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed organizational structure

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree preferred
• AORN, CASC, or another appropriate leadership certification
• Experience leading multiple perioperative departments or locations
• Experience with operational redesign, process improvement, and throughput optimization
• Strong project-management capabilities
• Experience using healthcare information, financial, and database systems
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement operational and marketing strategies

Compensation and benefits

• $155,000-165,000 annually
• Excellent benefits package

Why this role

This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned perioperative leader to assume system-level responsibility for a comprehensive surgical and procedural operation, with significant influence over clinical quality, patient experience, staffing, operational efficiency, financial performance, and the strategic growth of perioperative services.