Senior Director, Perioperative Services - 141564

University of California San Diego

San Diego (CA)

On-site

USD 275,000 - 310,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

UC San Diego Health, a leading academic medical center, seeks a Senior Director of Perioperative Services at Jacobs Medical Center. You will provide executive leadership over perioperative operations, aligning strategy with day-to-day performance and leading a large, multidisciplinary team to achieve strategic and operational excellence.

The role requires extensive nursing leadership experience, robust operational acumen, and a strong commitment to quality, safety, and regulatory compliance

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Nursing and California RN license.
10+ years healthcare leadership in perioperative, surgical, or complex acute-care operations.
Advanced knowledge of hospital operations across multiple facilities.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to promote shared governance.
Ability to develop nurse leaders in a governance model.
Experience leading large, cross-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

Provide executive oversight for perioperative operations, ensuring safe, efficient, patient-centered care.
Translate strategy into operational priorities, goals, and implementation plans.
Lead Directors, Managers, and other operational leaders to foster accountability and excellence.
Oversee operating and capital budgets and ensure resource stewardship.
Improve OR utilization, capacity management, and growth initiatives.
Ensure regulatory compliance, quality and patient safety across departments.
Represent Perioperative Services in executive committees and strategic planning.

Skills

Executive leadership

Healthcare operations

Strategic planning

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Education

Nursing degree

RN licensure (CA)

Advanced degree

Job description

#141564 Senior Director, Perioperative Services

Payroll Title: NURSE SVC MGR 3

Department: PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES

Hiring Pay Scale: $275,000-$310,000 / Year

Worksite: Jacobs Medical Center

Appointment Type: Career

Appointment Percent: 100%

Union: Uncovered

Total Openings: 1

Work Schedule: Days, 8 hrs/day, Monday-Friday

DESCRIPTION

The Senior Director of Perioperative Services provides senior operational leadership for perioperative services at UC San Diego Health's flagship hospital, Jacobs Medical Center. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer for Perioperative Services, this executive leads a large, complex, multidisciplinary organization through subordinate Directors, Managers, and other operational leaders and is accountable for translating strategic priorities into operational results.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the Senior Director is responsible for the performance of perioperative operations across assigned areas, including patient access, capacity management, workforce effectiveness, financial stewardship, quality and safety, regulatory compliance, and strategic growth initiatives. The position serves as a key member of the Perioperative Executive Leadership Team and partners closely with physician, nursing, anesthesia, administrative, academic, and operational leaders to ensure alignment with UC San Diego Health's mission and organizational objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Leadership

Provide executive oversight for perioperative operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and patient-centered delivery of care.
Translate organizational strategy into operational priorities, performance goals, and actionable implementation plans.
Lead and develop a team of Directors, Managers, and other operational leaders, fostering accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.
Serve as the senior operational escalation point for complex operational issues and critical decision-making.

Performance, Access, and Growth

Drive performance across perioperative services with a focus on access, throughput, capacity management, resource utilization, patient experience, and operational efficiency.
Partner with clinical and administrative leaders to optimize operating room utilization, procedural capacity, and growth initiatives.
Lead large-scale operational improvement efforts that enhance efficiency, reliability, and service delivery across multiple departments and disciplines.

Financial and Resource Stewardship

Oversee operating and capital budgets and ensure responsible management of labor, supplies, equipment, and other resources.
Utilize operational and financial data to guide decision-making, improve performance, and identify opportunities for growth and efficiency.
Support capital planning and strategic investments that advance organizational priorities and long-term operational needs.

Quality, Safety, and Regulatory Compliance

Ensure operational systems and processes support high-quality care, patient safety, and regulatory readiness.
Partner with quality, compliance, infection prevention, risk management, and clinical leadership teams to address operational and patient care priorities.
Lead corrective actions and improvement initiatives arising from safety events, regulatory findings, operational challenges, or identified risks.

Leadership and Strategic Partnership

Build strong, collaborative relationships with physician leaders, faculty, nursing leaders, and administrative partners.
Support the clinical, educational, research, and academic missions of a leading academic medical center.
Represent Perioperative Services in executive committees, organizational initiatives, and strategic planning efforts.
Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, inclusion, and employee engagement.

The successful candidate will be a highly collaborative and results-driven healthcare executive with demonstrated experience leading large, complex clinical operations. This leader must be able to effectively balance strategic vision with operational execution, develop high-performing teams, build trusted partnerships across disciplines, and drive measurable improvements in quality, service, financial performance, and patient outcomes.

The Senior Director is expected to maintain a visible leadership presence, make data-informed decisions, champion innovation and continuous improvement, and advance solutions that best serve patients, providers, staff, and the broader mission of UC San Diego Health.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Nursing and minimum of 10 years of progressive relevant healthcare experience, including substantial leadership within perioperative, surgical, procedural, or complex acute-care operations.
Registered Nurse in the State of California.
Advanced knowledge of hospital operations in a multi-hospital setting; knowledge of appropriate professional standards for the multidisciplinary team.
Advanced communications and interpersonal skills to promote an effective model of shared governance among multiple disciplines. Ability to motivate and engage all levels of staff regarding patient care programs, strategies, and organizational mission and values.
Advanced leadership, fiscal and operations management skills. Ability to develop nurse leaders in their adoption and promotion of a shared governance model of collaboration.
Ability to develop a systems strategic plan and implementing that vision across a large, complex organization.
In-depth knowledge of a broad scope of relevant regulatory requirements, as well as legislative, accreditation, licensing and compliance environments.
Demonstrated experience working directly with senior executives, physicians, faculty, and clinical department leadership.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced Degree in Nursing or relevant area.
Five or more years leading through subordinate managers, with demonstrated responsibility for complex multidisciplinary operations.
Senior leadership experience within a large academic medical center or integrated health system.
Multi-departmental perioperative leadership experience.
Experience overseeing multiple perioperative disciplines including OR, Preoperative Services, PACU, Sterile Processing, Ambulatory Surgery, Supply Chain, Surgical Scheduling, and/or Business Operations.
Experience leading significant organizational transformation, growth, construction, capital planning, technology implementation, or enterprise performance-improvement initiatives.
Certification in relevant area preferred (CNOR, CSSM, NEA-BC, FACHE)
Lean Six Sigma or equivalent performance-improvement certification.
Current UC San Diego Health employee.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.
Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $196,100 - $402,700 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: $93.92 - $192.86

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

If employed by the University of California, you will be required to comply with our Policy on Vaccination Programs, which may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

If applicable, life-support certifications (BLS, NRP, ACLS, etc.) must include hands-on practice and in-person skills assessment; online-only certification is not acceptable.

UC San Diego Health is the only academic health system in the San Diego region, providing leading-edge care in patient care, biomedical research, education, and community service. Our facilities include two university hospitals, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, the only Burn Center in the county, and dozens of outpatient clinics. We invite you to join our team!

To foster the best possible working and learning environment, UC San Diego strives to cultivate a rich and diverse environment, inclusive and supportive of all students, faculty, staff and visitors.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination

UC San Diego is a smoke and tobacco free environment. Please visit smokefree.ucsd.edu for more information.

UC San Diego Health maintains a marijuana and drug free environment. Employees may be subject to drug screening.

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

a. 'Misconduct' means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC’s policies addressing some forms of misconduct: