Surgical Services Director

DayToDay Health; Middletown (CT); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DayToDay Health seeks a Director of Surgical Services to lead perioperative operations across the integrated health system, overseeing Operating Rooms, Pre-Op, PACU, Sterile Processing, and Ambulatory Surgery. You will partner with surgeons and clinical teams to drive performance and expand services.

You will mentor leaders, promote a patient-centered culture, advance quality, and optimize patient flow. Strategic budgeting and resource management are essential to sustain high-performing services.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in perioperative or surgical services.
• Strong capabilities in operational improvement, quality management, and patient flow optimization.
• Budgeting and workforce management experience.
• Excellent collaboration skills with physicians and clinical teams.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, mentorship, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide system-wide leadership for surgical service delivery and operational performance.
• Drive performance improvement initiatives and implement evidence-based clinical practice.
• Manage budgets, staffing, and resources to support sustainable, high-performing services.
• Collaborate with surgeons and multidisciplinary clinical teams to strengthen care coordination.
• Mentor and develop leaders; promote a patient-centered, collaborative culture.
• Advance clinical quality and optimize patient flow across perioperative settings.
• Support strategic growth and expansion of surgical services.

Skills

Leadership

Operations Improvement

Quality Management

Patient Flow

Budgeting

Staffing

Collaboration

Mentorship

Evidence-based practice

Continuous improvement

Job description

Director of Surgical Services

leads perioperative operations across an integrated health system, overseeing Operating Rooms, Pre-Op, PACU, Sterile Processing, and Ambulatory Surgery to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide system-wide leadership for surgical service delivery and operational performance.
• Drive performance improvement initiatives and implement evidence-based clinical practice.
• Manage budgets, staffing, and resources to support sustainable, high-performing services.
• Collaborate with surgeons and multidisciplinary clinical teams to strengthen care coordination.
• Mentor and develop leaders; promote a patient-centered, collaborative culture.
• Advance clinical quality and optimize patient flow across perioperative settings.
• Support strategic growth and expansion of surgical services.

Qualifications/Skills

• Proven leadership experience in perioperative or surgical services.
• Strong capabilities in operational improvement, quality management, and patient flow optimization.
• Budgeting and workforce management experience.
• Excellent collaboration skills with physicians and clinical teams.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice, mentorship, and continuous improvement.