System-Level Director, Perioperative Services

6 Degrees Search; Town of Ithaca (NY); On-site; USD 155,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

6 Degrees Search seeks a Director of Perioperative Services to provide system-level operational, financial, clinical and administrative leadership across perioperative services in Ithaca, NY. The role oversees ORs, preop and postop care, preadmission testing, scheduling, endoscopy and sterile processing.

You will drive patient safety, throughput, quality and cost control, build staffing models, mentor managers, and partner with nursing and finance to lead annual budgets.

Qualifications

• BSN required.
• 5+ years of healthcare experience focused on surgical services.
• 3+ years of surgical-services leadership experience.
• Current RN license.

Responsibilities

• Provide system-level leadership for perioperative services.
• Direct the overall 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 staffing structures and models to meet operational and clinical objectives.
• Provide administrative leadership and solutions to surgical-services and executive leadership teams.
• Foster 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 data.
• Develop and implement policies and standardized workflows.
• Partner with nursing, finance, information services, and other departments to optimize centralized services.
• 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.

Skills

Healthcare leadership

Surgical services knowledge

Fiscal management & analytics

Budgeting & cost control

Performance metrics

Staff development & recruitment

Matrixed organization experience

Education

BSN

Master's degree preferred

Job description

6 Degrees Search seeks a Director of Perioperative Services to provide system-level operational, financial, clinical and administrative leadership across perioperative services in Ithaca, NY. The role oversees ORs, preop and postop care, preadmission testing, scheduling, endoscopy and sterile processing.

You will drive patient safety, throughput, quality and cost control, build staffing models, mentor managers, and partner with nursing and finance to lead annual budgets.