VP of Perioperative & Procedural Operations

Jefferson Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement plans

Job summary

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. seeks a visionary Vice President to oversee perioperative and procedural services across multiple hospitals, ambulatory centers, and clinics.

You will lead an integrated operating model to optimize capacity, scheduling, and patient flow, while partnering with surgeons and clinical leaders to ensure readiness and access. The role requires a Master’s degree and at least five years of senior perioperative leadership experience, with preference for

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required.
• Minimum of five years demonstrated experience in leadership role in perioperative services.
• Prior hospital operations executive leadership experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise strategy & growth: identify opportunities to expand surgical and procedural capacity and improve access across the enterprise.
• Perioperative & Procedural Operations: Optimize OR and Procedural room utilization, block allocation, scheduling practices, turnover, throughput, and prime-time capacity.
• Physician Partnership & Governance: Establish strong, collaborative partnerships with surgical and procedural department chairs, in order to establish clear expectations between physician practices, and PeriOp operations regarding scheduling and operational readiness.
• Capacity Management & Access: Establish methodologies to measure demand versus available capacity by site, specialty, physician, room, equipment, and workforce.
• Quality, Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Partner with quality, infection prevention, risk management, medical staff, and nursing leadership to improve surgical and procedural outcomes.
• Workforce & Organizational Development: Assess current and future workforce requirements based on procedural demand, operating hours, productivity, specialty mix, and growth plans.
• Capital & Equipment Management: Partner with surgeons, physicians, nursing, Supply Chain, Biomedical Engineering, Finance, and Value Analysis to assess clinical need, utilization, lifecycle, technology requirements, and financial impact.
• Sterile Processing & Surgical Supply Chain: Provide strategic oversight and accountability for Sterile Processing/Distribution and its integration with perioperative operations. Ensure SPD capacity is aligned with current and projected surgical and procedural growth.
• Data Analytics & Performance Management: Use data to identify performance variation between sites and service lines and develop targeted improvement plans

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Operations management

Data analytics

Stakeholder partnership

Education

Master’s Degree

Job description

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. seeks a visionary Vice President to oversee perioperative and procedural services across multiple hospitals, ambulatory centers, and clinics.

You will lead an integrated operating model to optimize capacity, scheduling, and patient flow, while partnering with surgeons and clinical leaders to ensure readiness and access. The role requires a Master’s degree and at least five years of senior perioperative leadership experience, with preference for