Vice President of Perioperative Services

Vice President, Perioperative Services

The Vice President, Perioperative Services is accountable for setting the overall perioperative direction, strategy development, and operational achievement of Theda Care’s plans for the delivery of quality, compassionate, culturally competent, cost-effective, and efficient perioperative care to individuals, families, groups, and communities.

• Participates as a member of the leadership team in planning, leading, organizing, implementing, and evaluating various operating functions and processes essential for Theda Care’s success
• Facilitates the ongoing improvement of work processes to meet customer needs and to position Theda Care for long term success in the perioperative services line
• Develops knowledge and expertise of perioperative trends and developments in the healthcare industry to facilitate growth of management and team members
• Collaborates with medical staff, clinical leaders, and other key stakeholders to identify opportunities and successfully address issues in assigned areas
• Ensures quality patient outcomes through research based practice by creating an environment that encourages the use of research in practice and uses research in decision making to maintain high quality, cost effective care

• Values Based Lead – Is an individual who demonstrates leadership that is consistent with the mission, vision, values and principles of the system. Is a genuinely compassionate person that consistently treats others with dignity and respect, valuing diversity in the workplace and not motivated by personal ego. Is an individual that leads in such a way that colleagues would view their style as a servant leader.
• Credibility – Is an experienced leader with a big picture view and a track record of accomplishments, results with the appropriate urgency.
• Synergistic Team Play – Possess strong relationship building skills that synergizes with peers, colleagues in senior management, other team members, board, employees, corporate and the community. An individual who genuinely enjoys working with others in a team based environment. Viewed as a teacher always looking for root cause diagnosis, learning and interventions that last.
• Passion for Core Mission – Creates an environment that nurtures integrity in others and self. Adept at inspiring and promoting a vision to achieve our 6 priorities and achieve our mission of improving the health of the communities we serve.
• Servant Leadership – Leads with purpose; has personal direction and is not easily sidetracked by details and workload. Demonstrates strong commitment to the success of the organization, and is willing to make personal sacrifices to contribute to that success.
• Strategic Agility – Effectively uses complex mental processes. Is skilled at analyzing problems and making clear decisions. Is skilled at problem identification. Is insightful; sees things from new angles. Intellectually sharp, capable and agile. Balances short‑term payoff with long‑term improvement. Embraces flexibility, and adjusts to change easily. Thinks “out of the box.” Learns quickly when facing new problems. Maintains and fosters in others an understanding of the business environment as well as an awareness of economic, religious, social and political trends that may impact the organization.
• Bias for Action – Is adept at planning, implementing and evaluating. Can marshal resources (people, funding, material support) to get things done. Makes tough decisions in a timely manner. Adept at taking risks. Visionary; seizes new opportunities and consistently generates new ideas. Introduces and creates needed change even in the face of opposition. Has the courage to take a stand when others disagree, go against the status‑quo and persevere in the face of opposition.
• Developing Others – Uses effective listening skills and communication to involve others, build consensus and influence others. Effectively develops others by generating their commitment to goals, entrusting them with decision‑making and creating structures to enable them to accomplish their work. Effectively delegates responsibility and…