Assistant Director of Perioperative Services

Overview

Cabell Huntington Hospital is seeking an Assistant Director of Perioperative Services
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The Assistant Director for Perioperative Services assists the Executive Director in the effective management of all aspects of Perioperative Services to include but not be limited to: developing priorities, goals, and action plans to ensure that Cabell Huntington Hospital Perioperative Services is the place of choice for their health care services. The Assistant Director assesses compliance to best nursing practice and clinical performance;

intervenes to ensure that patient care outcomes are individualized and that the best outcomes are achieved. This role will actively participate in ensuring that all practices are in compliance with regulatory and quality standards. The Assistant Director will actively participate in budget development and maintenance; service excellence (patient experience); process improvement (Lean Methodology) and quality assurance. This role will assist in the oversight of daily operations of all departments within Perioperative Services.

The departments within Perioperative Services include:
Endoscopy, OR Sterile, Central Sterile Supply, PAT, Outpatient Surgery, Operating Room, PACU, Surgery Scheduling, and the Cabell Surgery Center. The Assistant Director serves as a leader and role model for Perioperative employees; manages & addresses staffing concerns timely, collaborates on resource utilization, and resolves performance concerns in partnership with internal and external managers. This role assists in achieving the organization’s mission by effectively working in collaboration with the Executive Director, Operations Managers, Supervisors, Surgeons, Registered Nurses, Surgical Technicians, OR Sterile Technicians, Supply Team Leaders and Technicians, Scheduling Secretaries, OR Attendants, Patient Care Assistants, and other perioperative Support Personnel.

• Assist the Executive Director in the effective management of all aspects of Perioperative Services.
• Develop priorities, goals, and action plans to ensure Perioperative Services is the place of choice for their health care services.
• Assess compliance to best nursing practice and clinical performance; intervene to improve patient care outcomes.
• Ensure practices comply with regulatory and quality standards.
• Participate in budget development and maintenance; focus on service excellence, process improvement, and quality assurance.
• Assist in the oversight of daily operations of all departments within Perioperative Services (Endoscopy, OR Sterile, Central Sterile Supply, PAT, Outpatient Surgery, Operating Room, PACU, Surgery Scheduling, Cabell Surgery Center).
• Provide leadership, address staffing concerns, collaborate on resource utilization, and resolve performance concerns with internal and external managers.
• Collaborate with the organization’s leadership to advance the mission with the Executive Director and other perioperative stakeholders.

• Broad functional skills including leadership in organizational development, change management, operational excellence, employee engagement, strategic alignment, healthy work environment, patient satisfaction, and physician engagement.
• Proven ability to grow services and achieve outcomes in strategic vision, clinical excellence, personal accountability, collaboration, relationships, talent management and employee recognition, project and team leadership, and process and system improvement and efficiency.