Director, Perioperative Services

The Director, Perioperative Services, provides clinical leadership and direction for the surgical service line in collaboration with the Chief of Surgery and surgical leadership.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensures that team members promote an environment conducive and responsive to patient care based on current nursing research, evidence-based practice, and nationally recognized professional standards.
• Has 24-hour accountability and responsibility for coordinating and evaluating the provision of patient care and providing leadership and direction for employees.
• Recruits, trains and supervises clinical staff; initiating orientation, ongoing education and performance evaluations, and encouraging professional development.
• Recognizes, coaches, encourages and holds team members accountable to individual and team performance.
• Establishes and maintains positive physician relationships, works with physicians to meet key quality/core measure benchmarks.
• Responds to customer concerns and assures follow-up from appropriate individuals.
• Establishes and enforces policies and protocols to promote best practice and ensure compliance with regulatory agencies.
• Ensures compliance with established patient safety standards and evidence-based safety initiatives.
• Collaborates with enterprise leadership to achieve quality patient outcomes and seamless continuity of care.
• Provides consultation to relevant task forces, quality action teams and committees to ensure ongoing compliance with system-wide standards.
• Manages clinical budget to monitor expenses and identify opportunities for cost-effective service delivery.

Education:
Master's degree in nursing required.

Experience:
Seven years' surgical nursing experience, at least three in a supervisory or executive capacity required

Licensure/Certification:
Valid Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN) license; Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) certification required