Full-Time Days (NO Weekends) 

The first hospital in the area to offer all private rooms, West Florida Healthcare proudly provides market-leading quality outcomes performance. West Florida Healthcare is also recognized as the area’s first Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI, the area’s first Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, and the area’s only Certified Atrial Fibrillation Program. West Florida Healthcare has also been designated as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and has been named as a “Key Performer on Quality Measures” by The Joint Commission for four years in a row. The West Florida Healthcare campus includes the all private room acute care hospital, the area’s only comprehensive, CARF-accredited physical rehabilitation hospital, a mental health facility, and a cancer center. Affiliated with HCA, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare, West Florida Healthcare meets the community’s healthcare needs in major services such as oncology, orthopedics, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, robotic-assisted surgery, critical care, neurology/neurosurgery, emergency care, urology, behavioral health, gastroenterology, obstetrics, pulmonary, and rehabilitative medicine.

Summary

The Director Surgical Services Department leads the perioperative team by focusing on safe patient care while effectively managing operations. The Director Surgical Services has 24/7 responsibility for their departments. Responsibilities include:

• Actively participates in service, departmental and hospital wide committees as assigned, providing ongoing communication to those one represents
• Advances the customer experience in Surgical Services
• Coaches subordinates providing feedback; constructive critique of work; facilitates individual development plan; and documents their job performance
• Adheres to all Human Resource policies
• Effectively communicates departmental, organization and industry information to staff
• Facilitates evidence based employee engagement practices
• Effectively builds strong relationships and networks to deliver upon organizational and department goals
• Participate in employee and patient rounding Identifies and mentor potential future leaders
• Enforces standards of care for surgical services and develops processes to measure and ensure consistent compliance
• Develops, implements, and evaluates an ongoing surgical services program which assures quality patient care consistent with the Hospital mission
• Monitors compliance with regulatory, accrediting and hospital policy, environmental, patient, and personnel safety
• Oversees a PI program that consistently monitors and evaluates critical aspects of care
• Responsible for department’s operational excellence by ensuring delivery of quality services in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, and professional standards
• Follows the Hospital Exposure Control Plans/Blood borne and Airborne Pathogens
• Enforces safe procedural site and patient verification policy
• Monitors and responds to quality event reporting
• Supports new program strategies and/or program enhancements which would expand patient services
• Develops, prioritizes and defends a capital equipment requests
• Is responsible for the fiscal management of department; assures proper utilization of organization’s financial resources
• Advances the growth agenda for Surgical Services
• Strives to become the OR of Choice for physicians, patients, staff, and payers in the community they serve
• Demonstrates a poised and confident demeanor that reassures others and commands respect within the organization and the community
• Develops and builds strategic internal and external networks
• Promoting consistent positive patient interactions that advance the agenda of unparalleled patient service
• Practicing and adhering to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement”
• Performing other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree MHA, MSN, MBA, or related field preferred
• 3+ years of experience in Surgical Services, preferably OR nursing required
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership role preferred
• Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state in which he or she practices, in accordance with law and regulation required
• Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) preferred
• Certified Surgical Services Manager (CSSM) preferred

Compensation commensurate with experience with salary range Min $40.71 Mid $51.90 Max $63.10! Sign on bonus and relocation offered as well!