DIR OF NURSING PERIOP SVC - Acute Operating Room - Full Time Day Shift (25359)

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center • Paramus, NJ

4h • Onsite

About The Position

Join Our Team at New Bridge Medical Center! We are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to our diverse community. As a leading healthcare provider, we offer a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you’re passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative setting, New Bridge Medical Center is looking for a Director of Perioperative Services. The role requires strong communication skills, demonstrated in reports, correspondence, and presentations, ensuring staff are informed of Medical Center and departmental priorities, and communicating vision and goals. Professional development is key, with participation in conferences, workshops, and other activities to maintain licensure and stay current. The Director is responsible for staff development, ensuring mandates in Safety, Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Customer Service, and Infection Control are met. Problem-solving skills are essential, with recommendations and decision-making focusing on quality, cost containment, and impact on other departments. Customer service management involves incorporating Medical Center goals into policies and systems, continually reviewing service delivery, and acting as a role model. Project management includes participating in multidisciplinary task forces, committees, and projects, demonstrating teamwork and the ability to lead teams to timely and effective project completion. Clinical leadership involves providing clinical supervision, in-service training, and maintaining clinical standards, potentially leading hospital-wide clinically oriented committees.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience including 2 years of supervisory experience required.
• Active NJ RN license required.
• BLS/ACLS/PALS required.
• IV certification required.
• Clinical nursing skills and expertise.
• Good organizational skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing required.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Works with CNO to develop and implement goals of assigned units and to evaluate progress toward attainment of goals, acts as liaison between Nursing administration and medical staff.
• Using available utilization data, works with other Clinical Directors and DON in developing staffing plans and schedules for units to maintain appropriate staffing levels and staffing mix; communicates staffing plan to Nurse Supervisor; ensures adequate staff coverage by reviewing vacation and holiday schedules; approves overtime as necessary and authorizes coverage for absent staff.
• Selects, hires and supervises staff in the area of responsibility; initiates disciplinary action, including terminations; carries out annual performance appraisal of employees recommending promotions, raises, etc.
• Ensures safe and professional patient care by enforcing and monitoring compliance to professional standards, identifying clinical and educational needs of staff; recommends methods for improving staff competence and patient care and assists in developing, implementing and evaluating programs.
• Through meetings, in-services or other established means of communication, provides information to departmental staff for therapeutic and effective patient care management; identifies and puts into place appropriate monitors of patient care delivery.
• Periodically reviews admission and patient management protocols, discharge criteria and related policies and procedures for compliance with requirements of regulatory agencies; recommends and implements changes as required, making sure information is available to staff in area of responsibility; monitors compliance and reviews with CNO and other Clinical Directors.
• Oversee the quality assurance/quality improvement programs in area of responsibility, identifying patient care issues, developing QA monitors and ensuring that follow-up actions are implemented.
• Provides information required for reports on utilization, monitors, credentialing and scheduling as necessary to be compliant with regulatory agency reporting and monitor requirements; prepares reports on service and utilization as required.
• Assists CNO in developing annual budget; monitors budget performance throughout the year to ensure units operate within budget guidelines; works with administration to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective allocation and use of resources.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Understands and adheres to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct.
• Familiar with the Medical Center’s Mission, Vision, and Values Statements.
• Assists management in developing cost accounting methodology and model to enable BRMC to determine costs of nursing care and other direct costs and to provide information for BRMC planning and decisions (e.g., pertinent elements of patient care, labor, non-labor, and indirect allocation).
• Serves as a resource to staff in clinical and management matters.
• Assists with Nursing Office divisional coverage.
• Attends monthly nursing office meetings.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support the overall objectives of the department and organization.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• competitive medical, dental, and vision plans
• generous time off policy that includes ample vacation days, personal time, sick leave and nine paid holidays
• robust tuition reimbursement
• continuing education programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees