Director of Surgical Services

Purple Cow Recruiting • Manchester, NH

1d • $110,552 - $176,883

About The Position

Heartline Staffing, Strategic Talent Partners with Purple Cow Recruiting, is seeking an experienced Director of Surgical Services for a permanent leadership opportunity in Manchester, New Hampshire.

The Director of Surgical Services ensures high quality, patient-centered care through oversight of the overall function and staffing of surgical services. This role is responsible for forecasting, planning, budget monitoring, and operational leadership while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and clinical excellence. The Director supports the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and procedures aligned with facility objectives and regulatory requirements.

This role provides executive-level leadership across surgical services, directing nursing practice and unit operations while ensuring adherence to evidence-based standards of care. The Director ensures efficient patient throughput through volume forecasting, patient flow coordination, and admission and discharge planning. Responsibilities include advancing patient safety and quality outcomes, managing variation in clinical practice, ensuring regulatory compliance, and pursuing internal and external benchmarks, accreditations, and designations.

The Director is accountable for financial stewardship, including participation in annual budget development, monitoring department performance, managing operating expenses, and identifying cost-reduction opportunities. This role also leads people strategy initiatives by fostering employee engagement, supporting leadership development, and promoting a high-performing, mission-driven culture.

This is a full-time, day-shift leadership position with no weekends required. Compensation is salaried and based on experience, with a pay range equivalent to $110,552 – $176,883 annually. Sign-on bonus eligibility may be available on a case-by-case basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) REQUIRED.
• Minimum of three (3) years of Director-level Surgical Services experience REQUIRED.
• Demonstrated leadership experience overseeing surgical operations, staffing, budgeting, and quality initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead through organizational change and performance improvement initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures high quality, patient-centered care through oversight of the overall function and staffing of surgical services.
• Forecasting, planning, budget monitoring, and operational leadership
• Fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and clinical excellence.
• Supports the development and implementation of strategies, policies, and procedures aligned with facility objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Directing nursing practice and unit operations while ensuring adherence to evidence-based standards of care.
• Ensures efficient patient throughput through volume forecasting, patient flow coordination, and admission and discharge planning.
• Advancing patient safety and quality outcomes
• Managing variation in clinical practice
• Ensuring regulatory compliance
• Pursuing internal and external benchmarks, accreditations, and designations.
• Financial stewardship, including participation in annual budget development, monitoring department performance, managing operating expenses, and identifying cost-reduction opportunities.
• Leads people strategy initiatives by fostering employee engagement, supporting leadership development, and promoting a high-performing, mission-driven culture.

Benefits

• Compensation is salaried and based on experience, with a pay range equivalent to $110,552 – $176,883 annually.
• Sign-on bonus eligibility may be available on a case-by-case basis.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director