Director PeriOp Service

Surgery Partners, Inc•McKinney, TX

About The Position

This role provides oversight of all nursing and ancillary support personnel involved in Scheduling, Admitting, Operating Room, Recovery Room, Endoscopy, and SPD. The Director establishes policy and standards of nursing care and practice, coordinating with the Policy Committee and working closely with the CNO to review and revise facility policies and procedures. This position also involves consulting with the CNO or Medical Director on medical problems, communicating with the Scheduling Coordinator regarding approved procedures, and reviewing operating schedules. The Director interviews candidates for various positions, makes hiring/termination recommendations, and collaborates with the Safety Officer on orientation policies. Additionally, this role involves substantiating overtime hours, providing professional development, overseeing employee rounding, assisting managers with time-off schedules, monitoring licensure and certifications, performing annual evaluations, ensuring efficient procedure flow, monitoring sterilization procedures, arranging equipment maintenance, ensuring resource allocation, monitoring supply ordering, meeting with manufacturer representatives, serving on the Quality Improvement Committee, reviewing variance reports, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Requirements

Frequent requirement to sit, converse, and listen.
Use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls.
Reach with hands and arms.
Close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis.
Push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis.
Stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.

Responsibilities

Oversight of all nursing and ancillary support personnel involved in Scheduling, Admitting, Operating Room, Recovery Room, Endoscopy and SPD.
Establishes policy and standards of nursing care and practice and coordinate with the Policy Committee. Works closely with the CNO to review and revise current facility policies and procedures.
Consults with the CNO or Medical Director regarding medical problems.
Communicates closely with the Scheduling Coordinator regarding approved procedures. Check the draft of each operating schedule in advance and make necessary corrections.
Interviews candidates for Operating Room, Recovery Room, and Endoscopy, and SPD positions. Makes recommendations for hiring or termination of employment.
Collaborate with the Safety Officer to develop and monitor orientation policies and procedures to provide competent staff
Substantiate all overtime hours to the CNO.
Provides Professional Development of staff members and oversees employee rounding.
Assist manager with coordination of vacation and time off schedules.
In collaboration with direct reports (Mangers/Supervisors) monitors licensure of professional nursing personnel and BLS, ACLS and PALS (as applicable) status.
In collaboration with direct reports (Managers/Supervisor), performs annual evaluations and monitors job performance of nursing staff to confirm compliance with policies and personal protection.
Affords efficient flow of procedures by monitoring surgeon availability, on time arrival, and informing surgeons of any delays.
Monitors sterilization procedures for instruments and supplies and storage of same.
Assist managers with arranging maintenance and repair of medical equipment.
Ensures appropriate resource allocation with supplies and equipment.
Monitors efficient ordering of supplies and forwards purchase requests for capital equipment to Executive Suite.
Meets with manufacturer representatives regarding updates on equipment and new products in collaboration with the Materials Management Director.
Serves as a member of the Quality Improvement Committee to report complication data and infection control statistics.
Reviews of variance reports filed by staff members. Completes investigative documentation as appropriate.
Ensures regulatory compliance are met and aligned with the governing bodies.