Executive Director of Procedural Services

Singing River Health System•Pascagoula, MS

71d•Onsite

About The Position

The Executive Director of Procedural Services is responsible for direct oversight of all fiscal operations and clinical integrity for General Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics, CRNAs, and other assigned services; administration of clinical and fiscal surgery operations; development and execution of annual operating and capital budget; optimizing surgery room efficiency; serving as business and clinical liaison with Surgery groups; evaluating and sharing cost and quality data and opportunities with Surgery groups and applicable Health System Administrative and Medical Staff. He/She supervises and evaluates work activities to improve service utilization and establishes objectives and evaluative/operational criteria. The Executive Director manages the operational effectiveness of the services in a manner that maximizes the patient experience, staff collaboration and effectiveness, and net revenues, all while minimizing costs. The Executive Director of Procedural Services will reduce clinical and operational variability; improve the efficiency of patient flow; increase consistency in surgery start times and turnover; increased training of surgery techs; optimize use of order sets; optimize patient, employee and physician satisfaction; minimize costs per procedure; aggressively work with vendors to obtain optimal contract terms; and maximize favorability of patient outcomes. He/She improves efficiencies within the assigned services and assists with compliance of contractual agreements, licensing rules and recommendations, and government reporting requirements. Serves as the strategic business leader for the assigned services; develops the business strategy and directs the core strategic and operating planning processes. The Executive Director serves as the operational leader; ensures that the services provide a level of service, quality, and accessibility that simultaneously results in lower possible cost and increased patient and employee satisfaction. Improves operational efficiency by designing and implementing processes and programs to assist in achieving key operational strategies. The Executive Director of Procedural Services provides leadership to assure appropriate volume and financial growth and sustainability. He/She serves as a liaison for the general and orthopedic surgeons and develops a partnership with physicians, seeking their guidance and advice often. The Executive Director provides the opportunity for effective collaboration between surgeons, anesthesiologists, professional staff and administration; and assures transparency including financial, quality and operational metrics. The Executive Director of Procedural Services serves as a financial leader enabling the services to achieve goals while maintaining a competitive cost structure. As a change leader, the Executive Director will partner with the Singing River Health System leaders to facilitate change that enables the services to remain competitive and effective. Provides leadership and management responsibility over all functions within the assigned services; develops and oversees high quality, cost-effective, and integrated clinics, departments, services, and programs. Expectation is for all performed duties to be in accordance with Singing River Health System procedures and policies, accrediting organization, and governing guidance and publications for health care employees. DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this intends to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks performed as assigned.

Requirements

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Bachelor’s degree in a clinical area of study
Current, unencumbered MS license / certification(s) for applicable clinical license.
BCLS certification upon hire and/or transfer.
De-escalation training completed by the end of position orientation (90 days); appropriate level of de-escalation training.
A minimum of five (5) years of senior management experience in healthcare administration required.
Proficient knowledge and ability to use a computer (keyboard proficient) and other office technology (i.e., telephone, fax, etc.), MS Outlook and Word.
Ability to demonstrate appropriate clinical judgment and apply appropriate professional skills to a patient population of all ages.
Ability to work independently with little supervision and seek guidance as needed.
Basic business skills, an understanding of general financial operations and major AR goals in the healthcare environment.

Nice To Haves

Travel throughout the SRHS service area (employee providing own transportation).
Out of state travel for education purposes.

Responsibilities

Direct oversight of all fiscal operations and clinical integrity for General Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics, CRNAs, and other assigned services.
Administration of clinical and fiscal surgery operations.
Development and execution of annual operating and capital budget.
Optimizing surgery room efficiency.
Serving as business and clinical liaison with Surgery groups.
Evaluating and sharing cost and quality data and opportunities with Surgery groups and applicable Health System Administrative and Medical Staff.
Supervising and evaluating work activities to improve service utilization.
Establishing objectives and evaluative/operational criteria.
Managing the operational effectiveness of the services to maximize patient experience, staff collaboration and effectiveness, and net revenues, while minimizing costs.
Reducing clinical and operational variability.
Improving the efficiency of patient flow.
Increasing consistency in surgery start times and turnover.
Increasing training of surgery techs.
Optimizing use of order sets.
Optimizing patient, employee and physician satisfaction.
Minimizing costs per procedure.
Aggressively working with vendors to obtain optimal contract terms.
Maximizing favorability of patient outcomes.
Improving efficiencies within assigned services.
Assisting with compliance of contractual agreements, licensing rules and recommendations, and government reporting requirements.
Serving as the strategic business leader for assigned services.
Developing the business strategy and directing core strategic and operating planning processes.
Ensuring services provide a level of service, quality, and accessibility that results in lower possible cost and increased patient and employee satisfaction.
Improving operational efficiency by designing and implementing processes and programs.
Providing leadership to assure appropriate volume and financial growth and sustainability.
Serving as a liaison for general and orthopedic surgeons and developing a partnership with physicians.
Providing the opportunity for effective collaboration between surgeons, anesthesiologists, professional staff and administration.
Assuring transparency including financial, quality and operational metrics.
Serving as a financial leader enabling services to achieve goals while maintaining a competitive cost structure.
Partnering with Singing River Health System leaders to facilitate change.
Developing and overseeing high quality, cost-effective, and integrated clinics, departments, services, and programs.
Performing all duties in accordance with Singing River Health System procedures and policies, accrediting organization, and governing guidance and publications for health care employees.