RN Perioperative Director

New Solutions•Ithaca, NY

6h•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Director will oversee a broad surgical and procedural portfolio, including operating rooms, preoperative and postoperative care, preadmission testing, surgery scheduling, endoscopy, and sterile processing.

Requirements

BSN required.
5+ years of healthcare experience with a focus on surgical services.
3+ years of surgical-services leadership experience.
Current RN license.
Demonstrated knowledge of operating-room and perioperative clinical standards.
Strong understanding of surgical operations and healthcare business processes.
Strong fiscal-management and analytical capabilities.
Experience with budgeting, cost control, productivity analysis, and performance metrics.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide system-level leadership for perioperative services.
Direct the overall daily operations of perioperative departments.
Oversee operating room, preoperative and postoperative care, preadmission testing, OR scheduling, endoscopy, and sterile processing functions.
Ensure compliance with Joint Commission, local, state, and federal regulations and accreditation requirements.
Establish and implement short- and long-term operational goals, policies, and procedures.
Monitor operational effectiveness and implement improvements as needed.
Develop an organizational structure and staffing model capable of meeting operational and clinical objectives.
Provide administrative leadership and solutions to surgical-services and executive leadership teams.
Foster strong collaboration between clinical departments and medical staff leadership.
Coordinate resources across the organization to achieve operational and financial objectives.
Improve access, throughput, efficiency, patient experience, and financial performance.
Establish performance targets and metrics for efficiency, patient satisfaction, service levels, and quality.
Develop management reports analyzing capacity, staffing ratios, utilization, quality, coding, scheduling, and other critical operational data.
Develop and implement policies and standardized workflows.
Partner with nursing, finance, information services, and other departments to optimize centralized services and information flow.