VP, Perioperative, Procedural and Imaging Services

Seattle Children's•Seattle, WA

23h

About The Position

Provides executive and system-wide strategic and operational leadership for perioperative, procedural, and imaging services. The portfolio includes hospital and ambulatory operating rooms, procedural labs, anesthesia and pain services, sterile processing, imaging and radiology operations, centralized scheduling, pre-authorization, revenue cycle, analytics, access, and related business functions. The role is accountable for integrated strategy, growth, access, operational performance, financial sustainability, patient and family experience, and workforce effectiveness across the system of care. The Vice President leads, manages, supervises, and develops leaders and staff across these areas. In collaboration with faculty, physician, nursing, and administrative leadership, the role plans, develops, and directs patient care programs and related capital projects. It ensures quality and patient safety by assessing, implementing, and evaluating services in accordance with organizational, professional, and regulatory standards. The position drives continuous performance improvement, establishes and ensures compliance with clinical standards and staff competency, and models professional nursing practice. It carries 24-hour line-management responsibility for personnel, fiscal, and material resources. The role establishes enterprise performance measures and communicates progress, risks, and corrective actions transparently to executive leadership. It builds aligned physician-administrative-nursing partnerships, advises senior leadership on the operational implications of strategic decisions, and serves as executive sponsor for major service-line initiatives. The position reports directly to the SVP/Chief Operations Officer and SVP/Surgeon-in-Chief, and indirectly to the SVP/Chief Nurse Officer. It works closely with departmental chairs, medical directors, and medical staff, and engages in initiatives supporting a workforce and patient population with varied backgrounds, identities, and life experiences.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing, Business Administration, Public Health, or Healthcare Administration.
Ten years of progressively responsible leadership experience in perioperative, procedural, imaging, or complex healthcare operations, including senior leadership accountability for large-scale, multi-site clinical operations.
Demonstrated experience leading strategy, growth, operational transformation, physician partnerships, financial performance, quality, safety, patient access, and workforce outcomes.
Degree documentation or transcripts must be on record with Human Resources upon hire. If a qualifying master’s degree is in process, bachelor’s degree documentation and the expected master’s completion date must be on file upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate degree in Nursing or a related field.
American Heart Association BLS.
National certification in a clinical specialty area or leadership.

Responsibilities

Provide executive leadership, management, supervision, and development for leaders and staff across operative, procedural, imaging, and related business operations.
Lead system-wide strategy and operations for hospital-based and ambulatory operating rooms, procedural labs, anesthesia and pain services, sterile processing, imaging and radiology, access, scheduling, authorization, revenue cycle, analytics, and business functions.
Plan, develop, and direct patient care programs and related capital projects in collaboration with faculty, physician, nursing, and administrative leadership.
Ensure the quality and safety of patient care through assessment, implementation, and evaluation of services in accordance with organizational, professional, and regulatory standards.
Drive continuous performance improvement and establish and ensure compliance with clinical standards and staff competency.
Serve as a role model for professional nursing practice and maintain 24-hour line-management responsibility for personnel, fiscal, and material resources.
Establish enterprise performance measures and communicate progress, risks, and corrective actions to executive leadership.
Build aligned physician-administrative-nursing partnerships and advise senior leadership on operational implications of strategic decisions.
Serve as executive sponsor for major service-line initiatives.
Engage in initiatives that support a workforce and patient population with varied backgrounds, identities, and life experiences.