Administrative Director Nursing - Ambulatory Surgery Center

Posted: 24-Jul-26 • Location: San Antonio, Texas

About the Role

Manages the designated service line and staff for a facility; ensures quality and full compliance with relevant policies and standards.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and monitoring programs and practices for the delivery of safe and efficient quality nursing care for patients and their families
• Ensuring consistent application of nursing services policies and standards throughout the organization
• Monitoring patient outcomes and quality and effectiveness of nursing care
• Overseeing performance of managers and teams; identifying and addressing staff training and development needs
• Collaborating with medical staff, department heads, and administrators in matters related to nursing service and strategies

Financial Management

• Recognizes the impact of reimbursement on revenue
• Understands the relationship between value-based purchasing and quality outcomes with revenue and reimbursement
• Creates, monitors, and analyzes a budget explaining variances
• Conducts ongoing evaluation of productivity forecasting future revenue and expenses
• Documents capital appropriations and project authorizations

Human Resources Management

• Evaluates and specifies the critical resources required to accomplish the team's objectives
• Initiates requests for required resources based on staff competency with patient acuity
• Allocates team resources responsibly and equitably within the scope of labor laws
• Calculates resource usage to set a baseline for comparison
• Discovers opportunities to improve resource utilization
• Implements changes in role consistent with scope of practice
• Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow
• Resolves conflicts in a wide variety of situations, such as workload allocation, schedule overlap, etc.
• Adjusts management and personal style to fit the needs of different people and different situations
• Explores motivational factors and tailors motivational efforts to individual needs and situations for the department
• Conducts evaluations on personnel performance at the workplace and recommends improvement plans
• Coaches others on operating personnel management systems and their processes

Relationship Management and Influencing Behaviors

• Situation Management:
  • Identify issues that require immediate attention
  • Apply principles of crisis management to handle situations as necessary
  • Manage conflict
  • Promote team dynamics
  • Mentor and coach staff
• Promote Professional Management:
  • Promote and encourage stress management
  • Encourage participation in professional action
  • Apply principles of self-management