Director of Surgical Services

About the role

The Director of Surgical Services at Shady Grove Medical Center is responsible for providing strategic leadership and administration in the areas of patient care, education, safety, and quality. Reporting directly to the Chief Nursing Officer, this role involves fostering a professional practice environment and collaborating with key stakeholders to enhance clinical operations, nursing, and patient care outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategic plan and provide resources to guide specialty/service line operations.
• Collaborate with administrators, physicians, managers, and other providers to facilitate planning, implementation, and evaluation of strategic initiatives.
• Create and maintain an operational plan aligned with the program's strategic plan.
• Maintain unit/department-based goals and objectives consistent with the overall direction of the program and the hospital's plan.
• Guide priorities and focus of work for activities of the program and organization.
• Promote coordination of care across the continuum to enhance operational efficiency.
• Facilitate/collaborate in the development of program and business plans to address newly identified patient care needs.
• Develop annual and multiyear capital and operational budgets.
• Set productivity targets with managerial personnel.
• Hold nurse leaders and support staff accountable.
• Represent the service/specialty at all levels of the organization.
• Maintain membership in at least one professional organization, participating on key practice issues.
• Maintain all licensure, required certifications, and mandatory education.
• Model professional practice that includes nurse autonomy, authority, accountability, and responsibility.
• Advocate for and assure colleagues' participation in professional development activities.
• Support organizational efforts to establish and maintain relationships with communities, benefactors, and employees.
• Support organizational values by recognizing employees in written and verbal modes.
• Articulate expectations of clinical performance.
• Provide guidance to managers regarding practice issues and resource utilization.
• Participate and encourage others to participate in professional research presentations and review of published findings.
• Provide leadership for evidence-based practice initiatives.
• Serve as a resource to other departments on practice issues and trends.
• Oversee development & implementation of care delivery model, establish clear expectations based on standards of care defined by professional and regulatory organizations.
• Lead multidisciplinary performance improvement committees to develop evidence-based practice and monitor variances.
• Build partnerships that support and promote care coordination and care management strategies.
• Advocate for resources for safe delivery of patient care for labor, equipment, and facilities in specialty areas with a global perspective.
• Execute successfully the established plans and services through measurement, monitoring, analysis, reporting, and adjusting the direction, allocation, and utilization of available resources.
• Collaborate with CNO/COO to support program/practice changes to continually improve resource utilization.
• Provide report of budget analysis to CNO/COO monthly.
• Model positive customer service behaviors.
• Drive and model behaviors that contribute to the successful accomplishment of Key Result Areas (KRA) goals.
• Support professional practice environment that includes nurse autonomy, authority, accountability, and responsibility.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or within 2 years of hire into position.
• Certification in leadership or nursing administration within 1 year of hire into position.
• Degree in nursing (BSN or MSN).
• Actively participate in professional organizations; 8 years as RN including 3 years as a nurse leader in the specialty area; exp. in systems level leadership.
• Current Maryland State nursing license.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Ability to analyze written, spoken, visual, and other sensory stimuli.
• Ability to analyze written and spoken English.
• Ability to cope effectively with stressful situations and time constraints.
• Ability to interpret scientific data in a logical and coherent manner.
• Ability to logically solve problems.
• Ability to follow detailed written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to direct and manage others.
• Ability to work well with others.

Requirements

• Required to be available for calls.
• Required to be available to calls on holidays.
• On-call availability.
• Work schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week, Day shift, Monday through Friday.
• Shift differential eligibility: No.
• Pay range: $127,850.69 - $191,776.04.
• Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as Exempt.
• Tobacco and Drug Statement: Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.
• Equal Employment Opportunity: Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
• Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• COVID-19 Vaccination: Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
• Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana.
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