Director of Surgical Services – Surgery - Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus - Variable Shift – Full Time

Responsibilities

• Determines direction, goals, and objectives of assigned areas and links to appropriate hospital and medical group personnel for implementation of strategic plans.
• Directs planning for multiple product lines, inclusive of financial planning, and clinical quality care for appropriate integration of SMMC.
• Captures and communicates operational procedures to staff and physicians.
• Evaluates and modifies processes.
• Ensures organizational compliance with legislation and regulations as they impact assigned areas.
• Develops and coordinates the monitoring of quality outcome for the surgical patient population and ensures timely performance improvement activities to ensure optimal quality outcomes.
• Coordinates the appropriate use of resources for service line development throughout the system.
• Ensures quality care and services for patients by implementing systems and operational procedures to coordinate service delivery.
• Service Holds self and others accountable for the meeting of customer satisfaction goals for assigned units or departments.
• Recognizes and initiates opportunities for improvement in patient/family service.
• Recognizes and initiates opportunities for improvement in physician service.
• Recognizes and initiates opportunities for improvement in employee service.
• Recognizes and initiates opportunities for improvement in interdisciplinary team member service.
• Develops new area of expertise in the area of service competency.
• Quality Holds self and others accountable for the quality of patient care delivered and for operational excellence for assigned units or departments.
• Establishes specific quality goals, connecting the vision to the necessary actions and long-term strategies.
• Recognizes physician needs and concerns and initiates opportunities for improvement.
• Recognizes patient needs and concerns and initiates opportunities for improvement.
• Develops new area of expertise in the area of quality competency.
• People Establishes and holds self and others accountable to meeting goals related to developing an effective workforce within assigned departments or units.
• Complies with all contract agreements and human resource, regulatory and organizational policies.
• Completes all manager initial, ongoing and/or annual competencies.
• Facilitates the constructive resolution of intergroup/interdisciplinary conflict.
• Decreases occurrences of unsafe work practices and/or worker's injuries.
• Develops new area of expertise in the area of people competency.
• Financial Accountable for unit(s) financial goals as agreed upon with supervisor (e.g. expense per unit of service, productivity, salary dollars, supply costs, etc.).
• Decreases costs of unsafe work practices and/or worker's injuries.
• Develops new area of expertise in the area of financial competency.
• Community Contributes to Sharp Healthcare's organizational vision, mission and values related to being a San Diego community partner.
• Donates time to community programs.
• Supports fundraising/donation initiatives.
• Recognizes opportunities for community partnership and initiates evaluation of benefits, costs and desired outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Nursing
• 5 Years Clinical experience in surgical/perioperative services.
• 5 Years Management experience.
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing - REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED
• Doctorate in Nursing
• Union environment experience.
• Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) - Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI)
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification - Various-No accreditation board
• Lane Certification - Various-Employee provides certificate