Medical Director, Perioperative Services - Anesthesia

Job Summary

The Department of Anesthesiology offers a unique opportunity for a Medical Director of Perioperative Services. The UW Health Medical Director of Perioperative Services, Anesthesia serves as one of three permanent co-chairs of the Surgical and Procedural Operations Council (SPOC).

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead strategic goals and objectives identified by the CDR.
• Engage and collaborate/build consensus with broad groups of stakeholders via focused advisory/action teams and robust communication pathways.
• Measure, monitor and communicate quality, safety, operational and financial metrics across operative sites.
• Partner with site triads to address performance concerns.
• Develop and monitor surgical and procedural performance metrics across the Madison region and share with UW Health leadership on a regular basis providing continuous transparency.
• Develop and enforce surgical and procedural services standards across operative sites.
• Standardize and enforce surgical block allocation/reallocation and overall utilization management across Madison region operative sites.
• Provide oversight of surgical and procedural scheduling across operative sites, holding each site accountable for appropriate scheduling and OR access.
• Career Development: Identify opportunities for staff and providers to optimally use their skills to assist the program or area and achieve their personal career goals.
• Monthly: Review the applicable clinical quality, safety, cost, and patient experience indicators for the area and closely manage their performance.
• Biannually: Update the action plan for your area, communicate the plan and rationale for its choices to leadership.
• Annually: Complete a time study as directed by UW Health physician leadership.

Department

Established in 1927 by Ralph M. Waters, we are proud to be the first academic anesthesiology department in the United States. Our department is deeply committed to a tripartite mission of clinical care, education, and research, as well as to the success and well-being of our teams.

Required Qualifications

• Board-certified or board eligible by the American Board of Anesthesiologists by start date of position.
• Completion of a US Anesthesiology residency by the start date of the position.
• Must be eligible for enrollment as a billing provider and for all necessary hospital privileges, by start date.
• Depth of understanding related to the preoperative assessment and perioperative management of surgical patients.
• Effective leadership abilities.
• Record of initiating change and innovation.
• Strategic thinking, planning and problem solving.
• Superior communication skills, both in written and verbal presentation.
• Effective human relations abilities to effect collaborative alliances and promote.

Preferred Qualifications

• Administrative experience running a perioperative program in a large academic medical center or large private hospital setting.
• Demonstrated experience in Operating Room management.

Compensation

Negotiable, 12 month

Contact Information

To apply, please visit the UW Health website at the link listed below.

Medical Director, Perioperative Services - Anesthesia - UW Health Careers

Contact Information: Andrew Prickett, aprickett@wisc.edu, Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.