Senior Director of Nursing, Surgical Services

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is a non-profit Tribal health organization dedicated to meeting the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people. ANTHC partners with over 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian individuals to provide world-class health services, including comprehensive medical care at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training, and rural water and sanitation systems construction. As the largest and most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the U.S., ANTHC employs over 3,100 people and serves communities across Alaska.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program with over 20 plans and tiers
• Cost-share Dental and Vision Insurance
• Discounted Pet Insurance
• Retirement contributions with pre-tax or Roth options into a 403(b)
• 401(a) ANTHC Retirement Plan: After one year, ANTHC matches up to 5% of eligible pay and may provide an annual discretionary contribution of up to 3%
• Paid Time Off starting immediately, accruing up to 6 hours per pay period, increasing with years of service
• Eleven Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave or miscarriage/stillbirth eligibility after six months of employment
• Basic Short/Long Term Disability, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D), and Basic Life Insurance covered 100% by ANTHC, with optional buy-up coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Healthcare and Dependent Care
• Ancillary Cash Benefits for accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness
• On-site Child Care Facility with expert-designed classrooms for early child development and preschool
• Employee Assistance Program offering support for grief, financial counseling, mental/emotional health, and discounted legal advice
• Tuition discounts for employees and eligible dependents at Alaska Pacific University
• On-site training courses and professional development opportunities
• License and certification reimbursements and occupational insurance for medical staff
• Emergency Travel Assistance
• Education Assistance or Education leave eligibility
• Discount program for travel, gym memberships, amusement parks, and more

About the Role

The Senior Director of Nursing, Surgical Services provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight of surgical services and Sterile Processing Department (SPD) services. This role is responsible for perioperative, procedural, and sterile processing areas, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary coordination, and ANTHC’s mission and vision. The Senior Director mentors nursing leadership and supports the development of communication, clinical knowledge, leadership capability, professionalism, and business acumen across the surgical service line.

Responsibilities

• Provides executive leadership for surgical services and SPD services, ensuring safe, efficient, high-quality care delivery across assigned perioperative, procedural, and sterile processing departments
• Assists the Assistant Chief Nursing Officer (ACNO)/Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in strategic planning, resource allocation, policy development, and operational decision-making to advance nursing priorities, quality outcomes, and service line performance
• Participates in emergency management, incident command, surge response, and business continuity planning to support organizational readiness
• Supports academic partnerships, clinical education, professional development, and nursing research or quality dissemination activities to strengthen recruitment, retention, and practice advancement
• Fosters a just culture and psychologically safe work environment through leader visibility, structured communication, staff well-being initiatives, and learning from events
• Promotes a professional practice environment grounded in shared governance, evidence-based practice, ethical nursing standards, and leadership development
• Champions an exceptional patient and family experience by strengthening communication, responsiveness, service recovery, and culturally respectful, patient-centered care
• Leads operational oversight of surgical services, including staffing, scheduling, case flow, capacity, patient acuity, and budget performance
• Partners with surgeons, anesthesia leaders, SPD leaders, procedural areas, and hospital operations to improve access, quality, safety, throughput, and interdisciplinary coordination
• Oversees operational processes related to scheduling, block utilization, first case on-time starts, turnover efficiency, case delays, and procedural flow
• Develops and monitors budgets, balancing patient care needs, staffing models, productivity expectations, capital planning, and fiscal stewardship
• Establishes service line goals, quality metrics, and performance expectations; monitors outcomes and leads corrective actions and improvement strategies
• Creates an environment of continuous improvement, nursing engagement, and accountability by coaching leaders and promoting evidence-based practice
• Leads talent management and leadership development, including succession planning, performance management, staff competency, and readiness for organizational needs
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, accreditation, infection prevention, and perioperative practice requirements, as well as hospital policies and standards
• Promotes a culture of safety by overseeing clinical practice standards, procedural readiness, equipment reliability, sterile processing operations, and regulatory adherence
• Fosters open communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and clear executive messaging through effective verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• Demonstrated experience leading complex hospital operations and multidisciplinary teams