Surgical Services Director – Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Role Accountabilities

• Develop goals and objectives for the department based on interpretation of institutional policy and goals.
• Plan to achieve goals or establish priorities.
• Help department understand, share and support the vision.
• Initiate changes in or develop new policies, procedures and/or methods.
• Analyze long-range impact of decisions and plans.
• Ensure the most effective operations of the department through program development, process improvement and coordination/integration of processes with other departments.
• Design, implement, evaluate and market programs to maximize clinical outcomes, functional status, patient/customer satisfaction and reimbursement.
• Standardize services, processes, resources, and practice to improve efficiency.
• Supervise to include responsibility for planning, coordinating, and controlling the work and procedures; provide advice/consultation to staff regarding problems.
• Participate on departmental and/or interdepartmental committees to address problems and facilitate information exchange about programs, problems, etc.
• Provide information to others (oral or written) to explain/clarify problems, issues or requests.
• Participate in periodic management meetings to keep top management informed of department problems and concerns.
• Analyze and evaluate ongoing department programs to identify areas where adjustments/improvements are needed.
• Create and exceed service standards utilizing key service dimension and from knowledge of patient/customer expectations and best practice.
• Create an organizational culture (both within and across departments) that provides a safe, satisfying and enriching environment for employees and provides a qualified, competent staff to meet patient needs.
• Provide leadership to promulgate the mission and the values of the institution to the department.
• Model behavior consistent with the mission, vision, and values of the enterprise through leading, coordinating projects, innovation, initiating improvement, and developing new programs.
• Demonstrate a leadership style that is facilitative and collaborative.
• Communicate within and across departments to maximize effectiveness, efficiently and information sharing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 7 years of experience; RN required.
• Preferred Qualifications: Master’s Degree preferred. Hospital Leadership experience preferred. Extensive knowledge of the OR and Surgical Suite preferred. Working knowledge of PACU strongly preferred. A great understanding of Sterile processing preferred. Knowledge of same-day surgery preferred. Academic Medical Center experience preferred.