Director of Surgical Services Apply
Title: Director of Surgical Services
Job Type: Full time
Location : Ottumwa, IA
Attractive salary with Benefits
Must-Haves:
- Minimum of associate's degree of nursing
- 5 years experience in related clinical practice
- Current RN license in the state of Iowa.
- BLS, ACLS, PALS
DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Practices safe work habits, comply with safety rules and regulations, adhere tsafety policies, and demonstrates competency in all applicable safety policies and procedure.
- Demonstrates required competencies related tfacility safety, patient safety, infection control.
- Promotes a safe environment and safe patient care practices.
- Consistently adheres temployee health, patient safety and facility safety policies and procedures.
- Promotes sound fiscal operation by implementing an effective budgeting process for their defined service line.
- Develops annual revenue, personnel, operations, and capital expense budgets for surgical services by using valid rationale, justification and recommendations for the budget requests.
- Participates in budget preparation/monitoring and identification of workload variability tpredict and plan for appropriate staffing tenhance productivity/efficiency and maintain quality care.
- Continually evaluates with others, core processes for redesign and reengineering timprove operations, reduce cost, reduce cycle time, enhance service, and improve performance.
- Effectively and efficiently uses manpower, material, and financial resources in accordance with hospital policies, and within established budget constraints. Applies current cost containment concepts.
- Evaluates and maintains management information systems that provide integrated data needed tmonitor and explain variances from established parameters.
- Assures effective leadership and management of human resources within defined service line.
- Ensure educational resources are available for members of the perioperative services department and hold staff members accountable for attendance.
- Serves as a role model in professional behavior, leadership skills, problem-solving ability, coaching guidance, risk-tasking behavior, and interpersonal skills.
- Creates a working environment that promotes positive employee attitudes, effective communications, collaboration, creativity, optimal productivity, continuous learning, and satisfaction through application of motivation, recognition and accountability principles.
- Oversees all planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; approving/denying time off; counseling, coaching, commendation, disciplinary actions, and terminations; addressing complaints and resolving problems
- Assures that job descriptions within defined service line clarify and delineate position expectations according texisting laws, regulations, industry standards and organizational requirements.
- Participates in recruitment and retention; interviewing, selection and promotion for surgical services positions.
- Facilitates orientation, in-services, on-the-job training and continuing education programming tmeet identified staff development needs.
- Participates in and ensures timely completion of annual performance appraisals.
- Facilitates positive medical staff relationships with defined service line.
- Facilitates regular communication strategies with physicians and physician clinics.
- Demonstrates collaboration with physician co-chair and facilitates active physician and staff participation for Surgical Service Committee tachieve strategic goals.
- Engages medical staff in staff development initiatives.
- Works with manager and team leaders in ongoing analysis and evaluation of patient care delivery tprovide high quality patient care in a cost-effective manner
- Solicits medical staff ideas and concerns for the promotion of patient safety initiatives and clinical policy/procedure development.
- Facilitates the delivery of quality patient care tpatients and families within defined service line.
- Facilitates the planning and monitoring of quality, risk management and safety activities insuring corrective action.
- Facilitates positive clinical outcomes through effective supervision and evaluation of care.
- Assures compliance with laws, regulations and accreditation standards.
- Establishes methods for accurate and timely information dissemination vertically and horizontally.
- Integrates the department/service intthe primary functions of the organization and achieves, or exceeds, customer satisfaction goals.
- Diligently maintains compliance with Joint Commission and other regulatory compliance requirements.
- Develops and implements policies, procedures, accreditation standards, governmental regulations, and professional standards of care that guide and support the provision of services.
- Achieves improved patient care outcomes/processes by continuously assessing and improving the departments' performance through organized process improvement efforts.
- Demonstrates ability tmeet and exceed internal and external customer expectations. Promotes effective intra/inter department and organization relationships.
- Creates a climate of effective communication and contributes tan environment of mutual respect and understanding.
- Fosters a non-discriminatory climate in which care is delivered in a manner sensitive tsociocultural diversity.
- Demonstrates understanding of and promotes ethical principles in clinical practice.
- Facilitates conflict resolution.
- Insures patient, family and visitor satisfaction with services.
- Works collaboratively with students and educational institutions tpromote positive learning experiences.
- Promotes strategic service line development through growth and recognition.
- Seeks additional knowledge and skills appropriate tidentified surgical services by developing and/or participating in educational programs and activities, conferences, workshops, interdisciplinary professional meetings, and self-directed learning.
- Speaks thospital and community groups.
- Facilitates appropriate marketing plan development in collaboration with marketing department and Surgical Service Committee.
- Networks with peers in state/region tshare ideas and conduct mutual problems solving.
- Represents hospital in community and regional activities.
- Identifies data needs and conducts appropriate analysis tdevelop appropriate business plan(s) addressing new service or growth opportunities.
- Demonstrates initiatives in professional development.
- Seeks constructive feedback and participates in peer review as appropriates.
- Facilitates development and application of competency-based professional development models.
- Participates in, and seeks out, opportunities and activities that provide for continuing education skills development and self-improvement. Assists subordinates tmake good decisions regarding their career development.
- Remains current on management principles and patient care trends/models through continuing education, seminars, professional reading.
- Seeks experiences texpand and maintain skills and knowledge base.
- Gains appropriate formal education and/or certification for career path.
- In collaboration with administration, peers, nursing personnel and members of other disciplines, engages in the following activities:
- Establishes and maintains effective communication and collaboration with hospital departments and medical staff tresolve problems, establish and implement policies, and coordinate activities within assigned department.
- Monitors quality of care and any problems/concerns that would impede quality care by interacting with patients/families and monitoring care provider's competency on an ongoing basis.
- Evokes in staff a sense of ownership of and responsibility for, their work, their coworkers, and continuous improvement of their performance.
- Accepts organizational accountability for services provided trecipients.
- Coordinates nursing services with the services of other health care disciplines.
- Other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Knowledgeable in the care and handling of patient populations served.
- Demonstrates ability in planning for the provision of care (eg, policy/procedure development, competency requirements/staff development plans, etc.) for patients in all age groups including, but not limited to, consideration of the special needs and behaviour of each respective group.
- Process good communication skills, strong leadership, and interpersonal relation skills.
- Thrive on a fast paced environment.
- Make decisions quickly and clearly enunciate the basis on which the decision was made.
EDUCATION:
- Minimum of associate's degree of nursing
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing preferred
EXPERIENCE:
- 5 years experience in related clinical practice
- 2 years in clinical leadership role preferred
CERTIFICATE/LICENSE:
- Current RN license in the state of Iowa.
- CNOR certification preferred
- BLS, ACLS, PALS
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