Senior Director of Nursing, Surgical Services

Senior Director Of Nursing, Surgical ServicesThe Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction. ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska's second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation's largest state. Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.ANTHC offers a competitive and comprehensive Benefits Package for all Benefit Eligible Employees, which includes:Medical Insurance provided through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program as a Tribal Employee, with over 20 plans and tiers.Cost-Share Dental and Vision InsurancesDiscounted Pet InsuranceRetirement Contributions with Pre-Tax or Roth options into a 403(b).401(a) ANTHC Retirement Plan: After one year of employment, ANTHC will begin making matching contributions of up to 5% of your eligible pay, based on your own contributions. In addition, you may be eligible for an annual discretionary contribution of up to 3% from the employer.Paid Time Off starts immediately, earning up to 6 hours per pay period, with paid time off accruals increasing based on years of service.Eleven Paid HolidaysPaid Parental Leave or miscarriage/stillbirth eligibility after six months of employmentBasic Short/Long Term Disability premiums, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance, and Basic Life Insurance are covered 100% by ANTHC, with additional options for Short-Term Disability Buy-Up Coverage and Voluntary Life for yourself and your family members.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 with support for grief, financial counseling, mental/emotional health, and discounted legal advice.Tuition Discounts for you and your 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 AssistanceEducation Assistance or Education leave eligibilityDiscount program for travel, gym memberships, amusement parks, and more.Visit us online at or contact Recruitment directly at View email address on click.appcast.io. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.The Senior Director of Nursing, Surgical Services provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight of surgical services and SPD services. This role is responsible for a group of perioperative, procedural, and sterile processing areas and provides leadership for programs and initiatives that strengthen quality, safety, patient flow, operational efficiency, and workforce performance. The Senior Director ensures alignment with regulatory requirements, evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary coordination, and the mission and vision of ANMC. This leader 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 ACNO/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 as assigned to support organizational readiness and continuity of operations during urgent or evolving events.Supports academic partnerships, clinical education, professional development, and nursing research or quality dissemination activities that strengthen recruitment, retention, practice advancement, and organizational learning.Fosters a just culture and psychologically safe work environment by supporting leader visibility, structured communication, staff well-being, resilience strategies, learning from events, and open reporting of risks, near misses, and improvement opportunities.Promotes a professional practice environment grounded in shared governance, evidence-based practice, ethical nursing standards, and leadership development, and supports nursing excellence through specialty certification, succession planning, and workforce capability building.Champions an exceptional patient and family experience by partnering with leaders and teams to strengthen communication, responsiveness, service recovery, and culturally respectful, patient-centered care.Leads operational oversight of surgical services, with accountability for 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, instrument readiness, and interdisciplinary coordination across the surgical continuum.Oversees operational processes related to scheduling, block utilization, first case on-time starts, turnover efficiency, case delays, and procedural flow to optimize patient access and service line performance.Develops and monitors budgets for assigned departments and programs, 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 as needed.Creates an environment of continuous improvement, strong nursing engagement, and accountability by coaching leaders, strengthening team performance, and promoting evidence-based practice.Leads talent management and leadership development efforts for assigned areas, including succession planning, performance management, staff competency, and readiness for current and future organizational needs.Ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, accreditation, infection prevention, and perioperative practice requirements, as well as hospital and departmental policies, standards of practice, and scope of service expectations.Promotes a culture of safety by overseeing clinical practice standards, procedural readiness, equipment and instrument reliability, sterile processing operations, and adherence to regulatory and patient safety requirements.Fosters open communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, and clear executive messaging through effective verbal, written, and presentation skills.Performs other duties as assigned.Other Information:KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:Demonstrated experience leading complex hospital operations, multidisciplinary teams, and patient care services within surgical or procedural environments.Experience with staffing, budget oversight, quality improvement, regulatory compliance, case flow management, and operational performance management.Experience collaborating with surgeons, anesthesia providers, procedural leaders, and interdisciplinary teams to improve quality, throughput, patient safety, and service line performance.Experience with perioperative operations, SPD services, procedural readiness, sterile processing coordination, scheduling optimization, or surgical quality initiatives preferred.MINIMUM EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONBachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited program.Master's degree in Nursing (MSN), Healthcare Administration (MHA), Business Administration (MBA), or a related field required at hire or must be obtained within three (3) years of hire.Minimum Experience Qualification7+ years of progressive healthcare leadership experience5+ years of clinical nursing experience in surgical services, perioperative nursing, procedural services, or other acute care settingsMINIMUM CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATIONCurrent Alaska Registered Nurse (RN) license.Basic Life Support (BLS) per organizational policy.Preferred Experience QualificationExperience leading surgical services, perioperative nursing, procedural services, or other complex acute care operations in a healthcare environment.Demonstrated outcomes improving quality, patient safety, workforce stability, patient access, procedural readiness, or operational performance in surgical settings.Experience improving operating room efficiency, block utilization, first case on-time starts, turnover performance, or scheduling effectiveness.Experience partnering with surgeons, anesthesia, SPD, and procedural teams to strengthen interdisciplinary coordination, instrument readiness, and