Director Perioperative Services

Director Perioperative Services

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 158 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings.

The posted compensation range of $57.22 - $85.12 /hour is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. CommonSpirit may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.

As our Director of Perioperative Services, at Good Samaritan in Kearney, NE, you will provide strategic leadership and 24-hour administrative accountability for all perioperative patient care and day-to-day operations adhering to professional standards and regulatory requirements. Every day you will manage departmental activities through subordinate staff, ensuring the highest level of surgical care and optimal patient outcomes. You will collaborate closely with the Medical Director and other department managers to integrate and evaluate patient care phases, administer the budget, maintain inventory, and ensure compliance with quality and accreditation standards. You will also address daily patient care issues, review satisfaction reports, represent the department on committees, and provide operational input to hospital leadership. To be successful in this role, you will possess extensive knowledge of healthcare management principles, clinical expertise in perioperative functions, and proven management proficiency in business planning, process improvement, budget, and personnel. Your ability to drive performance improvement across clinical outcomes, cost containment, patient safety, and regulatory compliance will be critical.

• Manage performance with the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations; and allocate and direct staffing needs to meet patient, unit and department needs and collaborate with others to ensure overall staffing needs are met.
• Assures appropriate level of understanding, awareness and compliance with all applicable Joint Commission, federal, state and agency laws, regulations, guidelines and professional standards.
• Ensures optimal utilization of department resources through participation in planning capital and operational budgets, in development and implementation of systems and practices that achieve defined objectives, in internal and external benchmarking activities and in monitoring, analysis and resolution of budget and productivity variances.
• Works collaboratively to develop plans, goals, and implementation strategies in support of CHI Health's Mission, Vision, and nursing, campus, and system business objectives. Maintains a department scope of care based on patient population and identified needs.
• Develops, coordinates, and manages operating systems, operational standardization, service standards, approaches, communication methods and policies across CHI Health.
• Maintains a system of management reporting that provides the system with timely and relevant information on all aspects of areas of responsibility.

Required

• Bachelors Degree in related discipline and a minimum of five(5) years of progressive work experience
• Basic Life Support - CPR

Preferred

• Masters Degree and two(2) years of supervisory management experience

Established by the Sisters of the St. Francis in 1924, CHI Health Good Samaritan is a 268-bed regional referral center in Kearney, Neb. At CHI Health Good Samaritan, you'll find an advanced level trauma center that also offers AirCare emergency helicopter transport and an ambulance program providing long distance and local 911 service. Among our many other services are cardiac care including open-heart surgery, a level II neonatal intensive care unit, a nationally accredited cancer center, comprehensive neurosurgery, advanced orthopedic program, and inpatient and outpatient mental health services at our free-standing Richard Young Behavioral Health facility.

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards

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CommonSpirit Health™ will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). External hires must pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at View phone number on click.appcast.io and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). CommonSpirit Health™ participates in E-Verify.