ASST DIR PERIOP SERVICES

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At Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), we realize that in order to provide our surrounding communities with excellent care, we must begin by providing our employees with that same care and appreciation. We offer rich opportunities to develop and grow professionally, an environment of excellence in patient care, and the awareness that everything we accomplish is a direct outgrowth of the superb efforts and dedication of our employees.

As a non-profit system of almost 4000 employees, we have won national acclaim for our cancer, cardiac, stroke, bariatric, breast imaging, and rehabilitation services.

$/hr minimum - $/hr maximum (range increases based on education, experience and certifications)

• Provides leadership and direction for perioperative services at the hospital level (MHC and HRN).

• Safety
• Manages processes effectively in regard to employee/patient safety.
• Record Keeping
• Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, logs, files and other documents as required, including but not limited to payroll, schedules and status changes.
• Department Management
• Maintains 24 hour accountability for department, making independent decisions to implement strategies and programs for patient care.
• Delegates authority and accountability to staff to ensure optimal outcomes and staff engagement.
• Evaluates effectiveness of unit/department based programs and processes to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Process Improvement
• Promotes a culture of process improvement by establishing unit/department based programs that supports the system’s process improvement goals.
• Actively participates on system-wide or hospital-based teams.
• Staffing
• Manages the unit/department effectively in regards to staffing and staff supervision.
• Assesses facility perioperative management and leadership capabilities and hold managers and staff accountable for driving high performance.
• Develops data based performance and outcome metrics, tracks and trends data and leads change initiatives to move the metrics.
• Ensures compliance with all state and national licensing, governing body, and regulatory agency recommendations and standards.
• Leads efforts to improve patient, physician, and staff satisfaction.
• Optimizes utilization of both human and material resources, effectively allocating resources across surgical services.
• Oversees development of programs, policies and protocols that are integrated across the system to enhance operational efficiency, quality, patient safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for financial performance of perioperative services to include preparation of annual budgets, capital needs requirements, and contractual management.
• Supports the enhanced Surgical Services Leadership Council.
• Working with hospital leadership and system director, assures the care provided in all departments of surgical services is appropriate and matched with the site resources and capabilities.
• Advises hospital and system leadership of the resources and support required for service line expansion.
• Works with facility administrators to ensure perioperative services are smoothly and seamlessly integrated into each facility.
• Works with system director to market surgeons and surgical service lines.

Education

• Bachelor Degree Nursing

Licenses and Certification

• Current Illinois RN

Experience and Skills

• Technical Experience: 10 years in perioperative services
• Supervisory Experience: 5 years