Director, Perioperative Services

This position provides leadership to Perioperative Services, The Director of Perioperative Services is accountable for the clinical, operational, and fiscal performance of all designated units. This position oversees the execution of short and long term strategies to support organizational goals pertinent to the Baylor Scott & White- Sunnyvale campus, establishes and ensures compliance with standards of clinical care, and maintains accountability for staffing, quality, safety, service and clinical excellence throughout these areas. Other responsibilities include assisting Clinical Managers with Evidence Based Leadership, supporting nursing professional practice, and responding to any patient or physician’s complaints in an administrative leadership role.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Job Duties

Typically provides leadership to managers and /or frontline level professional staff.
Typically, accountable for the performance and results of multiple teams performing related activities
Develops long-term plans and strategies for area of defined responsibility aligned with established functional strategies, and works with subordinate managers to operationalize and execute the strategy
Communicates priorities and expectations, monitors progress, and provides direction and course corrections
Makes decisions guided by resource availability and functional objectives.
Analyzes key trends and input from individuals in the team to make meaningful changes that directly and significantly affect short-term results
Establishes budgets and holds self and subordinate managers accountable for managing to achieve expected financial results
Works on cross functional teams to develop and implement solutions that have a broad impact on the organization's operations and processes
Attend/facilitate unit and house-wide meetings
Physician/staff problem resolution
Respond to e-mail/voicemail requests/text communications
Respond to patient/family satisfaction and/or grievances
Respond to physician disruptive behavior
Engage in peer/physician/staff relationship building
Oversight of Performance Improvement Facilitation
Creation, review, revision, of policies and procedures
Regulatory readiness preparations
Review, analyze, justify financial performance.
Coach leadership team on utilization/resource management
Vendor representative relations as appropriate.
Mentoring/skill coaching for Pl, budget, personnel management, change initiatives, etc. for team
Participation in educational development and professional organization for self/encouragement of staff participation
Oversight of staff educational programs
Encouragement of evidence based research/practice
Shared governance/Evidence Based Leadership communication
Workgroup facilitation/collaboration to meet unit goals
Performance appraisals of direct reports

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Staff/leadership team human resource management
Staff relations
Develop strategy/vision for unit initiatives; and perform other duties and special projects as required.
Maintain effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjust effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements or cultures.
Use appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners; interact with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one's intentions.
Meet patient and patient family needs; take responsibility for a patient's safety, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes; use appropriate interpersonal techniques to resolve difficult patient situations and regain patient confidence.
Vividly communicate a compelling view of the future state in a way that helps others understand and feel how business outcomes will be different when the vision and values become a reality.
Demonstrate a poised, credible, and confident demeanor that reassures others and commands respect: convey and image that is consistent with the organization's vision and values.

REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

Current Registered Nurse licensure in the State of Texas.
BSN required, MSN preferred.
Current AHA BLS certification.
At least 5 years of nursing management experience.
At least 2 years of experience in surgical nursing

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
Additional languages desirable.

SKILLS

Basic computer knowledge

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.