Director of Perioperative Services - Regional Medical Center - Full-time

Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advanced technology. Capital Health is a five-time Magnet-Recognized health system for nursing excellence and is comprised of 2 hospitals. Capital Health Medical Group is made up of more than 250 physicians and other providers who offer primary and specialty care, as well as hospital-based services, to patients throughout the region.

Capital Health recognizes that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as an organization. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we can attract the best candidates.

The listed pay range or pay rate reflects compensation for a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position. Actual compensation may differ depending on assigned hours and position status (e.g., part-time).

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Position Overview

Pay Range: $176,100 – $251,500

SUMMARY (Basic Purpose of the Job)

Provides a leadership role which supports Capital's Health (CH) mission, vision, goals and objectives while focusing on the patients, physicians, employees, volunteers and the community as customers. Ensures continuous and timely availability of Nursing Care to patients. Assures Nursing Standards of Care/Practice are current, appropriate, and consistently applied in areas of responsibility. Facilitates design and development of standards of patient care. Maintains regulatory agency standards of care, AORN, ASPAN, and ANA standards of nursing practice within areas of responsibility. Performs proactive management and oversight of patient services to maintain smooth and efficient operations. Responsible for implementing and maintaining the financial business goals and objectives in alignment with the mission and objectives of CH. Monitors the status of all aspects of surgical services from a financial, capacity management, effectiveness, quality and service perspective. Assures fiscally viable and optimal service delivery in the Perioperative units and provides leadership and support to ensure achievement of Perioperative Services strategic and operational plans. Demonstrates professionalism through personal and professional accountability, ethics, promoting evidence-based practice, advocacy and professional commitment. May also oversee other clinical or administrative areas as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education:

Master's of science in Nursing Degree or Bachelor's of Science in Nursing Degree with a relevant Master's Degree. PA RN License (or immediate application submission) required upon Capital Health's ownership/operation of a PA hospital.

Experience:

Seven years of Operating Room nursing experience including three years of formal leadership experience over clinical department(s).

Other Credentials:

Registered Nurse - NJ  

Knowledge and Skills:

Possesses competency in healthcare operations. Knowledge of regulatory bodies, NJDOH, CMS, NHSN, and ANCC Magnet Recognition Program. Ability to learn and navigate various internal and external systems applications and databases.

Special Training:

Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Proficiency in defining problems, data collection, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions. Must have excellent project management skills. Ability to interpret an extensive amount of technical instructions, mathematical displays of statistical values. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Mental, Behavioral and Emotional Abilities:

Ability to simultaneously and effectively manage multiple projects of high importance to Capital Health and respond quickly in a fast-paced environment. Develops positive relationships at all levels of the organization to facilitate achievement of institutional and departmental goals and objectives.

Usual Work Day:

Exempt Hours

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides leadership to all ORs, and GI labs at Capital Health Hopewell Campus.
• Prepares capital budget requests including ROI. Prepares monthly expense variance and justification reports for Finance. Establishes cost-per-case analysis process to identify savings opportunities and variation among surgeons.
• Establishes cost-per-case analysis process to identify savings opportunities and variation among surgeons.
• Develops a process to monitor OR supply charge capture accuracy using OR and Materials Management information systems (Epic OpTime, SIS, PM