Pediatric Surgical Services Program Director

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Organization:

Perioperative Admin

Job Summary:

JOB SUMMARY
In collaboration with executive entity leaders, identify, improve, and support pediatric surgical services operational performance and growth objectives. Executes projects to advance overall performance of the pediatric surgical services through operational, personnel and fiscal strategies.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes optimal patient care for infants and children with surgical needs, in partnership with the Medical Director of Children's Surgery and Monroe Carell Perioperative Services ANO, to ensure an organizational multidisciplinary approach that aligns with best-available evidence and standards.

• Actively direct the implementation and oversight of the Children's Surgical Verification (CSV) Program and manage operational and personnel issues. They will also oversee data-driven quality implementation relying on the NSQIP-P Program and institutional data analytics for quality and safety reports.

• Coordinates management across the continuum of children's surgical care, including planning and implementation of clinical protocols and guidelines. They will establish and oversee processes to monitor clinical outcomes and performance improvement activities.

• Act as a liaison between the program and all services involved in delivering care for surgical patients at MCJCHV. The CSPM will work collaboratively with hospital departments and medical staff, and all related entities to ensure the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective, and safe surgical services and optimal clinical outcomes.

• Collaborates with hospital operations and faculty leaders to develop, measure and execute key projects for pediatric surgical services.

• Responsible for the execution of cross functional coordination for key institutional processes such as Revenue Cycle, Marketing, IT and Quality. Successfully measures and evaluates key operations for pediatric surgical services

• Responsible for developing budget, performance metrics for surgical services in collaboration with clinics, nursing and other colleagues.

• Coordinates pediatric perioperative and surgical services capital planning with perioperative and hospital leadership.

QUALIFICATIONS

REGISTERED NURSE

MASTERS DEGREE

MINIMUM 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN SURGICAL SERVICES NURSING

1 YEAR LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• Process Improvement (Advanced): Identifies, analyzes and improves upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality.
• Project Planning (Advanced): Demonstrates ability to forecast resource needs, identify and break work down into discrete and measurable tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, prepare acceptance criteria and organize work for large, complex projects requiring diverse functions and/or operations. Continuously monitors and follows up on buyins and commitments. Competently handles multiple projects simultaneously, balancing and scheduling tasks requiring dependencies and those which can be accomplished independently. Accurately estimates and plans complex projects and assignments. Maintains perspective between the overall picture and the details. Is proficient in the advanced features of project management tools.
• Analytical Skills (Advanced): The process of identifying, evaluating, interpreting and organizing data. It includes sorting through data to identify patterns and establish relationships for decision making.
• Continuous Process Improvement (Advanced): Identifies, analyzes and improves upon existing business processes for optimization and to meet standards of quality.  Coaches senior and executive leadership in defining metrics and goals.