Description

Calling All Esteemed Leaders! Are you a seasoned leader with the ability to guide complex perioperative services in a community hospital? Do you bring strong clinical, operational, and strategic leadershipbalancing quality, physician partnership, staff engagement, and fiscal stewardship in a demanding healthcare environment? This senior leadership opportunity invites your expertise.

The Role

The Director, Perioperative Services oversees and ensures the efficient and effective delivery of surgical services, directing clinical and administrative functions in accordance with Providence Health System and hospital policies. This role ensures an appropriate balance of highquality patient care, staff and physician satisfaction, and coordination with other hospital departments.

The Director collaborates closely with executive leadership to develop divisional strategic direction, objectives, and vision.

Scope of accountability includes:

• Operating Room



• Pre-operative and post-operative continuum



• Sterile Processing Department

What Youll Do

Caring & Service Leadership

• Create a climate of healing and trust, establishing respectful, empowering relationships across perioperative services.



• Establish work teams that promote collaboration and positive interpersonal relationships across departments and service areas.



• Support problemsolving related to administrative, hospital, and surgical services policies to facilitate quality patient care.



• Recognize accomplishments of individual staff members and teams.



• Develop services based on assessed patient, staff, and operational needs.



• Rolemodel caring behaviors and coach others in service excellence.



• Meet routinely with nurses, physicians, clinical educators, managers, and ancillary leaders to assess needs related to patient care delivery.

Advocacy for Nursing Practice & Quality

• Support and promote professional nursing practice and quality patient outcomes.



• Advocate for excellence in patient care and surgical nursing practice.



• Advocate for care delivery process improvements aligned with patient needs and the Sisters of Providence mission.



• Promote ethical decisionmaking and patient rights through appropriate consultative resources.



• Encourage professional development opportunities for staff and leaders.



• Promote collegial communication and collaboration across surgical services and other departments.



• Foster a culture where service to patients is the highest priority.

Diagnosis, Monitoring & Strategic Operations

• Anticipate and identify necessary interventions based on assessment of patient outcomes, staff performance, and organizational needs.



• Plan, direct, and coordinate administrative responsibilities to ensure efficient systems supporting patient care, quality improvement, and work redesign.



• Maintain ongoing collaboration with the Chief of Anesthesia and Chief of Surgery to achieve departmental goals and address operational and quality issues.



• Develop and participate in policies and procedures that meet regulatory and professional standards, ensuring continuity across surgical services.



• Manage utilization of resources, including development and oversight of capital and operating budgets.



• Facilitate and manage organizational change effectively.

Administration & Performance Management

• Direct programs and processes that drive quality patient outcomes and advance Providence Health System goals.



• Lead or contribute to development and implementation of new programs responding to patient and medical staff needs.



• Keep Service Area leadership informed regarding operations, policy compliance, budget performance, volume trends, and emerging issues.



• Establish annual goals, longrange strategic plans, and operating plans.



• Involve staff in decisionmaking through effective communication strategies.



• Collaborate with Oregon Region and Systemlevel perioperative councils to identify and evaluate supply chain opportunities.

Teaching, Coaching & Leadership Development

• Coach and mentor staff throughout onboarding and professional development.



• Ensure implementation of highquality orientation, continuing education, and skillstraining programs.



• Mentor leadership teams in project management, data analysis, information technology, and clinical, managerial, and financial practice.



• Serve as a clinical and operational resource across departments and service areas.

Quality, Innovation & Accountability

• Monitor and ensure quality of care practices, programs, and patient outcomes across surgical services.



• Lead quality improvement activities and outcomedriven initiatives.



• Establish and communicate standards, policies, and procedures aligned with regulatory requirements and mission.



• Apply quality improvement and redesign principles to improve efficiency and service outcomes.



• Identify innovative practice opportunities in collaboration with clinical nurse specialists.



• Maintain accountability for patient, staff, and physician satisfaction.

Organizational & Professional Development

• Effectively prioritize competing demands while demonstrating ongoing professional growth.



• Represent Surgical Services on internal and external committees and task forces.



• Maintain current knowledge of clinical trends and apply insights to surgical nursing practice.



• Collaborate with clinical development specialists to ensure effective orientation and continuing education programs.

What Youll Bring

Education

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing or other healthcare related field



• Masters Degree in Nursing, Business, or related healthcare field

Experience & Expertise

• Five (5) years of Surgical /Perioperative Services management or comparable leadership experience



• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, program development, team leadership, staffing, operations, and budget management



• Deep surgical expertise



• Union/labor experience

Certifications (Preferred)

• Specialty certification in Surgical Services



• Membership in AORN

Leadership Capabilities

• Strong relationshipbuilding and collaborative leadership skills



• Sound judgment and effective problemsolving abilities



• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills



• Ability to adapt and lead in dynamic, changing environments



• Proven ability to delegate, coordinate, motivate, and evaluate staff



• Strong facilitation skills within multidisciplinary teams



• Ability to think strategically while executing tactically

Why Join Us?

• Clinical Excellence: Influence patient outcomes through strong perioperative leadership.



• Physician Partnership: Collaborate closely with surgical and anesthesia leaders.



• Operational Scope: Balance quality, efficiency, staffing, and financial stewardship at scale.



• Mission Driven Care: Advance care delivery aligned with Providences values and mission.

Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?

If you are a collaborative, resultsdriven perioperative leader committed to excellence, advocacy, and patientcentered care, we encourage you to apply. Step into this Director, Surgical Services role and help lead the future of surgical care across Providences Oregon Region.

The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of Know me, care for me, ease my way. Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, well walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About the Team

Providence has been serving the Pacific Northwest since 1856 when Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart and four other Sisters of Providence arrived in Vancouver, Washington Territory. As the largest healthcare system and largest private employer in Oregon, Providence is located in areas ranging from the Columbia Gorge to the wine country to sunny southern Oregon to charming coastal communities to the urban setting of Portland.

Our award-winning and comprehensive medical centers are known for outstanding programs in cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, emergency and trauma care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Our not-for-profit network also provides a full spectrum of care with leading-edge diagnostics and treatment, outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, numerous outreach programs, and hospice and home care.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 430951

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Surgical/Perioperative Services

Job Function: Clinical Care

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 5010 PMMC PERIOPERATIVE ADMIN

Address: OR Medford 1111 Crater Lake Ave

Work Location: Providence Medford Medical Center

Workplace Type: On-site

Pay Range: $71.12 - $113.70

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.